We’ve another Firefox release!, Firefox 10.0.2 now available via update. Two weeks back Mozilla released Firefox 10 after that they followed it with Firefox 10.0.1 to fix startup crashes and Java applet related issues, now another one lands which fixes security issue (still unknown at the time of writing) and some bugs.
What’s new in Firefox 10.0.2
Anti-Aliasing for WebGL implementation (check the bug) and Accelerated layers support via OpenGL ES are the new features. Firefox home page now offers link to “ set up sync”, you can open this by typing about:home in your browser.
An extremely rare case has been reported as a bug- where Firefox unable to load pages and close tabs, this bug 676780 has been fixed in this release.
There are still some known bugs which will be resolved with Firefox 12 release.
You can download Firefox 10.0.2 from here. Check Firefox 10.0.2 Release notes also.
Update: Sorry folks, what we covered new in Firefox 10.0.2 is release notes of Firefox 10, we came to know this later. At present only security issue that Mozilla not disclosing seems to have been fixed with this release.
Firefox is getting worse day after day, since they adopted this Chrome-wannabe scheduling. They simply cannot release a fully stable version.
Mozilla can’t really be faulted if a third party provided component has a flaw.
Why does “upgrade” really means “we want more money so it will be worse for the users” . I’ve noticed this with a bunch of softwares but there’s no article on the internet pointing out this malicious act?
Ne ways just upgraded to firefox 3.6 from the latest version(10.0.2), saved so much ram and got adblock 1.3. No more crashes/freezes and my laptop stopped overheating. Any “upgrade”(really it’s worse than downgrade) after 3.6 is like going from Ferrari to dirty pinto with a hobo annoying you in the backseat.
We use Bing Map four our site. Some of our pages have been upgraded to the new v7, but we have found that the Bing Map v6.3 will not show our overlays. All other browsers are displaying everything find. No errors reported by Firefox.
All add-ons disabled – no luck.
Fresh install – no luck.
I agree, “upgrades” to Firefox this year have been unstable here and I’m thinking of going back to the 2011 version which was excellent. It’s all very well to blame add-ons, but why does Mozilla even allow untested new plugins to be installed? At the very least, we should be entitled to a warning: “BETA PLUGIN – USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!” The underlying fault may be in the 3rd party plug, but the responsibility for testing and protecting Firefox users lies with Mozilla. Presumably that kind of cautious approach doesn’t endear Mozilla to their business associates. So once more we get gimmicks and coloured beads to distract us from the fact that it doesn’t work any more. Mozilla, fix your bugs or get out of the market. I have no use for broken software.