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Title: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Clive on December 21, 2011, 07:42

http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-pick/firefox-9-arrives-boosts-javascript-performance-by-30-20111220/

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Simon on December 21, 2011, 08:29

Another version??  ::)

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Rik on December 21, 2011, 09:07

I might wait a few days...

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Simon on December 21, 2011, 09:55

Does it give you a choice?

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Rik on December 21, 2011, 09:57

Usually, but who knows anymore with the rate at which they are changing things?

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Simon on December 21, 2011, 10:00

Indeed.

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Baz on December 22, 2011, 12:05

got it today....does seem quicker but is that all in the mind as I remember thinking that after the last update too :D

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: davy51 on December 22, 2011, 15:08

Its a little faster on sites loaded with java
memory leak seems to be fixed in FF9 since in ff8 it came back after fixing it in FF7
  :crazy:

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Simon on December 22, 2011, 16:38

All I can say is... FFS!  ;D

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Rik on December 22, 2011, 17:00

I don't think hexa-decimal goes up to S.  :o:

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Clive on December 22, 2011, 20:20

I wish they would fix this memory leak in Chrome before my computer sinks out of sight!

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Simon on December 22, 2011, 22:27

Well...   :o:

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Clive on December 22, 2011, 22:51

Chrome sucks!   >:(

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Simon on December 22, 2011, 23:00

We told you so!  :wahh:

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Simon on December 22, 2011, 23:02

Try this:  http://www.srware.net/downloads/srware_iron.exe

It's Iron Browser - the Chrome equivalent that I think is de-Googled.

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Clive on December 22, 2011, 23:05

I tried to go back to Avant but that's taken a change for the worse.  Chrome seems OK on the sister computer.  Can ait be the new hard drive?  I'm half sorry I didn't put the money to a new machine.

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Simon on December 22, 2011, 23:07

Can't really see how it could be the new hard drive, unless Chrome is looking for a cache on a different drive, or something, but that's just a wild guess.

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Clive on December 22, 2011, 23:16

If it will let me import my Chrome bookmarks then I will consider it.   ;D

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Clive on December 22, 2011, 23:18

Well another niggle is that when I turn on, an error message comes up saying "Warning - the chassis has been opened, press F1 to continue"   :dunno:

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Simon on December 22, 2011, 23:38

Sounds like it needs to go back to the repairers to me. 

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: chorleydave on December 22, 2011, 23:53

Quote from: Clive on December 22, 2011, 23:18

Well another niggle is that when I turn on, an error message comes up saying "Warning - the chassis has been opened, press F1 to continue"   :dunno:

Clive, I used to have a machine that came up with that alert.  There is a setting in the bios that disables it, but you will have to root around for it as I can't remember where it was hidden.

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Rik on December 23, 2011, 08:31

But rusts easily...

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Clive on December 23, 2011, 12:18

Thanks Dave, I haven't looked in BIOS for years.   :laugh:

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: sam on December 24, 2011, 10:33

indeed there should be a reset - if you can't find it let us know your motherboard model etc

Title: Re: Firefox 9 arrives, boosts JavaScript performance by 30%
Post by: Clive on December 24, 2011, 14:41

 :thumbs: