Waterfox 13 Final

Neil79 · 5 Jun 2012 at 22:21

Compiled with Intel's C++ Compiler using /O3 /QaxAVX /arch:SSE3 /Qparallel /w
Implemented Intel's LibM (Math Library)
Implemented SSE3 support for all processors and AVX for Intel Sandy Bridge and newer processors
Reverted back to jemalloc from tcmalloc in preview releases due to a problem occuring
Disabled auto-updates, own method will be implemented in Waterfox.Next
Thanks for xunxun1982 for the WebGL crash fix

Orcvader · 5 Jun 2012 at 22:48

I would avoid it for now until they fix this: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=22073464&postcount=28

Noticed a few bugs in Waterfox 13, namely MapsGL on Google Maps crashes the browser... Also restarting the browser sometimes caused it to restart in a tiny window in the top left corner that once maximised....was a grey screen.

Installed Firefox 13 and all is well and MapsGL is working smooth and not choppy like it was on Waterfox/Firefox 12!

I no longer care if my browser is 64bit given these new findings. FF13 in 32bit form is perfectly fast although I've not used Firefox since getting my SSD cloned to from HDD.

Did the same thing and Waterfox is stuck on the small tiny window for me, can't get it back to normal.

On the other hand, for those who find the new smooth scrolling algorithm too slow, here's a fix http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=22071866&postcount=25 :

Found an even better solution! Go into about:config, search smoothscroll and you can see there's a lot more stuff related to smooth scrolling. I changed these settings:

general.smoothScroll.mouseWheel.durationMaxMS from 400 to 150
general.smoothScroll.mouseWheel.durationMinMS from 200 to 75

Azuse05 · 6 Jun 2012 at 02:10

Tbh, when it was a simple x64 compile the difference was rather small, but it worked. The changes from official code that bring the performance gains just break things. All the the recent builds broke adobe-air links i.e. downloading stuff for the iplayer.

MrAlex · 6 Jun 2012 at 10:07

Orcvader said:
I would avoid it for now until they fix this: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=22073464&postcount=28

Did the same thing and Waterfox is stuck on the small tiny window for me, can't get it back to normal.

On the other hand, for those who find the new smooth scrolling algorithm too slow, here's a fix http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=22071866&postcount=25 :

The WebGL crash was fixed in the final version. Interesting, so it it just MapsGL that cause the crash or any WebGL application?

Azuse05 said:
Tbh, when it was a simple x64 compile the difference was rather small, but it worked. The changes from official code that bring the performance gains just break things. All the the recent builds broke adobe-air links i.e. downloading stuff for the iplayer.

Unfortunately just a simply x64 recompile was not doing much. The whole point of Waterfox was to get as much performance possible (while keeping it fairly stable). Some issues pop up now and then, but more times than never it's the compiler itself that causes the bugs.

Azuse05 · 6 Jun 2012 at 12:13

I know, that's what I just said :confused:

MrAlex · 6 Jun 2012 at 12:28

Azuse05 said:
I know, that's what I just said

Didn't mean to cause any problems, was just letting you know

Also I haven't had any issues with iPlayer?

Orcvader · 6 Jun 2012 at 14:12

MrAlex said:
The WebGL crash was fixed in the final version. Interesting, so it it just MapsGL that cause the crash or any WebGL application?

I was using the final version. There may be others that could crash it but Google's MapsGL crashes it, everything else seems fine.

MrAlex · 7 Jun 2012 at 21:52

Orcvader said:
I was using the final version. There may be others that could crash it but Google's MapsGL crashes it, everything else seems fine.

We can't seem to pinpoint where the actual problem is causing the crash, since pretty much everything else WebGL related works.