After installing and using Minefield 3.7a1pre, I could never go back to plain vanilla

[HappinessNow]

After installing and using Minefield 3.7a1pre, I could never go back to plain vanilla...firefox

As many may well know Google Chrome is my primary web browser so I decided to install Minefield 3.7a1pre, and I love it! :P

Google Chrome may remain my primary Web Browser of choice but Minefield is my second favorite, Opera will always reside on my computer also! Safari I had to remove!

[Nerd King]

Ok thanks for telling us about your latest love. So.. first it was chrome then it was opera, now firefox, what next?

[Tristam Green]

今幸福 - the new Hoppipolla, but with less ^_^'s.

[spupy]

Why do people have so many browsers? I have 3, of which only one is used, and it already feels cramped. They all do the same things, right?

[-grubby]

Please make a Twitter account.

[OffHand]

Please make a Twitter account.

:lolflag:

[crimesaucer]

After installing and using Minefield 3.7a1pre, I could never go back to plain vanilla...firefox

As many may well know Google Chrome is my primary web browser so I decided to install Minefield 3.7a1pre, and I love it! :P

Google Chrome may remain my primary Web Browser of choice but Minefield is my second favorite, Opera will always reside on my computer also! Safari I had to remove!

The best things about 3.7a1pre that I've noticed are:

1.) PGO for Linux has been fixed.

2.) TraceMonkey for 64-bit finally works and my sunspider benchmarks went from 4400 to 1440!

3.) Tab Thumbnails are very nice looking (reminds me of a compiz plugin).


However, my 3.7a1pre and 3.6b4 builds have had very buggy flash on pages that worked perfectly in version 3.5 (and I'm not sure what caused it).



I also found a nice trick to make the Firefox Location Bar better (I removed the search box completely): http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Smart+keywords


Plus, for a much faster 'Firefox Location Bar' you can use a tmpfs:

http://www.verot.net/firefox_tmpfs.htm
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Speed-up_Firefox_using_tmpfs#Relocating_the_entire_profi le_to_RAM

[days_of_ruin]

今幸福 - the new Hoppipolla, but with less ^_^'s.

:lolflag:

[FuturePilot]

Why do people have so many browsers? I have 3, of which only one is used, and it already feels cramped. They all do the same things, right?

I used to have 2 or 3 installed. Now I only have 1. Firefox



1.) PGO for Linux has been fixed.

2.) TraceMonkey for 64-bit finally works and my sunspider benchmarks went from 4400 to 1440!



Is this official? I really can't wait until we get PGO.

[crimesaucer]

I used to have 2 or 3 installed. Now I only have 1. Firefox



Is this official? I really can't wait until we get PGO.


Yes and Yes. 64-bit TraceMonkey is official in 3.7 (still needs to be patched for 3.6b4), and I believe that the new "PGO fix patch" is in upstream now. Check this page that has been marked 'RESOLVED': https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=520704

[FuturePilot]

Yes and Yes. 64-bit TraceMonkey is official in 3.7 (still needs to be patched for 3.6b4), and I believe that the new "PGO fix patch" is in upstream now.

Awesome. :guitar:

[SuperSonic4]

今幸福 - the new Hoppipolla, but with less ^_^'s.

Hoppipolla, as well having awesome taste in DE ^_^, was very interesting ^_^

Shame on you all for driving him away :(

[schauerlich]

今幸福 - the new Hoppipolla, but with less ^_^'s.

Watch out, I got a warning for jokingly insinuating they were the same person.

[HappinessNow]

...and I just scored 2,875 points to destroy this thread! :P

Thread marked as SOLVED! LOL

[HappinessNow]

The best things about 3.7a1pre that I've noticed are:

1.) PGO for Linux has been fixed.

2.) TraceMonkey for 64-bit finally works and my sunspider benchmarks went from 4400 to 1440!

3.) Tab Thumbnails are very nice looking (reminds me of a compiz plugin).


However, my 3.7a1pre and 3.6b4 builds have had very buggy flash on pages that worked perfectly in version 3.5 (and I'm not sure what caused it).



I also found a nice trick to make the Firefox Location Bar better (I removed the search box completely): http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Smart+keywords


Plus, for a much faster 'Firefox Location Bar' you can use a tmpfs:

http://www.verot.net/firefox_tmpfs.htm
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Speed-up_Firefox_using_tmpfs#Relocating_the_entire_profi le_to_RAMThanks for the pointers. :P