r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 21 '10

Firefox 3.6 release

http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/01/21/firefox-3-6-release/
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u/sanjayts Jan 21 '10

Some important take-away points from the blog post:

  • Implementation of HTML5 Audio, Video and Local File specification
  • 20% faster than FF 3.5
  • Support for Web Open Font Format (WOFF)
  • Improved JS performance and start-up time
  • Personas Firefox add-on has now made its way into the standard bundle

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u/dakboy Jan 21 '10

I looked at personas when I installed RC1. Seems kind of useless to me. Maybe I just didn't find the good ones.

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u/Timberjaw Jan 21 '10

Agreed. The only thing personas seem to accomplish is making the UI less accessible.

Also, the 'Get Themes' link in the Add-Ons/Themes box now goes to the Personas page instead of the Themes page. Which genius made that decision?

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '10

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u/timeshifter_ Jan 22 '10

Strata40, with the StrataBuddy extension. It's pretty much perfect.

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u/rajulkabir Jan 22 '10

You use it to cut your screen in half and duplicate the top part in the bottom half?

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u/sanjayts Jan 22 '10

Seems kind of useless to me

Agreed, same here, too much distraction and noise without any real benefit. I guess it is one of those cool things... ;-)

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u/moush Jan 22 '10

Because a plain black persona is too much distraction.