Firefox 4 Beta 1 is out. Your thoughts?

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  Compeek Reply #21, 16 years, 2 months ago

  Quote from: treigh at Jul 14, 2010, 09:58 AM

  
  Die-hard fan I see. Every software needs faithful users like you.
  
  Way to go
  

  
  It’s just kind of become my favorite browser for a number of reasons. I wouldn’t cry if it suddenly went away, but I do like it.
  
  In my opinion, the real die-hards are the open-source finatics.
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  sottwell Reply #22, 16 years, 2 months ago

  Well, I still use vi whenever I’m editing from the command line.
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  treigh Reply #23, 16 years, 2 months ago

  Quote from: samba at Jul 14, 2010, 11:01 AM

  
  I’m glad to hear that the FF speed has increased, not that it’s that slow now.
  
  When I look at how much memory FF uses, it’s sometimes enormous. I do run a number of plugins, and that may be causing some of that. I use Firebug, fire.fm, WOT, and Adblock, and maybe they "leak" a bit.
  
  That aside, in your opinion, will FF keep needing to use even more memory for speed and other performance, or can/will that also be optimized?
  
  Cheers, Dave
  

  
  Dave, I think FF is seriously leaning toward increased speed and low memory usage. From my reading of their statements, it becomes clear that they understand that those who love Chrome do so because it acts faster and it looks prettier. I’m convinced FF is determined to take the speed fame away from the new kind on the block. Anyone else?
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  lossendae Reply #24, 16 years, 2 months ago

  I did not switch to chrome because it still miss some key add on (like all-in-one sidebar or faviconize).
  
  I have to admit that the majority of my extension lean torward bringing Opera functionalities to FF.
  
  The surfing experience is better on Opera or Webkit base browser if they’re installed with default settings.
  But some add ons really enhance firefox to the point where i systematicaaly miss something when i switch to another browser on a daily basis.
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  samba Reply #25, 16 years, 2 months ago

  Quote from: treigh at Jul 14, 2010, 03:29 PM

  
  Quote from: samba at Jul 14, 2010, 11:01 AM

  
  I’m glad to hear that the FF speed has increased, not that it’s that slow now.
  
  When I look at how much memory FF uses, it’s sometimes enormous. I do run a number of plugins, and that may be causing some of that. I use Firebug, fire.fm, WOT, and Adblock, and maybe they "leak" a bit.
  
  That aside, in your opinion, will FF keep needing to use even more memory for speed and other performance, or can/will that also be optimized?
  
  Cheers, Dave
  

  
  Dave, I think FF is seriously leaning toward increased speed and low memory usage. From my reading of their statements, it becomes clear that they understand that those who love Chrome do so because it acts faster and it looks prettier. I’m convinced FF is determined to take the speed fame away from the new kind on the block. Anyone else?
  

  Treigh,
  Thanks for the info. Sometime if I’m just futzing around, I’ll disable all plugins and see how it’s doing.
  
  And good point, I’m a big FF fan, but Chrome has improved so much that I enjoy using it pretty often. It’s rapidly catching up on plugins, too.
  
  Dave
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  treigh Reply #26, 16 years, 2 months ago

  Quote from: Compeek at Jul 14, 2010, 11:15 AM

  
  Quote from: treigh at Jul 14, 2010, 09:58 AM

  
  Die-hard fan I see. Every software needs faithful users like you.
  
  Way to go
  

  
  It’s just kind of become my favorite browser for a number of reasons. I wouldn’t cry if it suddenly went away, but I do like it.
  
  In my opinion, the real die-hards are the open-source finatics.
  

  
  Right on!
  
  Still waiting to see what IE9 will look like. They’re also bragging about it
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  sottwell Reply #27, 16 years, 2 months ago

  Still waiting to see what IE9 will look like. They’re also bragging about it

  You mean like they bragged about Windows ME and Vista?
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  treigh Reply #28, 16 years, 2 months ago

  Quote from: sottwell at Jul 20, 2010, 11:14 PM

  
  

  Still waiting to see what IE9 will look like. They’re also bragging about it

  You mean like they bragged about Windows ME and Vista?
  

  
  lol. I forgot, this is still Microsoft after all.
  
  On another note about FF4 Beta 1, check out Tab Candy, a very promising feature currently in its early testing stage.
  
  You can read about it via Mashable and its project page:
  
  http://mashable.com/2010/07/23/tab-candy-firefox/
  
  http://azarask.in/projects/tabcandy/
  
  Cheers
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  GoustiFruit Reply #29, 15 years, 11 months ago

  Well, using multiple tabs already leads to procrastination, and now we should spend more time in *organizing* tabs ?
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  sottwell Reply #30, 15 years, 11 months ago

  I gave up on it; no Firebug, no It’s All Text, and Flash containers were flickering and not even displaying at all most of the time.
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