The firefox 4 mega thread

[sandyd]

I just installed firefox 4, and it looks quite nice, I actually love it.
Seems about 4 times faster than the normal firefox.

however, a LOT of extensions aren't compatible, (I mean actually firefox incompatible, I disabled compatability check) so im downgrading....

Some things ive noticed (at a very quick glance)
- Tab closing animation added
- Firefox Sync (never tried, but its likely something like the one in opera)
- The address bar loading animation actually shows how much of the page is loaded (not sure if this is only a feature or w/e)
- If stuff is highlighted, right clicking will give an option to open the stuff in a new tab

Im using firefox 4 beta 6, which is the latest in the gentoo mozilla overlay fyi

[juancarlospaco]

Send me a notice when it gets 100% on Acid3Test.

[pwnst*r]

Seems about 4 times faster than the normal firefox.

How exactly are you judging that? That's a pretty hefty claim without numbers.

[barney385]

Yeah, I'm using it also and it is much faster than the old. I was getting ready to dump Firefox altogether until I found the minefield 4.0 beta.

After updates today, my NoScript is working also.

This beta is better to me already.

IMO of course.

[Frogs Hair]

I just removed Namoroka 3.6.X today , so it's all beta all the time. Today I managed to get all three of my extensions working so it was time for beta to go solo. Beta does seem faster than 3.6.X .

[barney385]

My adblock+ still isn't working and neither is my youtube download extension.

No big, it'll be fixed soon enough.

[Frogs Hair]

My adblock+ still isn't working and neither is my youtube download extension.

No big, it'll be fixed soon enough.

Remove adblock and reinstall it from the add-on site and it should work.

[Pogeymanz]

Send me a notice when it gets 100% on Acid3Test.

Send me a notice when any browser fully supports the standards more than the bare minimum to pass the Acid3.

There are plenty of things that Firefox supports that Webkit/Presto don't.

[lovinglinux]

I just installed firefox 4, and it looks quite nice, I actually love it.
Seems about 4 times faster than the normal firefox.

however, a LOT of extensions aren't compatible, (I mean actually firefox incompatible, I disabled compatability check) so im downgrading....

Some things ive noticed (at a very quick glance)
- Tab closing animation added
- Firefox Sync (never tried, but its likely something like the one in opera)
- The address bar loading animation actually shows how much of the page is loaded (not sure if this is only a feature or w/e)
- If stuff is highlighted, right clicking will give an option to open the stuff in a new tab

Im using firefox 4 beta 6, which is the latest in the gentoo mozilla overlay fyi

There is a thread about Firefox 4, in which I'm providing support for other users since the first beta and a tutorial about installation, extensions and customizations. You might want to look at both.

Firefox brings a LOT of new features, like:

• Firefox Panorama (best thing since tab browsing)
• Switch to Tab
• Apps Tab
• Firefox Sync
• WebM and much more...

There is a new UI, not available in Linux yet. The Windows version also brings Multi-touch and Direct2D Hardware Graphics Acceleration. Hardware acceleration is available in Linux too, through XRender.

It's a killer browser.

How exactly are you judging that? That's a pretty hefty claim without numbers.

I have benchmarked it and it is 3 times faster than Firefox 3.

[TNT1]

lovinglinux, any idea when it will move out of beta into release?