6 responses to “Firefox 3.0.11 released late last week”

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   Tim June 17th, 2009 at 02:55

   Woody-

   I’m using Safari, but the latest build is so slow! When I first downloaded it last December it was smoking fast, but a couple of updates later it’s become a dog.

   I’m running Vista HP 64-bit, 3 gigs of DDR3 RAM, and the Intel i7 chip, so I can’t understand the lack of speed?

   Any ideas that might help me?

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   woody June 17th, 2009 at 08:25

   No idea. I tried Googling “Safari slowdown” and got so many hits I couldn’t sort through them!

3. 

   sanda June 17th, 2009 at 22:10

   Firefox is posting that Firefox 3.5 is fastest.
   Why hasn’t it prompted to install?

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   Dan Balutis June 18th, 2009 at 00:55

   Ok, Woody, I’ve been folowing along on your website since I started using Windows Vista 2 years ago and I bought your “All-in One” reference book. Much of what I read is ‘above my head’, but I have paid attention to the notes on the patches/new versions and have managed to avoid problems because of the ‘wait and see’ perspective.
   My question:
   Why is there no ‘wait and see’ with the new FireFox version? Now, the new version comes out and it’s…’go ahead and download it’…no waiting….Are we a bit biased?

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   sanda June 18th, 2009 at 03:58

   Question answered in newest posting.

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   woody June 18th, 2009 at 08:16

   Dan -

   Good question!

   Firefox security patches, like this one, have historically been solid. I don’t hesitate to recommend that you install the updates, just like the updates to Flash, iTunes, and other well-known programs. (The exception is Adobe Reader, and I continue to recommend that people use Foxit.) I also recommend that people apply updates to the Outlook Junk Mail Filter and Windows Defender, for the same reason – historically they’ve been pretty solid.

   Other Microsoft products, on the other hand, have a horrible track record. That’s why the MS-DEFCON system helps. It may be because Microsoft releases more patches than any other manufacturer. It may be that more bad guys target Microsoft products. Whatever the reason, almost every month there’s at least one stinker in the crop of Black Tuesday patches.