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03-22-2011, 02:07 PM
| | The only winning move is not to play. | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Gainesville/Ft. Lauderdale, FL | | | Firefox 4
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Firefox 4 was released today. I just downloaded it and am posting from it now. I can say there is a noticeable speed increase and they've consolidated the tab bar and menu bar to maximize screen real estate. Also, they've introduced tab grouping which seems awesome.
Will I switch back from Chrome? Too early to tell, but Firefox has certainly stepped up its game. http://www.mozilla.com/
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03-22-2011, 02:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Birmingham, UK | | | My my, well, that seems a little better!
Let's hope we're getting the home comforts of Firefox with the speed of Chrome.
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03-22-2011, 02:17 PM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | Thanks, but no thanks. I'm still sporting SRWare Iron.
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03-22-2011, 02:41 PM
|  | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | | Does it support ad block yet? |
03-22-2011, 02:43 PM
|  | I Know Nothing | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Columbia River Gorge, WA. | | | I've been working through the beta versions for a couple of months, along with messing with Iron and Opera (both of which I like a lot BTW). FF4 has plenty of great add-ons already, it's gonna be my go-to unless some huge bug pops up. It's just easier for me to set things up exactly to my liking than the others.
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03-22-2011, 03:02 PM
| | I Know Nothing | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Columbia River Gorge, WA. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Gress Does it support ad block yet? | Yep. I have twelve add-ons working perfectly ATM which is more than I probably will end up using. |
03-22-2011, 03:02 PM
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Unofficialy endorsing EBMM, Avatar Speakers | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Seattle (ish), WA | | | Downloaded it, gave it a shot, but nope, not switching. |
03-22-2011, 03:06 PM
| | I Know Nothing | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Columbia River Gorge, WA. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ray Salamon Downloaded it, gave it a shot, but nope, not switching. | What're you using, and what does it do better for you? |
03-22-2011, 03:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Hamilton, Ontario | | | I used to be on FF. But recently I started experimenting with other browsers and have switched to Chromium. I tried FF4 periodically through the betas and RC, and today with the release, though their is an increase in speed it still doesn't match Chromium or Opera for me. It also looks almost exactly like Opera. I was also having issues with text colors when using dark themes, I could only find compromises for them but no fixes.
The only thing that I really miss from Firefox right now is NoScript. But Chrome's extensions have caught up quite a bit otherwise. That said, if Firefox were to release a browser that was faster than chromium and fixed their bugs I would switch back in an instant.
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03-22-2011, 03:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | Tried it, but didn't really like it. I use Safari, I find it to be faster, a little more accessible, and has some of the features that Chrome does, like the top sites main page.
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03-22-2011, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Passinwind What're you using, and what does it do better for you? | Iron for most of my browsing. IE 9 is pretty impressive, too, actually.
Anymore, browsers don't really "do" anything "better" or "worse", it just boils down to personal preference and habit more than anything. |
03-22-2011, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Ray Salamon Iron for most of my browsing. IE 9 is pretty impressive, too, actually.
Anymore, browsers don't really "do" anything "better" or "worse", it just boils down to personal preference and habit more than anything. | Yep, if you like it or use it often you'll think its faster, etc.
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03-22-2011, 03:17 PM
| | I Know Nothing | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Columbia River Gorge, WA. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ray Salamon Iron for most of my browsing. IE 9 is pretty impressive, too, actually.
Anymore, browsers don't really "do" anything "better" or "worse", it just boils down to personal preference and habit more than anything. | Yep, pretty much my take as well. I got fairly good at writing.css styles for Firefox, and have it looking just the way I want it now, so I'm pretty motivated to stick with that. Haven't noticed any speed differences that actually matter to me in any of them. |
03-22-2011, 03:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Hamilton, Ontario | | | I haven't tried Iron yet, I think I'll give it a shot. |
03-22-2011, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by TBAR Shane I haven't tried Iron yet, I think I'll give it a shot. | Since I was just sending a link to a friend: SRWare Iron - The Browser of the Future
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03-22-2011, 03:33 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eh? | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ray Salamon Iron for most of my browsing. IE 9 is pretty impressive, too, actually.
Anymore, browsers don't really "do" anything "better" or "worse", it just boils down to personal preference and habit more than anything. | They do a lot of things different, but it's hidden under the hood (and silently mines the user experience). There is a thing called standards compliance, which is a measure of how well browsers' engines (mozilla, Webkit, etc.) interpret a site's code, compared to how they are expected to. IE9 is still a bit late and underwhelming, although a huge step forward.
If they all complied the same, making web sites would be a helluva lot easier, and it would make the user experience all the better.
Example - a chart of how they each support HTML5's enhancement to forms: The Current State of HTML5 Forms · Wufoo
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03-22-2011, 03:34 PM
| | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | | Just got it. I'll report later on speed, but it sure does look a lot nicer/less cramped. |
03-22-2011, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by L-A They do a lot of things different, but it's hidden under the hood (and silently mines the user experience). There is a thing called standards compliance, which is a measure of how well browsers' engines (mozilla, Webkit, etc.) interpret a site's code, compared to how they are expected to. IE9 is still a bit late and underwhelming, although a huge step forward.
If they all complied the same, making web sites would be a helluva lot easier, and it would make the user experience all the better.
Example - a chart of how they each support HTML5's enhancement to forms: The Current State of HTML5 Forms · Wufoo | Yes, I understand all of that (being a web developer myself). But for my day-to-day basic surfing, they're all the same. |
03-22-2011, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by MJ5150 | Seems a lot faster than version 9 -- guess I'll keep dweebing with the adblocking and whatnot for a while.  |
03-22-2011, 03:57 PM
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