Comments on: WebGL graphics memory stealing issue

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:51:26 +0000

Which bug numbers fixed this for Firefox 5?

By: Daniel Veditz

Daniel Veditz — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:28:56 +0000

Phil: this has nothing to do with your crashes which are almost certainly due to incompatible 3rd party software. If you’ve submitted crash reports to Mozilla and know the crash IDs we might be able to finger the culprit. Some problems are solved by starting in “safe-mode” and then disabling the bad add-on or plugin. If safe-mode doesn’t help sometimes the problem is a malware infection that has gone unnoticed until it starts conflicting with things–in which case switching to IE may stop the crashing but you’ve still got the malware spying on you!

There are too many possibilities to diagnose in a blog, please seek help from http://support.mozilla.com/

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:15:40 +0000

Could this be why my machine crashes, if I try to update from 3.6 to 4? I don’t have a video card, just the onboard & non-3D video. It’s not just FF freezing, the entire OS crashes on first run of FF 4! I had to use IE to research how to roll back. Until I know exactly what it is, this machine will never run FF 4. My secondary PC made the transition OK, however.

By: anonmouse

anonmouse — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:04:29 +0000

In general, WHY is webGL enabled by default on all sites? This seems like a very dumb decision security wise. The spec is nascent right now, why not have a pop up saying “Do you want to enable this beta feature for this site for now?” ?

By: Daniel Veditz

Daniel Veditz — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:47:00 +0000

Firefox 5 -is- the Firefox 4 refesh

http://www.conceivablytech.com/7747/products/no-more-updates-for-firefox-4-chromium-14-released (also see earlier “lifecycle” thread on mozilla.dev.planning)

From a product perspective there will be no more “Firefox N”, just “Firefox”. The number is there under the hood so people can double-check they’re up to date.

By: Michael Kaply

Michael Kaply — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:42:54 +0000

So this bug will only be fixed in Firefox 5? There are no plans to put this in a Firefox 4 refresh?

By: Danny Moules

Danny Moules — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:16:30 +0000

Good catch, though the value of the actual abstract they’ve provided to the public leaves much to be desired (it’s called ARB_robustness, not ARB_watertight). It’s nice to see people are putting WebGL implementations through their well-needed paces.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 06:03:26 +0000

Worlds of Worry!
context? OK MS bs OK just know it.
Move on!