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Skybird
10-11-12, 05:53 AM
German edition of Der Spiegel reports that Mozilla has pulled back the recent release of Firefox 16.

http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/sicherheitsluecke-bei-mozilla-firefox-16-a-860655.html (German).

Those of you who already downloaded it, be informed that it is infested with a high risk security breach.

Main advantage of version 16 should have been that the excessive hunger for memory, and stress on system resources should have been somewhat tamed. Beside security breaches I suffered, the enormous workload on the system resources was what has driven me away from the early versions of Firefox long time ago.

To me this is just another indication that the once messianic reputation of Firefox has meanwhile faded. Welcome in the ordinary browser world, Firefox.
MGR1
10-11-12, 05:56 AM
Good!

Tried it, thought it was a load of garbage:/\\!!, went back to an older version and I'm not letting it upgrade!:smug:

Mike.:)
Oberon
10-11-12, 06:16 AM
I rarely update Firefox between version numbers until it starts nagging me, primarily because their first releases are nearly always broken.
BossMark
10-11-12, 06:18 AM
Thanks for the info :yep:
MH
10-11-12, 06:19 AM
Not a fun boy of firebox(mostly MS user here) but it seems that by pulling out the upgrade the company tries to live to their reputation.
Herr-Berbunch
10-11-12, 06:41 AM
Still on 15.0.1 :D
Betonov
10-11-12, 07:05 AM
I rarely update Firefox between version numbers until it starts nagging me, primarily because their first releases are nearly always broken.

Same here.
Only upgrade to the next version when a newer version of the next version comes out. The next version should be patched nicely till then
Lord_magerius
10-11-12, 07:06 AM
Mine updated to 16 and within ten minutes it was solidly freezing. Switched over to Chrome now and I'm not regretting it, much smoother imo.
Rhodes
10-11-12, 10:45 AM
Still on 15.0.1 :D
:sign_yeah::D
Dowly
10-11-12, 10:50 AM
:sign_yeah:
HunterICX
10-11-12, 10:52 AM
:sign_yeah:
@Work

HunterICX
CaptainHaplo
10-11-12, 11:25 AM
:sign_yeah:

@ the chick in Dowly's sig!
the_tyrant
10-11-12, 01:32 PM
The last good firefox was firefox 3.6...............

Those guys messed up big time, and they have lost my business.

I'm sorry, but first you guys kill thunderbird, forcing me to go back to Outlook, now you guys mess up firefox (though to be honest, I left at around firefox 5)
Oberon
10-11-12, 02:19 PM
I'd switch to Chrome but it lacks a functioning Noscript. :/\\!!
kraznyi_oktjabr
10-11-12, 02:41 PM
Still on 15.0.1 :DStill on 14.0.1 :D

...and happy with it.
Lionclaw
10-13-12, 12:35 AM
Has it really been pulled back?

It just updated to 16. :hmmm:
Rilder
10-13-12, 12:41 AM
3.6.28 here. All the newer versions have an absolutely terrible UI that I just can't be arsed with. Though really that seems to be a common thread with all newer browser versions.