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After some delays, Mozilla has released Firefox 3.6.4, the newest version of the popular web browser. It comes with one big addition: protection against crashing due to third-party plugins, most notably Adobe Flash.

The updated browser, which you can download here, comes with dozens of bug fixes and stability upgrades. What the average user will care about most though is FirefoxFirefox crash protection, something that is a prominent feature of Google ChromeGoogle Chrome.

Crash protection utilizes out-of-process plugins technology to run third-party plugins (specifically Flash, Quicktime, and Silverlight) in a separate process. In the past, a plugin crash would take down your entire Firefox browser. With crash protection however, “the browser will stay running while the portions of websites controlled by the plugin will be disabled.” It only takes a refresh to restart the plugin.

There is a catch, though: only WindowsWindows and LinuxLinux users have access to crash protection. According to Mozilla, making crash protection available to Mac OS X users would require major changes to Firefox’s infrastructure. However, the non-profit promises that it will become available for Mac users in Firefox 4, which should ship by the end of the year.

Firefox 3.6.4 Released: Flash No Longer Crashes Your Browser

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Installed 3.6.3 a couple of days ago while working to get my county's tax assessor website working correctly -- still have it on this computer but not as the default browser.
Thanks to the help of a wonderful (female) IT person at the county website, I went back to the Internet Explorer 8 browser and fixed the problem.
(My first & last experience with Firefox.)
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This is a plug-in issue...(the plug-ins are not written by them).
As another point...some banks will only let you use FF because IE is not secure enough to their liking.
It isn't just preference.

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Hmmm -- "Different strokes for different folks".
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Upgraded my Firefox installation to 3.6.4 -- will try again to see whether the tax assessor's eMapPlus works with it or not.
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Give 'er a go...what the heck!

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Nope -- still doesn't work properly with Firefox.
When I search for my property, eMapsPlus puts up a search window but continues to search endlessly -- same behavior as with 10.6.3.



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eMapsPlus Ver. 2 help, only mentions IE 5.5 and higher. There is no mention of FF that I can find.

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That agrees with what the Madison County IT person told me when she suggested going back to IE 8 and updating Java.  Looks like Firefox isn't the 'do-all & end-all' -- at least if you need eMapsPlus.



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When you design something specifically for one browser...it's hard to blame another for its inability to work properly.
Most ppl design for all browser usage...at least IE,FF,Chrome,and Opera. AFAIK

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We work with some programs that only will work properly with IE. Drives me nuts because I will be going along just fine and it is like hitting a brick wall. Then I remember that I need to do IE for this function and have to waste time going to IE.

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