firefox 4 ,should i wait?

[werty2010]

i have ubuntu 10.10 installed with the default firefox 3.16.16
i went to their homepage and saw that firefox 4(not beta) was available for download
i'd like to install it but im not sure if i should wait for the updates through the update manager, if eventually comes to "10.10" ?

[mikewhatever]

The update will come eventually, but it might take until 3.6 reaches EOL. If you want Firefox4 now, then don't wait.

[hakermania]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1712247

[sammiev]

Been using it since it came out. Read this if you want it now. GL

[hakermania]

Been using it since it came out. Read this if you want it now. GL

Double post

[werty2010]

since im on a 64bit installation i'd like to know if you had any problems with extentions....?

[sammiev]

since im on a 64bit installation i'd like to know if you had any problems with extentions....?

As well here running 64bit with no problems. GL

[stmiller]

The update will come eventually, but it might take until 3.6 reaches EOL. If you want Firefox4 now, then don't wait.

Ubuntu is not going to update to Firefox for 10.10 and earlier.

There is a mozilla stable ppa you can use to upgrade to Firefox 4:

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/03/f...d-10-10-users/

[I2k4]

The only extensions I like that aren't available are those that are Windows exclusive anyway: IE Tab and Cooliris.

There is one site I reference regularly that is using some old Java code that is not working right on FF4, otherwise it's a faster browser and seems not to cause some of the rendering errors that were screwing up FF3.6 and requiring "try again" clicks.

I've found it's still worth doing about:config tweaks for pipelining, etc. - the ones I'd done carried through to the upgrade, so didn't need to redo them.

[kherring7383]

I've been using Ubuntu for about a year now, and for me, if there's one thing I've learned, is to wait until the official release is in the Repository. If you have no issues with the current version of Firefox I'd suggest sticking with it.