version of firefox that is not sucky?

[jo$h]

I just cant stand firefox is there any more linux web browsers out there that does not suck the windows version of firefox is better than this.

[Chemical Imbalance]

Opera, Epiphany, and Konqueror are pretty nice.

You can also run the Windows version of Firefox in WINE.

[yogg]

Hmm if Firefox suxs then use Iceweasel :P

[DeMus]

I just cant stand firefox is there any more linux web browsers out there that does not suck the windows version of firefox is better than this.

Why? What happens? I use Firefox for 14 months already and it's perfect. Maybe the speed could be better, but that's it.
What happens when you use it?

[lovinglinux]

You could install firefox-3.5 (apt:firefox-3.5) [apt-get]. It is in the repositories and it is almost 200% faster than Firefox 3 according to my Peacekeeper (http://service.futuremark.com/peacekeeper/index.action) benchmarks.

sudo apt-get install firefox-3.5

It is currently a Beta. It will install side-by-side with Firefox 3.0.11 and will make a copy of your profile to avoid conflicts.

[Bachstelze]

Moved to Recurring Discussions.

[ricardofilipemoreira]

actually the windows and linux version are exactly the same thing, equal!

[dasunst3r]

Huh? I don't see a difference between the Linux and Windows versions of Firefox.

[jo$h]

It does that stupid firefox is already runing thing all the time with me even know i am not runing it >_>.

[Old Marcus]

that's probably because there's a background fiefox process still running, go to the system monitor and kill it.

[kickwin]

You could install firefox-3.5 (apt:firefox-3.5) [apt-get]. It is in the repositories and it is almost 200% faster than Firefox 3 according to my Peacekeeper (http://service.futuremark.com/peacekeeper/index.action) benchmarks.

Do you have anything to say about the add-ons' compatibility with the new Firefox version? I would give it a try if my add-ons would work well.

[lovinglinux]

Do you have anything to say about the add-ons' compatibility with the new Firefox version? I would give it a try if my add-ons would work well.

I still have several incompatible extensions, so I'm still using Firefox 3.0.11. Nevertheless, you can try disabling the compatibility check (http://kb.mozillazine.org/Updating_extensions).

[nortexoid]

By far the best alternative to firefox is epiphany (gecko). It has adblock (not as good as firefox's), "awesome" bar, smart bookmarks, password management, other useful plugins, full gtk+ integration, relatively lightweight and fast, and should be at least as stable as firefox, and typically more stable.

I've used Firefox 3.5 beta (just before the preview and RC) and didn't find it noticeably faster than 3.0.11, so I doubt the official 3.5 release is going to be worth switching to from 3.0.11 if you don't like 3.0.11. Of course, everyone is claiming massive speed gains in 3.5, but are they even humanly perceptible? (And I always leave my java-heavy sites open all the time anyway...why keep reloading them?)

[lovinglinux]

Of course, everyone is claiming massive speed gains in 3.5, but are they even humanly perceptible?

Yes they are perceptible. When you test the browser with Peacekeeper you clearly see the difference, because the heavy tests are rendered much more smoothly.

[kickwin]

By far the best alternative to firefox is epiphany (gecko).

Have you tried K-meleon? I have been using it for a while now and it has never crashed.

Btw, I have been using it on Windows. Not sure if it can work on Linux.

[0per4t0r]

Some addons aren't compatible with firefox for linux, and flash can be less than acceptable at times (but the flash problem is not firefox's fault).

Anyway, just use opera, konqueror, epiphany, seamonkey (which is based off firefox), Galeon, or IceCat.

Or a firefox 3.5 beta (as suggested earlier.

[nortexoid]

Yes they are perceptible. When you test the browser with Peacekeeper you clearly see the difference, because the heavy tests are rendered much more smoothly.

I'm not denying there aren't speed benefits registered by synthetic benchmarks, but what about perceptible speed gains from visiting the usual sites (google mail, reader, calendar, yahoo, hotmail, youtube, etc.)? I couldn't see a difference, even when visiting sites that I thought were quite java heavy. Perceptible speed gains are, of course, highly subjective.

By the way, thanks for the link to peacekeeper. I notice that epiphany scores higher than firefox 3.0.11 by about 25% on my machine.