Firefox 3.6.4 with Crash Protection Now Available

[lovinglinux]

Today, Mozilla is happy to release Firefox 3.6.4, the latest security and stability release for Firefox, used by nearly 400 million people around the world to browse the Web. This release provides crash protection for Windows and Linux users by isolating third-party plugins when they crash.

Read full article (http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/06/22/firefox-3-6-4-with-crash-protection-now-available/)

If you want to test it without interfering with your default version and user profile, then use FoxTester (http://foxtester-extension.blogspot.com/) extension.

For more info on how to install other versions of Firefox see the Installing Other Versions (http://firefox-tutorials.blogspot.com/2010/05/installing-other-versions.html) section of Firefox optimization and troubleshooting thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1193567). Keep in mind this version will be soon available to Hardy, Intrepid, Jaunty, Karmic and Lucid through the official repositories (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1500861).

[Windows Nerd]

Firefox finally got a helmet - it's now protected against crashes!

No, really, did the new release actually add some functionality or speed to the browser?

[Shining Arcanine]

I am installing this on my laptop running Gentoo Linux from the official portage tree now. :)

[lovinglinux]

No, really, did the new release actually add some functionality or speed to the browser?

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.4/releasenotes/

[siimo]

Awesome except Chrome has had this from the start. I only switched from FF to Chrome 4 days ago full time due to those repeated crashes!

[Giant Speck]

Awesome except Chrome has had this from the start. I only switched from FF to Chrome 4 days ago full time due to those repeated crashes!

True, Chrome has had this from the start, but what seems to set Firefox apart in this regard is that when an applet crashes, it not only doesn't crash the browser, but it also doesn't appear to crash the page it's on.

[pt123]

but Chrome/ium has awful (dreadful) page scrolling. It also doesn't let you set the cache size.

[wojox]

I've been using Firefox 3.6.4 "Lorentz" for a few months now. Should I download a fresh copy or does it not matter?

[lovinglinux]

True, Chrome has had this from the start, but what seems to set Firefox apart in this regard is that when an applet crashes, it not only doesn't crash the browser, but it also doesn't appear to crash the page it's on.

Yes, that is true. Is way much better than Chrome method, which becomes unresponsive and crashes the whole tab. Oh Snap!


I've been using Firefox 3.6.4 "Lorentz" for a few months now. Should I download a fresh copy or does it not matter?

If you are still using 3.6.4something, then is better to get a new copy.

[lovinglinux]

but Chrome/ium has awful (dreadful) page scrolling. It also doesn't let you set the cache size.

Please, don't feed the Chromagnon, otherwise they will soon make this thread another browser war thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1511602).

[neoaddict]

Perhaps I can now be less afraid of Flash-intensive websites while using Firefox. :D

[lovinglinux]

Perhaps I can now be less afraid of Flash-intensive websites while using Firefox. :D

Yes, you can. I'm using Firefox with this feature for a while and it works great.

[gnomeuser]

True, Chrome has had this from the start, but what seems to set Firefox apart in this regard is that when an applet crashes, it not only doesn't crash the browser, but it also doesn't appear to crash the page it's on.

Chromium at least here on my machine gracefully crashes only the affected plugin replacing it's frame with a sad smiley not the whole page.

[lovinglinux]

Firefox 3.6.6 is available. It has an update to the crash protection feature to extend the amount of time Firefox will wait before terminating unresponsive plugins. Read more at http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/06/26/firefox-3-6-6-now-available-for-download/

[stmiller]

Whoa CentOS / Redhat 5.x updated Firefox to the latest sooner than Ubuntu. I'm still on Firefox 3.6.3 in 10.04 non-ppa.