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Interesting. I've not seen that here.

I believe this bug may have been confined to a certain CR package upgrade, not to the entire Mozilla line. The FF 9.0 tar-ball version didn't have this bug, nor did Stevo's most recent build:

You may be right about that. I'm using the tar-ball version.

just announced... mozilla has drafted a proposal for an extended release version of firefox. it's targetted at institutions, e.g. corporations, universities, etc. (managed environs), that would otherwise not utilize a rapid release version

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Enterprise/Fir ... t:Proposal

I don't see any difference between installing an "Extended Release" and simply not upgrading.



I haven't seen any noticeable improvements in speed, performance, or features in the last 5 releases, so the "new functionality" argument is pretty much a moot point. I have to assume the only benefit in installing these recent upgrades was to plug security holes. It would seem that institutions, corporations, and universities would (or should) be more concerned about security than anything else.

When I worked in the corporate world, our IT staff would do security updates every single day. It was a nuisance (you couldn't start your work for 15 minutes until the updates were completed), but it was a necessary nuisance.

but it's not the same as not upgrading.

the demands on current IT departments go well beyond security patches. there are plenty of compliance issues that need to be incorporated into everyday configuration management, and many corporations can't simply upgrade software without jumping through a bunch of hoops to ensure proper compliance is maintained. yes, it is a daily, ongoing process, but IT can't keep up with a rapid release cycle of a browser. some large organizations, like universities, simply do not have the staff.

this extended support agreement gives organizations that added time to ensure compatibility is maintained and compliance issues are addressed, while providing them some assurance that major security patches are being backported.

Amen to that!

Also the days of "security through obscurity" are long past and it's vital to patch and stay patched in addition to all other methods. There's an intelligentsia at work on the dark side lest anyone be unsure...

The appearance of an LTS type Firefox suits me fine as a desktop user too especially as I'm echoing joany's opinion that FF is no 'faster/better' in the last few iterations.

I hope that we'll get a similar edition for Mepis, with the TB http links working of course. LOL

Agree with the security issues that have been stated but with each iteration of FF I do find them substantially faster and better.

That has been my experience too.

I'd settle for, I haven't found them to be any slower/worse.

More seriously though, FF-9.0.1 mepiscr-1 does respond how I like, but I wish that it would load as quickly as Konqueror does, which seems almost instant. That speed is not achieved by using a preloaded copy, I'd better add.