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lovinglinux
April 21st, 2010, 04:18 AM
Mozilla has released a beta version (http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/04/20/firefox-3-6-4-beta-available-for-download-and-testing/) of the most anticipated Firefox 3.6.4 [Lorentz], which brings a new feature that prevents the browsing from crashing when viewing problematic flash, quicktime and silverlight content. I have already tested Lorentz before the beta and it works like a charm. This is really a nice feature. Kudos for Mozilla.

Want to make a test? Visit this video (http://s114.photobucket.com/albums/n274/crankmy5150/?action=view&current=Jeepknocking.flv) with Firefox 3.6.4. Warning: I don't know what is the content of that video, I just know it will freeze or crash Firefox 100% of the time, if you are not using Lorentz.

The new Firefox will give you the warning below, where the flash video was supposed to load, instead of crashing the browser.

http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=153914&stc=1&d=1271824196

To easily test it without closing your default Firefox version or profile, use my extension FoxTester (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9109976). Please keep in mind this extension is still experimental and under development. Nevertheless, it works fine for me.

http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=153908&stc=1&d=1271820058

Frogs Hair
April 21st, 2010, 02:54 PM
:confused: These are the updates I'm getting from the ppa for Namoroko.

lovinglinux
April 21st, 2010, 04:14 PM
:confused: These are the updates I'm getting from the ppa for Namoroko.

The version from ubuntu-mozilla-daily is 3.6.5pre, which already has the Lorentz plugin isolation.

Keep in mind that ubuntu-mozilla-daily doesn't stop on official releases, so that's why you are getting a version ahead from the one published by Mozilla. They are not necessarily stable. Namoroka from that repo was very problematic a couple of days ago, but they have fixed the problem. So if you have Namoroka 3.6.5pre you are good to go. This is the version I'm using right now.

Frogs Hair
April 21st, 2010, 04:33 PM
I must be lucky, other than strange looking fonts after one update Namoroko has been running great . I resolved the font issue by setting Ubuntu for best contrast.

lovinglinux
April 21st, 2010, 04:36 PM
I must be lucky, other than strange looking fonts after one update Namoroko has been running great . I resolved the font issue by setting Ubuntu for best contrast.

The problematic version was Namoroka 3.6.4pre.