April 29, 2011
Firefox 4.0.1 fixes several security and stability issues. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/4.0/releasenotes/ MFSA 2011-18 XSLT generate-id() function heap address leak MFSA 2011-17 WebGLES vulnerabilities MFSA 2011-12 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:2.0.1/ 1.9.2.17/ 1.9.1.19) http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox40.html#firefox4.0.1 If you do not receive an update notice when using the application, select “Check for Updates” from the Help menu. Firefox 4.0.1 Manual Download
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April 6, 2011
One I’d already disabled is listed in the top two, 74% slowdown. Add-ons provide many useful features and functions, but they can also cause Firefox to become slower. Some add-ons can even slow Firefox to a crawl and make it difficult to use for regular web browsing. If you think add-ons might be the reason [...]
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