16 March, 2012

Waterfox-The fastest 64-Bit variant of Firefox!

Mar 13, 2012

Posted by: MrAlex

Waterfox 11.0 is now available for download in the download section.
How to enable automatic updates?
If you aren't getting notifications for automatic updates then do the follow steps:
  1. Enter about:config in the address bar
  2. Search for app.update.url.override (if it does not exist, Right Click > New > String)
  3. Modify its value to http://waterfoxproject.org/update/%CHANNEL%/%VERSION%/update.xml
What's New in Firefox 11.0?
  • Firefox can now migrate your bookmarks, history, and cookies from Google Chrome
  • With Sync enabled, add-ons can now be synchronized across your computers
  • The CSS text-size-adjust property is now supported
  • Redesigned media controls for HTML5 video
  • The outerHTML property is now supported on HTML elements
  • View source syntax highlighting now uses the HTML5 parser (see bug 482921)
  • The Style Editor for CSS editing is now available to web developers
  • Web developers can now visualize a web page in 3D using the Page Inspector 3D View
  • SPDY protocol support for faster page loads is now testable
  • XMLHttpRequest now supports HTML parsing
  • Files can now be stored in IndexedDB (see bug 661877)
  • Websockets has now been unprefixed
  • Fixed where Firefox notifications may not work properly with Growl 1.3 or later (691662)
What's New in Waterfox 11.0?
  • Switched from the ACML to AMD LibM.
  • Compiled with the following flags: -Og -Oi- -Ot -Oy -Ob2 -Gs -GF -Gy -GS- -GA -w

Feb 22, 2012

Posted by: MrAlex

Mozilla has released an update to address a critical security issue. It is available for download in the download section.
What's new in Firefox 10.0.2?
  • MFSA 2012-11 libpng integer overflow (Critical: Vulnerability can be used to run attacker code and install software, requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing.)

Feb 13, 2012

Posted by: MrAlex

Waterfox 10.0.1 has been released. It contains critical security updates and it is highly recommended that you update Waterfox as soon as possible!
What's new in Firefox 10.0.1?
  • Security fixes can be found here.
  • Java applets sometimes caused text input to become unresponsive (bug 718939)

Feb 5, 2012

Posted by: MrAlex

Since I see a lot of users requesting where they can find a 64-Bit PDF viewer to use with Waterfox, some users have found a program called PDF-XChange Viewer that should satisfy everyones needs. It is available here. (I suggest using the EXE installer).

Feb 4, 2012

Posted by: MrAlex

Waterfox 10 is now available from the Download page. The issue has been resolved by returning back to the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler which produces smaller more efficient code then the Intel C++ compiler.
What's new in Firefox 10?
  • The forward button is now hidden until you navigate back
  • Anti-Aliasing for WebGL is now implemented (see bug 615976)
  • Full Screen APIs allow you to build a web application that runs full screen (see the feature page) CSS3 3D-Transforms are now supported (see bug 505115)
  • New <bdi> element for bi-directional text isolation, along with supporting CSS properties (see bugs 613149 and 662288)
  • Inspect tool with content highlighting, includes new CSS Style Inspector
  • We've added IndexedDB APIs to more closely match the specification Some users may experience a crash when moving bookmarks (681795)
What's new in Waterfox 10?
  • Smaller final code without loss of performance
  • Implementation of AMD Core Math Library to improve performance of mathematic functions
  • Compiled with /O2 /GS- /GA

DOWNLOAD:-Waterfox 11.0

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