Mozilla has just released Firefox 3.6.6, less than a week after the release of the long awaited Firefox 3.6.4 version. Firefox 3.6.6 fixes a stability issue in the web browser. The developers have increased the time that plugins are allowed to be non-responsive before they are terminated by the browser. The timeout was set to 10 seconds and has been increased to 45 seconds in the new release.
This could very well be a response to user complaints who noticed slow downs and cpu spikes after upgrading or installing Firefox 3.6.4.
The Mozilla Blog has additional details about the upgrade.
Following the release of Firefox 3.6.4 we heard from some users, mainly those using older computers, that they sometimes expect longer periods of non-responsiveness from plugins, especially with games. For these users the default timeout of 10 seconds was too short. To address this, we increased the amount of time Firefox waits for a plugin to respond before terminating it from 10 to 45 seconds. This change has been made in Firefox 3.6.6, which was released today as an automatic update for all users.
Firefox 3.6.6 is not yet available via the automatic update check in the web browser itself. A download is provided over at the Mozilla website.
Firefox users can download the latest version for their operating system and language. It is likely that the new version will be picked up by the internal update checker later today.
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It is now available via the automatic update :)
Thanks for letting everyone now ;)
Wonder why they skipped 3.6.5?
They have done that to sync releases with the mobile version, or something like that.
Watch out for the adobe download, and the trickery to get the adobe download manager extension for firefox……
Finally the update check got it today…
Firefox 3.6.6, in my case, not remember the location of the download images (the problem is always at each pc reboot).
I have had so much grief with 3.6.6 that it pushed me to download Opera.
It seems there is this new plugin_container component that is taking most of the cpu and as much memory as Firefox itself. It pauses the system every few seconds that even typing has become so frustrating because it will not cachup to what you type.
Once again I hope FF fixes this soon, it is affecting a lot of people .
it’s just terrible. the typing pauses and my task manager says that I am using over 800mb of memory for firefox. it takes FOREVER to catch up. it’s not worth it anymore. I’ve been using firefox for years and I am DONE!! (until they fix this crap). it’s WAY too frustrating. I can’t type more than 3 words without it pausing. As long as I keep track of my typing it will eventually catch up but I can’t get anything done on line. (I also get a not responding error on the webpage). this just started last week when my computer shut itself down after a windows update and updated firefox.