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Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.5

Well of course Firefox is slower to load since its not a native app and checks for updates on startup. But how many times in a day do you start it up? I start mine up and then leave it running. I put my computer to sleep and leave Firefox running while it sleeps.
 
Still needs work

Downloaded, installed and had issues. No back button history. No history, history. Always opened a blank page on start and when clicking a link. 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😕

thank goodness for Time machine on my Mac. Got the previous version back in about a minute.🙂
 
I went from Safari to Firefox, then to Safari 4 beta, then back to Firefox, then from Firefox to Safari 4 final, and now from Safari 4 to Firefox 3.5.

phew, that was a mouthful.
 
sn00pie said:
I went from Safari to Firefox, then to Safari 4 beta, then back to Firefox, then from Firefox to Safari 4 final, and now from Safari 4 to Firefox 3.5.

phew, that was a mouthful.
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I think that is the experience of many of us. I am always looking for a better browser. But when you're in any form of technology or programming, you are always looking and working for something better. It's what keeps the world spinning.🙂
 
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I was using FireFox 3.0 until Safari 4 Beta came out.

But now with installing FF 3.5 I noticed a speed increase. Also before with FF3 I never really used add-ons, but after installing 3.5 and some add-ons I am really impressed with this new version. Time to keep the FireFox icon on the dock again.

😀
 
clevin said:
I haven't use linux for a while, when I did, I noticed such problem, although Im not sure if the grey box is part of the problem of compiz fusion.

I don't think this should be blamed on firefox, flash support isn't good from adobe on mac too, on top of that, linux distroes does not provided adequate support if users were to download and install browsers from vendor's websites, they are expected to use the pre-installed browsers. Which is fine to certain degree.

If there is anything mozilla can do, you can submit bug report any time you want, but I do not think firefox can include non-open codes like flash in its release. 3.5 does include ogg codecs tho. Which I hope helps the situation a bit, albeit ogg still needs more improvement.
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Its due to NSPlugin wrapper which is developed by an old Netscape guy who doesn't know that people might be running more than one instance of flash. Dont ask me why Linux developers insist on such a crappy system thats really outdated.
 
windywoo said:
What? Like the millions of iPhone apps with crappy implementation? I hope you don't use the same reasoning when you choose your OS as when you choose your browser. You plainly have little experience of Firefox or you wouldn't be saying such things.
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Same goes for App Store 😉 Look and Feel is what counts and Safari hands down wins (again for me) and with Safari 4 i'm very happy. What experience? Please, used it before, tried it today still no go. The Poblem is that for every thing that needs fixing i need an extension and with all that it's bloated burning fox. On Windows i use Opera, on linux i use Opera and Safari on Mac OS X. Can't really say i'm missing features of firefox using Safari and Opera. Good luck.
 
I just use Firefox with Caminofox theme. It is slow on startup but I leave it always running, and extensions are awesome, as the awsome bar is.
 
CHROME FTW
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jbcaro said:
Downloaded, installed and had issues. No back button history. No history, history. Always opened a blank page on start and when clicking a link. 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😕

thank goodness for Time machine on my Mac. Got the previous version back in about a minute.🙂
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+1

3.5 on my work WinTel machine XP SP2 and my home OS X 14.4.x MacBook No history when you open a link, just blank page....boo, that was such a handy time saver.

However, my OS X 10.5.x iMac works fine with a new tab and history, go figure, some bug for older OS's.
 
jbcaro said:
Downloaded, installed and had issues. No back button history. No history, history. Always opened a blank page on start and when clicking a link. 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😕

thank goodness for Time machine on my Mac. Got the previous version back in about a minute.🙂
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Before I go any further, why are you running 10.5.4 when the latest is 10.5.7? have you updated and tried Firefox 3.5 on 10.5.7? I am running it right now and I haven't experienced a single problem. Maybe the issues you're facing have to do with your setup rather than Firefox.
 
SactoGuy18 said:
While Google Chrome is VERY fast, the lack of third-party support puts it at a distinct disadvantage compared to Firefox 3.5. And now even more so with the dramatic performance increases offered by Firefox 3.5. 🙂
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True - there is an extension technology in development though which should appear in Safari and Chrome. The problem with Chrome as it stands now - there is no stable version for Mac OS X yet so it is difficult to make judgement due to that issue.
 
safari is my fav. but apple have to update him with bug fixes , safari sometimes just hangs..

p.s
i luv the 3.5 its good !!
im using FF sometimes 🙄
 
Dark Angel said:
Don't like the "plus" button for new tabs? Edit userChrome.css in your profile and add:

.tabs-newtab-button {display:none !important;}
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Unfortunately for me, with enough tabs open to fill the tab bar, it is causing the tabs to vibrate back and forth pretty rapidly. 🙁

Looks like I'll have to find another alternative.
 
Povilas said:
Same goes for App Store 😉 Look and Feel is what counts and Safari hands down wins (again for me) and with Safari 4 i'm very happy. What experience? Please, used it before, tried it today still no go. The Poblem is that for every thing that needs fixing i need an extension and with all that it's bloated burning fox. On Windows i use Opera, on linux i use Opera and Safari on Mac OS X. Can't really say i'm missing features of firefox using Safari and Opera. Good luck.
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At least Firefox has the addons. Safari more often than not just lumps you with whatever Steve Jobs thought was best that month.

SactoGuy18 said:
While Google Chrome is VERY fast, the lack of third-party support puts it at a distinct disadvantage compared to Firefox 3.5. And now even more so with the dramatic performance increases offered by Firefox 3.5. 🙂
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How can google's own browser not even have search suggestions?
 
I have been using Firefox for 2 reasons over Safari. I would love to use Safari but these items bug me:
1. I can't use Safari for Bank of America account. It states I have an out of date browser.
2. 1 password has to use a button on Safari with a drop down list while Firefox has a nice toolbar that I can access with one click.
 
FireFox did a fantastic job with this new one.

Its noticeably faster, and updates rarely show this much performance increase.
Feels stable which was a problem for the last few versions I was using.
There are no doubt a few changes to make, but they will do it.

Good Job FF!!
 
I updated to FF 3.5 yesterday. No issues with installation. FF even told me that two of my themes were incompatible and did I want to continue. Well, you know we become attached to our themes and the "look". Arrrrrgh, grinned and bear'd it. So, FF 3.5 was up and running with a new look. I went to the developer of my favorite theme to see if he had updated (Aaron Spuler and the Apollo theme) but no joy. Surprised when later that day I hit the check update for themes and found that Apollo was updated to FF 3.5. Aaaaaaaaaaaaah! Aaron even got the slider bar working on this edition. Everything is right again. BTW, I use both Safari 4 and FF 3.5 but prefer FF. Cheers
 
SactoGuy18 said:
While Google Chrome is VERY fast, the lack of third-party support puts it at a distinct disadvantage compared to Firefox 3.5. And now even more so with the dramatic performance increases offered by Firefox 3.5. 🙂
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it needs more google integration like google bookmarks with sign in
notification in browser when u get new email
its fast and thats all i need it for i now use it as my main browser because of the speed
 
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