Why do large (>50MB) Javascript movies stop running properly at version 17 (and also later), making me downgrade to version 15?
My job includes examining a large volume of solar images in movies. For example, take a look at http://aia.lmsal.com/aia_cadence/aia_0304_orig_20120831_1915/AIA_0304_ORIG_20120831_1915_j.html, which is more than 120 MB. On my Mac (OS 10.6.8), this used to run smoothly on Firefox, but when I upgraded to version 17 earlier this year, it stopped running smoothly with frequent blank frames. I remember last summer I was on version 15 and the movies ran without problem. Therefore I downgraded to version 15, and have ignored prompts for upgrade up to now. Is this problem known and has it possibly been taken care of in the newest version? I was told by my colleague that version 18 was pretty much the same as version 17 (bad), and that Google Chrome could handle my movies properly.
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Please update your Firefox to latest version of Firefox and give a try..
Firefox Latest version is 20.0.1 - Download here
- www.mozilla.or
I am busy right now and do not want my work to be interrupted. I will not upgrade until you guarantee that the problem is resolved in the latest version. You have obviously not done so.
the link which you provide is working fine for me...
Following your advice, I upgraded to 20.0 - with great regret. The problem I described, occasional blank frames, still persists. I will go back to 15.0. But I have to find out where the dmg file is. Oh wow.
On a second thought, it is possible that the problem may lie only in the Mac version of Firefox and that it may not be found on Windows or Linux. So I ask Mac users to run the following Javascript movie on Firefox 15.0 and Firefox 17.0 (or 20.0) [and even on Google Chrome and Safari], and to find if there is any difference.
Beware that the movie is 147 MB.