http://www.slashgear.com/firefox-3-5-released-faster-javascript-location-aware-new-privacy-features-3048323/
Firefox 3.5 brings with it the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, said to be more than twice as fast as in v3.0 and ten times faster than Firefox 2 But it's hard to gauge these kinds of statements - it most likely means "Firefox 3.5 for Windows". Not sure if this is true for Linux. On Thu 09 Jul 09, 5:25 PM, Alex Mandel <[email protected]> said: > In reading the release notes I didn't see any really spectacular new > features. Javascript should run faster, and it's more compatible with > newer html standards but few are using those yet and it has the "private > browser" feature that all the IE 8 commercials rave about too. > > Not much else the end user might notice. > see http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.5/releasenotes/ > > Alex > > > Aaron Brayton wrote: > > Thanks everyone. > > > > Now I guess the question is, are the new features in 3.5 worth the upgrade? > > > > Aaron > > > > > > > > > > > > Alex Mandel wrote: > >> Well not quite. By default within Ubuntu 9.04 it will not automatically > >> switch to 3.5, it's actually marked as a separate package since it's > >> been in beta the last few months and is a major revision. > >> Basically since 3.0 and 3.5 were both in development there are 2 package > >> names, in the next release of Ubuntu there will probably only be 3.5 > >> > >> To install > >> sudo apt-get install firefox-3.5 > >> > >> > >> Alex > >> > >> Chris Jenks wrote: > >> > >>> Dear Aaron, > >>> > >>> It sounds like you might be using Ubuntu, since you mention update > >>> manager. I'm using an up-to-date Jaunty system, and my firefox version is > >>> 3.0.11. I don't think new features even get introduced until the next > >>> version upgrade of Ubuntu in a few months, and even then I wouldn't > >>> expect > >>> firefox to jump from 3.0 to 3.5. I think you will have to install > >>> manually > >>> if you really want the latest version. > >>> > >>> Yours, > >>> > >>> Chris > >>> > >>> On Thu, 9 Jul 2009, Aaron Brayton wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Hello everyone, > >>>> > >>>> Please don't laugh, as I'm aware my question is potentially silly. > >>>> > >>>> Firefox 3.5 has been released. However, I have yet to see the update > >>>> pop up in update manager. Normally updates post quickly in update > >>>> manager, right? > >>>> > >>>> Can anyone explain this? (Is this a manual upgrade? Or is there a delay > >>>> in updating the repositories?) > >>>> > >>>> Thanks! > >>>> Aaron > >>>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> vox-tech mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > vox-tech mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech -- GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D Last night I dreamt of 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0 Facebook: http://facebook.com/coffeeAchiever "The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today [email protected] is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent http://www.dirac.org are full of doubt" --- Bertrand Russell _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
