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March-2012 Updates
There have been quite a few updates in March that we’ve not had time to write about, below is a quick summary
0Various HTPC related updates
There haven’t been any particuarly noteworthy developments in the HTPC world lately, and I’ve been very busy at work so ther haven’t been as many articles published. What follows is a brief round-up of updates that I haven’t yet had time to write about.
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Firefox 7
Firefox 7 has been released, just 6 weeks after Firefox 6. No major changes, just enhancements to memory usage. Firefox 8, due on 8th November, just might bring a full x64 release
2Removing Firefox plugins, addons & extensions
Nearly 18 months ago I wrote a brief note about how to which don’t have a “remove” button in the Add-ons manager. I have updated and added to the original list, and will continue to add any further plugins I encounter here. If in doubt there is usually no harm done by leaving or removing… Read more »
2Firefox 4 fixes MSN Messenger bug
I was so pleased upon upgrading to Firefox 4 to no longer have Windows Live Messenger crashing the browser every time I opened Hotmail and had an active conversation window. I don’t know if it was Microsoft or Firefox at fault but the problem seems to have gone away now. I’m less pleased, however, that… Read more »
0Enable Full Firefox 4 Hardware Acceleration
I’ve found that Firefox 4 doesn’t seem to have complete hardware acceleration enabled by default and by using the following tweaks have improved performance.
0Firefox 4 – Final (but not x64)
So, Firefox 4 has finally launched! Sadly Mozilla have dropped their promise of an x64 release of Firefox 4. If you’re a Firefox user I recommend upgrading, if you’re not then I suggest giving it a try.
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The case for x64 browsers?
I’ve recently been using Firefox 4 64bit prebeta, also known as Minefield. I thought it would be interesting to compare various browsers to see if this supports my feeling that Minefield is the fastest browser I’ve used. The conclusions are quite interesting. I will continue to update this table as new versions are released
0Firefox 64bit
For those people running a 64bit version of Windows here are links to Firefox 64bit and various plugins to go with it…
