Another Firefox 3.5 problem update

[Bradley]

On 07/09/2009 10:10 AM, brian wrote:
> On 07/09/2009 09:58 AM, Bradley wrote:
>> I just did a bigger search of issues with Firefox 3.5 on the Mozilla
>> website and apparently the problem I've experienced is one of a number
>> of problems with this release. There are numerous reports of users
>> having to downgrade back to 3.0 due to varying compatibility and website
>> issues. It would therefore be my recommendation that Fedora (as well as
>> any other release) to officially not use 3.5 until these issues have
>> been resolved. If 3.5 works fine with the sites you visit, they you have
>> "dodged the bullet" successfully but do not be surprised if you suddenly
>> go to a new site (for you) and find it doesn't work. Feel free to check
>> it out yourself.
>>
>> Bradley
>>
>
> Another nonsense post, is more like it. You still have not explained 
> *what* these problems are. Is it locking up? Crashing? Bursting into 
> flames? What are these mysterious problems that you're supposedly 
> giving the heads-up about?
>
> Your "information" so far has been little more than rumour & innuendo 
> and you've been evasive when pressed or clarification. FYI, my arse.

(exasperated sigh)

1)    First I would like to express my sincerest apologies to everyone 
on this list as I was not aware that you all were so demanding of such 
detailed information.  I didn't mean to come across as a gossip or as a 
pain-in-the-you-know-what.  In the interest of public information, I 
just wanted to pass along relevant information and then drop it.  I will 
be more prepared in the future.

2)    The reason I didn't give specific information was because I didn't 
keep any to pass along as I figured it would be unnecessary given the 
nature of the problem.  I can see now, that before I post anything on 
this list, I should make sure I have some as I will be prompted for it 
if I don't provide it.

3)    Even though I don't have any screen shots to pass along I did find 
one of the websites that failed to work with it.  http://www.monster.com 
flat out does not work with 3.5 and they have posted a note to that 
effect in their FAQ section.  If you turn off javascript, you will not 
be able to use the site at all.  The problems on this site vary to the 
login window appearing partially behind another window and hence 
sometimes being unable to log on, being unable to fully print some 
articles, etc.  I had a chat specifically with their support department 
and was told that at this time they have no plans to change their site 
to support FF3.5's script commands.

4)    I did finally get a response from Mozilla about this issue and, 
although they sidestepped the question a bit, they did confirm that some 
script commands were changed and/or removed in this version in the 
interest of making FF3.5 run faster, which was their primary goal.  They 
were unspecific in their response and so I can give you nothing more 
than that.  If you need details on what was changed, you will need to 
contact them directly.

I hope this clears things up a bit where my good intentions couple with 
poor preparations caused gross misunderstandings.  From this point on I 
am considering this thread done with unless anyone has anything else to 
add that would help.

Bradley