Firefox 4

out of beta, this seems like it's really rendering pages faster. options take a little while to find your way around, and had to find a new theme but looks good so far.

yeah, it's definitely snappier, especially with a shitload of tabs open. I'm diggin' tab groups as well.

i've been enjoying it

Using it at work now, definitely a significant improvement.

Chrome still feels a little faster on my home comp/OSX laptop, but I definitely like Firefox on Win7.

i hate the layout of basically everything, especially having to click the far right side of the screen just to open a new tab, rather than just hitting the plus button on the tab bar. no thanks

Ctrl T. Christ, you can sure nitpick.

  On 3/24/2011 at 5:27 PM, MAXIMUS MISCHIEF said:

having to click the far right side of the screen just to open a new tab

lol, hi Mom.

  On 3/24/2011 at 5:27 PM, MAXIMUS MISCHIEF said:

i hate the layout of basically everything, especially having to click the far right side of the screen just to open a new tab, rather than just hitting the plus button on the tab bar. no thanks

you do realize you can customize the layout by dragging and dropping elements? right click on a toolbar and click on customize. plus there are add-ons such as tab mix plus which give you many more options for customization.

yup and you cant move the new tab button anywhere else

these could seem like nitpicks to a person who LOOOOVES the browser, but i mean interface is like the only possible thing someone could like or dislike about a browser other than speed. . and the interface sucks

They've certainly taken a few style guides from Chrome huh ?!

looks real cool. but i doubt i'll replace chrome anytime soon.

  On 3/24/2011 at 5:53 PM, MAXIMUS MISCHIEF said:

yup and you cant move the new tab button anywhere else

 

these could seem like nitpicks to a person who LOOOOVES the browser, but i mean interface is like the only possible thing someone could like or dislike about a browser other than speed. . and the interface sucks

I just added a new tab button (I don't normally have one) and was able to drag it around to the right and left side of the tab bar and to other toolbars. also, if you get the tab mix plus add-on there's an option to place it after the last tab.

  On 3/24/2011 at 5:57 PM, mcbpete said:

They've certainly taken a few style guides from Chrome huh ?!

Yeah, I was disappointed by how Firefox has been desperately copying Chrome, and Firefox users still think Mozilla have thought about those new features by themselves. This is laughable.

So far I like Firefox 4 (I use it as my baseline for web development work)... much faster, and has some nice features they've borrowed from Chrome.

  On 3/24/2011 at 6:10 PM, GORDO said:

looks real cool. but i doubt i'll replace chrome anytime soon.

i read this post five times (i'm drunk and high) and each and every time i read it as:

"looks real cool. but i doubt it'll replace chrome anytime soon."

my brain started to implode... has chrome become the biggest browser in the last couple of months or what?

then i read it for the sixth time and now i'm all like:

  On 3/24/2011 at 6:16 PM, Enter a new display name said:

  On 3/24/2011 at 5:57 PM, mcbpete said:

They've certainly taken a few style guides from Chrome huh ?!

Yeah, I was disappointed by how Firefox has been desperately copying Chrome, and Firefox users still think Mozilla have thought about those new features by themselves. This is laughable.

don't all the major browsers steal good ideas from one another? where did google get the idea for chrome to have extensions? I won't be surprised if chrome steals tab groups from firefox.

  On 3/24/2011 at 6:16 PM, Enter a new display name said:

  On 3/24/2011 at 5:57 PM, mcbpete said:

They've certainly taken a few style guides from Chrome huh ?!

Yeah, I was disappointed by how Firefox has been desperately copying Chrome, and Firefox users still think Mozilla have thought about those new features by themselves. This is laughable.

Don't be ridiculous. Chrome had some nice UI ideas to maximize screen estate and Firefox adopted them. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. As if Firefox users aren't aware of how Chrome looks.

Not adopting great innovations done by other companies because your ego is too big is desperate, not the other way around.

  On 3/24/2011 at 6:28 PM, Ego said:

  On 3/24/2011 at 6:16 PM, Enter a new display name said:

  On 3/24/2011 at 5:57 PM, mcbpete said:

They've certainly taken a few style guides from Chrome huh ?!

Yeah, I was disappointed by how Firefox has been desperately copying Chrome, and Firefox users still think Mozilla have thought about those new features by themselves. This is laughable.

 

Don't be ridiculous. Chrome had some nice UI ideas to maximize screen estate and Firefox adopted them. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. As if Firefox users aren't aware of how Chrome looks.

 

Not adopting great innovations done by other companies because your ego is too big is desperate, not the other way around.

Hello, IE9!

  On 3/24/2011 at 6:16 PM, nene multiple assgasms said:

  On 3/24/2011 at 5:53 PM, MAXIMUS MISCHIEF said:

yup and you cant move the new tab button anywhere else

 

these could seem like nitpicks to a person who LOOOOVES the browser, but i mean interface is like the only possible thing someone could like or dislike about a browser other than speed. . and the interface sucks

 

I just added a new tab button (I don't normally have one) and was able to drag it around to the right and left side of the tab bar and to other toolbars. also, if you get the tab mix plus add-on there's an option to place it after the last tab.

I just downloaded latest rc of firefox 4 and I'm using it now. The tab "+" button is right next to the farthest right tab, just like always, am I missing something?

Otherwise it seems okay, single menu change is fine, i hardly use the menus anyways and it's nice to have them out of the way. The font rendering definitely seems different, at least in windows 7. Not sure how to explain it and I'm not sure it is better than before.

Yeah the GPU acceleration can have a serious influence on font rendering.

See this article for possible solutions:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2011/03/10/fix-firefox-4-fade-blur-bold-bad-and-ugly-font-rendering/

  On 3/24/2011 at 9:34 PM, Ego said:

Yeah the GPU acceleration can have a serious influence on font rendering.

 

See this article for possible solutions:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2011/03/10/fix-firefox-4-fade-blur-bold-bad-and-ugly-font-rendering/

Thanks man, i disabled it, looks way better now.

how many extensions does FF4 break?

It broke a couple for me - The Chrome theme I was running and some Microsoft .net something-or-other. Though I don't miss either (and have no idea what the second one even was) and all the important ones like NoScript and AdBlock Plus are all a-ok

Cool it doesn't break my citation plugin either definitely gonna give it a whirl then :)

I put the tabs on the bottom and it only broke a couple of extensions (the tor button is the only one I care about)...doesn't seem particularly faster than 3.6.xx