Firefox 6 is here!!!

**MetalheadGautham** · 19-08-2011, 08:52 PM

Mozilla Firefox Web Browser â€” Free Download

And this does not even seem like news. Mozilla's been upping the version number faster than the breeding rate of mosquitoes at the nearby garbage dump.

Here's an interesting read that sums up a lot of my views:
Firefox 6: Four Reasons Not to Upgrade | PCWorld Business Center

And just for the reference it was released on 16th August, 2011 AD.

And look at this for the lulz

Kola2842 · 19-08-2011, 09:05 PM

I still use firefox3.6 due to idm**

new version just catches me and disable idm

Skud · 19-08-2011, 09:11 PM

Already got a taste of Firefox 9 nightly.

The Sorcerer · 19-08-2011, 09:40 PM

Firefox didn't say that there was an update available and prompt if i want to download it. It did it on its own. WTF!!!??

shishir1990 · 20-08-2011, 12:53 AM

i am updating to firefox 7 beta now.

Siddhartha_t69 · 21-08-2011, 03:39 PM

FF6 has got to be the bulkiest browser ever in term of memory consumption\

JojoTheDragon · 21-08-2011, 04:23 PM

Shouldn't they update the version 5, rather than releasing new versions so recklessly ?

d6bmg · 21-08-2011, 04:30 PM

Firefox 3 had many versions, but then 4, 5, now, 6. Why so fast in changing version numbers?? Competition with IE to beat its version number?

Ishu Gupta · 21-08-2011, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Siddhartha_t69

FF6 has got to be the bulkiest browser ever in term of memory consumption\

Memory usage is down by 100MB (compared to FF5).

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Originally Posted by d6bmg

Firefox 3 had many versions, but then 4, 5, now, 6. Why so fast in changing version numbers?? Competition with IE to beat its version number?

Copying Chrome.

**Sam** · 21-08-2011, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by JojoTheDragon

Shouldn't they update the version 5, rather than releasing new versions so recklessly ?

Google does same.

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Originally Posted by d6bmg

Copying Chrome.

exactly.

21-08-2011, 07:05 PM

Firefox > Opera > Chrome.

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Originally Posted by Siddhartha_t69

FF6 has got to be the bulkiest browser ever in term of memory consumption

myth. that award goes to chrome despite being faster. (sandboxing(

Liverpool_fan · 21-08-2011, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

Here's an interesting read that sums up a lot of my views:
Firefox 6: Four Reasons Not to Upgrade | PCWorld Business Center
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Absolutely ridiculous article. Sums up half the tech journalists and readers who don't have a clue before writing such pile of crap.

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Originally Posted by JojoTheDragon

Shouldn't they update the version 5, rather than releasing new versions so recklessly ?

This is what exactly they have done, updated Firefox 5 to Firefox 6.

Faun · 21-08-2011, 08:31 PM

tony_bradley, I am disappoint

NIGHTMARE · 21-08-2011, 08:53 PM

Still memory hunger problem.

**MetalheadGautham** · 21-08-2011, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Liverpool_fan

Absolutely ridiculous article. Sums up half the tech journalists and readers who don't have a clue before writing such pile of crap.

Well lot of stuff there is crap, but he does make valid points when it comes to version numbering. I mean just look at the timeline I posted. And firefox has had a fairly constant rate of progress as far as features and major changes are concerned through versions.

Imagine us growing old and logging into TDF via Firefox version 1835.0 when IE would still be in some double digit version 67

Liverpool_fan · 21-08-2011, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

Imagine us growing old and logging into TDF via Firefox version 1835.0 when IE would still be in some double digit version 67

Yes. But does that really matter to an average user and even you or me for that matter?

ithehappy · 22-08-2011, 12:44 AM

Absolutely crazy with FF. They've gone mad.

abhijangda · 22-08-2011, 07:58 PM

I still use Firefox 4. I don't think there is any need of Firefox 5 and even 6.

Zangetsu · 22-08-2011, 08:49 PM

hey I m getting popup message in FF 6.0 that FF7.0 is available

Vyom · 22-08-2011, 11:16 PM

Yeah, FF 7 beta is out.

buddyram · 23-08-2011, 09:50 AM

I dont see any new features added to the latest versions, instead they could have updated the older versions!

Skud · 23-08-2011, 10:49 AM

I think all they want is to align the version number with IE as quickly as they can.

xtremevicky · 23-08-2011, 11:08 AM

I did not find anything new yet !

23-08-2011, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by NIGHTMARE

Still memory hunger problem.

Fixed loooooooong time ago.

NIGHTMARE · 24-08-2011, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Joker

Fixed loooooooong time ago.

Nope If you want I can give a screenshot, Its his genetic problem.

**Krow** · 25-08-2011, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Kola2842

I still use firefox3.6 due to idm**

new version just catches me and disable idm

IDM addon has been updated. Uninstall IDM addon old version first. Update Firefox to version 6. Then go here: Internet Download Manager Integration guide for Firefox

And click install.

abhijit_reddevil · 26-08-2011, 11:28 AM

I am using Google Chrome.

**Krow** · 26-08-2011, 04:31 PM

The more RAM you have, the more FF/Opera end up consuming. After about two hours of usage, Opera started consuming 512Mb of RAM and FF was at 480MB.

I have 6GB btw, will downgrade to 4GB and check again.

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Originally Posted by NIGHTMARE

Nope If you want I can give a screenshot, Its his genetic problem.

Give screenshot of FF 6, also how much RAM do you have in your system? I am also using FF 6 on a system with 1GB RAM and the memory consumption is near 140MB. I'll check by using for longer and with more tabs also.