Firefox 5 beta 6 build

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Firefox 5 beta build 7 just been released(Updated).

Anybody else trying this build?


Added support for CSS animations
Added support for switching Firefox development channels
The Do-Not-Track header preference has been moved to increase discoverability
Improved canvas, JavaScript, memory, and networking performance
Improved standards support for HTML5, XHR, MathML, SMIL, and canvas
Improved spell checking for some locales
Improved desktop environment integration for Linux users
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I installed it and one thing I like is my HD does not thrash around like it does with Firefox 4.1.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Build 7 from same link above or via Firefox 5 update.
 
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try and not post the download link for the .exe, you should have screenshots or a link to them instead of the file
 
Whatever improvements they made to GPU acceleration or optimisations has helped a lot. Scrolling is noticeably smoother than 4.1!
 
Khaaan! said:
Whatever improvements they made to GPU acceleration or optimisations has helped a lot. Scrolling is noticeably smoother than 4.1!
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Ive gone back to 3.6 from 4.1 as my gpu 6950 and 3870 was heating up unnecessary, and yeah I know its cos its hardware enabled now, but ie9 and chrome dont heat up gpu at all. Ive even tried to disable the hardware acceleration in firefox, but it dont make any diff.. So I'll be staying at 3.6 untill the bug is sorted and I know its not a big prob, but it bothers me:mad:
 
That's a problem with ATI, no heating up issues in nVidia cards, well mine anyway. Doesn't even go up to 3d speeds as it doesn't need to.
 
Khaaan! said:
That's a problem with ATI, no heating up issues in nVidia cards, well mine anyway. Doesn't even go up to 3d speeds as it doesn't need to.
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Yeah its been like it ever since I upgraded to 4.0 a few months back, and the clock speed goes to full speed too when scrolling pages and stuff.

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Problem is amd driver, not firefox. However, giving up so many improvements and advances for the sake of ~8º which you wouldn't even notice on a component designed for it (cpu isn't, and it will heat up too) is beyond pedantic.

As soon as things veer from the familiar humans regress :p
 
Azuse05 said:
Problem is amd driver, not firefox. However, giving up so many improvements and advances for the sake of ~8º which you wouldn't even notice on a component designed for it (cpu isn't, and it will heat up too) is beyond pedantic.

As soon as things veer from the familiar humans regress :p
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To be honest firefox 3.6 and 4.0 isn't much diff accept all my plugins works better on 3.6. But being back on 3.6 I do worry about the security aspect.
 
Security and the underlying code :)

Still, I wish people would hurry up and escape this "omg my gpu is working, must stop it" state of mind. Now you're back on 3.6 and your gup is doing bugger all while your cpu is trying to do the gpus job, less efficiently and slower.
 
Azuse05 said:
Security and the underlying code :)

Still, I wish people would hurry up and escape this "omg my gpu is working, must stop it" state of mind. Now you're back on 3.6 and your gup is doing bugger all while your cpu is trying to do the gpus job, less efficiently and slower.
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The thiing is, it shouldnt be doing it tho.
 
Can you elaborate?

Processors heat up when preforming calculations, gpus are particularly volatile when it comes to heat output but their ceiling is quite high. They use less power to do the same job as the cpu faster. Why would you choose the slower, more power hungry chip to do the job of a reasonably expensive card you specifically bought for graphical rendering?

If you wouldn't notice the rise without that bar, and it's operating within spec, then it's simply doing it's job as intended.
 
Azuse05 said:
Can you elaborate?

Processors heat up when preforming calculations, gpus are particularly volatile when it comes to heat output but their ceiling is quite high. They use less power to do the same job as the cpu faster. Why would you choose the slower, more power hungry chip to do the job of a reasonably expensive card you specifically bought for graphical rendering?

If you wouldn't notice the rise without that bar, and it's operating within spec, then it's simply doing it's job as intended.
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http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18276242
 
That doesn't actually answer either of my questions. That's simply you stating the same things in a different place, avoiding the same question but to reiterate the clocks are a driver issue which you can talk to amd about. The card is operating within specification (and still using less power than your cpu will) therefore almost a non issue.

I assume you bought a gpu for a reason, however if your sure it doing it's job and that little green bad is such an issue then put it in the garden. It will benefit you as much there as it is in your rig.
 
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