Firefox 5 out rather soon after 4 was released

Firefox 5 out rather soon after 4 was released
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If you're a Firefox user, you may have recently been notified of an update to the software letting you know that it is now recommended to upgrade to the latest stable version of Firefox 5. Did you blink twice? Indeed soon after the release of another major version, the final release of version 5 is here. Many are now asking why their favourite Internet browser has jumped from 3.


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Im guessing the upgrade was to fix whatever problem caused Firefox 4 to randomly lock up and take up to a full minute to open in the first place. I wish theyd stop adding unnecessary functionality to the damn thing and actually fix the GIGANTIC memory leak Firefox has had since literally day 1.

I heard some complaints about Firefox 4, but I haven't any real issues with it. I was loyal to IE for many years and preferred it to the rather sluggish Netscape Navigator, but since switching to Firefox I rarely use IE.

Great article Chris!

Not compatible with Google Toolbar? I recognize that the ball rests with the Google Toolbar folks but it sure has placed any thoughts of moving to 5.0 on hold. T'would have been nice if they had co-ordinate the release both of them. After all, isn't Google is Google........?

Hi Zooky. Welcome to CC.

As I understand it, Google and Firefox work or worked very closely together. Both of their head offices are down the road from each other.

Firefox 4 is a pain in the a**. They kept hounding me until I had little but to go to 4. Why can't they leave crochetty old sh*ts alone to our fumbling.

Firefox 6 in August

Whatever.

It's still the only browser openly adaptable to plugins like -- enabling users in non-free nations to bypass their national internet censorship firewalls.

IE can't and Chrome won't adapt that way without wrist-twisting.

They gummed it on release 4.x, like the way Microsoft gummed it on Vista, and just like how Microsoft got Win-7 out ASAP to recover from the Vista bungle, so also did Firefox get 5.x ASAP upon understanding the issue.

Firefox 8. Out fast. lol

firefox 9.0.1 is available.

its very difficult for windows 7 to accommodated this new roomate

what new "room mate"? Firefox? I run firefox on XP, Vista, and win 7.