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¤t=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
Want to make a test? Visit this video (http://s114.photobucket.com/albums/n274/crankmy5150/?action=view¤t=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