{"id":453,"date":"2011-06-20T02:05:28","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T06:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikemartinezonline.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/20\/firefox-5-news\/"},"modified":"2011-06-20T02:05:28","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T06:05:28","slug":"firefox-5-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikemartinezonline.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/20\/firefox-5-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 5 news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today Mozilla released the Final version of Firefox 5 ahead of its scheduled date. It has been slated for official release next Tuesday June 21. If you&#8217;d like, you can get it now here:   <br \/><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.mozilla.org\/pub\/mozilla.org\/firefox\/releases\/5.0\/win32\/en-US\/\"><strong>Windows<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.mozilla.org\/pub\/mozilla.org\/firefox\/releases\/5.0\/mac\/en-US\/\"><strong>Mac<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.mozilla.org\/pub\/mozilla.org\/firefox\/releases\/5.0\/linux-i686\/en-US\/\"><strong>Linux<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before installing I HIGHLY recommend backing up your complete profile. For that I use MozBackup on Windows. You can get the <a href=\"http:\/\/mozbackup.jasnapaka.com\/download.php http:\/\/mozbackup.jasnapaka.com\/files\/1.5.1\/MozBackup-1.5.1-EN.exe\">Windows install here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For other OS&#8217;s you can <a href=\"http:\/\/softwarebychuck.com\/febe\/febe.html\">use FEBE<\/a>    <br \/>To install FEBE download the .zip file then rename it with a .xpi extension and open it with Firefox. <\/p>\n<p>I would also recommend that you install the &quot;Firefox Add-on Compatibility Reporter&quot; to Firefox 1st too. Get <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/add-on-compatibility-reporter\/\">that here<\/a>.&#160; This will keep unsupported or updated plugins\/add-ins from crashing the browser and may let some of them work even if they are &#8216;not supported&#8217;. <\/p>\n<p><strong>So what\u2019s new in Firefox 5?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Added support for CSS animations<\/li>\n<li>The Do-Not-Track header preference has been moved to increase discoverability<\/li>\n<li>Improved canvas, JavaScript, memory, and networking performance<\/li>\n<li>Improved standards support for HTML5, XHR, MathML, SMIL, and canvas<\/li>\n<li>Improved spell checking for some locales<\/li>\n<li>Improved desktop environment integration for Linux users<\/li>\n<li>WebGL content can no longer load cross-domain textures<\/li>\n<li>Background tabs have setTimeout and setInterval clamped to 1000ms to improve performance<\/li>\n<li>The Firefox development channel switcher introduced in previous Firefox Beta updates has been removed. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As with any new software be aware that some items may have changed locations and some Extensions\/Add-ons may not function correctly or at all. <u><strong><em>So once again let me re-iterate &#8211; MAKE A BACK UP OF YOUR SETTINGS\/PROFILE before installing!! <\/em><\/strong><\/u>You may also with to download the version prior to version 5 incase you have to uninstall version 5 and re-install your old version.    <br \/>Windows:    <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/releases.mozilla.org\/pub\/mozilla.org\/firefox\/releases\/latest-4.0\/win32\/en-US\/Firefox%20Setup%204.0.1.exe\">http:\/\/releases.mozilla.org\/pub\/mozilla.org\/firefox\/releases\/latest-4.0\/win32\/en-US\/Firefox%20Setup%204.0.1.exe<\/a>    <br \/>Mac:    <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/releases.mozilla.org\/pub\/mozilla.org\/firefox\/releases\/latest-4.0\/mac\/en-US\/Firefox%204.0.1.dmg\">http:\/\/releases.mozilla.org\/pub\/mozilla.org\/firefox\/releases\/latest-4.0\/mac\/en-US\/Firefox%204.0.1.dmg<\/a>    <br \/>Linux:    <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/releases.mozilla.org\/pub\/mozilla.org\/firefox\/releases\/latest-4.0\/linux-x86_64\/en-US\/firefox-4.0.1.tar.bz2\">http:\/\/releases.mozilla.org\/pub\/mozilla.org\/firefox\/releases\/latest-4.0\/linux-x86_64\/en-US\/firefox-4.0.1.tar.bz2<\/a>    <br \/>For other versions and languages go here:    <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/releases.mozilla.org\/pub\/mozilla.org\/firefox\/releases\/latest-4.0\/\">http:\/\/releases.mozilla.org\/pub\/mozilla.org\/firefox\/releases\/latest-4.0\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s to hoping that it proves to be a worthwhile upgrade!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today Mozilla released the Final version of Firefox 5 ahead of its scheduled date. It has been slated for official release next Tuesday June 21. If you&#8217;d like, you can get it now here: Windows Mac Linux Before installing I HIGHLY recommend backing up your complete profile. For that I use MozBackup on Windows. 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