Firefox 4 Released

[Sonic 295]

So the first non beta release of Firefox 4 has been released. Anyone made the update, what do you think. Getting used to a few changes but overall I like it. It's really fast so that's a good thing. You can update from inside your current install of Firefox or just go to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/fx/ and start the download.

 

Also check out http://glow.mozilla.com/ for something cool

 

I've had to some minor coding fixes to CNCNZ.com, I noticed a few oddities pop up in Firefox 4 when display the main site. I've managed to apply quick fixes here and there. The entire backend and HTML coding for CNCNZ.com needs be scrapped and redone from scratch I think. Its on my long ass to do list. So here's what CNCNZ.com looks like in Firefox 4...

 

[Luk3us 63]

Downloaded it.

 

Issues I have:

 

1) Status bar is gone! Nooooo.... So I use (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ad...4-evar/?src=api)

2) The new text rendering hurts my eyes. Turning off hardware acceleration fixed it, I think.

 

Overall though, it feels just like the old one really. I haven't really noticed any change in speeds, but meh. New is better right?

[Sonic 295]

1) Status bar is gone! Nooooo.... So I use (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ad...4-evar/?src=api)

Its still there, but its turned off by default. It can be enabled here....

 

 

Although, that add on you linked to works way better, so I'll used that

 

2) The new text rendering hurts my eyes. Turning off hardware acceleration fixed it, I think.

Yeah, I noticed it renders all the fonts different. The question is why?

[Guest Stevie_K]

Wow, Chrome much?

[PurpleGaga27 40]

May try it as a portable version, but yeah the new Firefox 4 reminds me of Google Chrome.

[Doctor Destiny 41]

I'll switch to Firefox 4 when I know all of my addons are compatible with it. I have a few I can't live without and if they don't work, **** it.

[Inferno 22]

I'll switch to Firefox 4 when I know all of my addons are compatible with it. I have a few I can't live without and if they don't work, **** it.

That. FF3 wasn't a very noticable improvement over FF2 either.

[Doctor Destiny 41]

Well. I'm using Firefox 4 on my laptop now. It's not really all that different to 3, except it's not hogging memory so badly. So I guess it's a good step forward.

[Sonic 295]

Yeah really liking Firefox 4. I think it runs way faster. It starts faster too. But like Luk3us, I had to disable the hardware acceleration setting in the options menu as well. It does a **** job rendering fonts with it enabled on certain systems.

 

 

From what I read about this, its not a Mozilla problem. Its a Microsoft problem, something they haven't patched/addressed since Windows Vista's release or something.

[Tore 33]

It looks a lot like a certain other browser now, which in turn looks like a certain other browser, which had a similar look to the certain other browser before it even existed.

 

 

There is only one explanation! Attack of the browser clones!

Edited March 26, 2011 by Tore

[Luk3us 63]

Imitation is the best form of flattery after all.

[Inferno 22]

Imitation is the best form of flattery after all.

It's also usually a sign of a lack of originality

[TheBlackOut 7]

I like it but I can't say it's a lot better than Chrome or anything else out at this point. I just don't use Chrome because I like the add-ons for Firefox better.

[Guest Stevie_K]

I'm still not completely satisfied with Firefox. It's nice to have plugins and all that, but Chrome just do things faster and easier. Firefox is my first choice for a secondary browser though.

[rSquar3d 0]

Firefox sucked ass ever since Chrome got out.

 

Now with the RockMelt variant of Chrome, I sure as hell won't use Firefox.

[Sonic 295]

For all you guys running Firefox 4 and think its slow.... get a faster computer. Firefox 4 is lightening quick on my PC. It loads fast, displays pages fast. It rocks!

 

And wow!!! 45,423,087 downloads and counting http://glow.mozilla.com.

 

[Plok 327]

It loads fast, displays pages fast.

Everything loads fast when there's a nearly empty hard-drive. Even Windows itself.

[AZ-Stalker 88]

I'm not too happy about Firefox 4 moving all of the extra-opened tabs on top of the whole browser. Just downloaded it... I hope that's customizable.

I liked the old tab locations beneath my address bar and bookmark toolbar a lot more.

[rSquar3d 0]

Chrome is pretty fast too. This comp has been running the same OS installation for almost a year already; no hiccups in speed. But I'll try Firefox 4 for the sake of it.

 

But no matter how I think about it, RockMelt owns all other browsers. PERIOD.

[Sonic 295]

I'm not too happy about Firefox 4 moving all of the extra-opened tabs on top of the whole browser. Just downloaded it... I hope that's customizable.

I liked the old tab locations beneath my address bar and bookmark toolbar a lot more.

You can change that. Just right click on the tab bar and uncheck the "Tabs on Top" option.

 

With a bit of fine tuning and customising you can make Firefox 4 look just like the 3.x version.

[Luk3us 63]

Don't know about speed, feels the same as it always has.

[Gben 20]

Thanks for the tab on top tip Sonic - I don't know if it's better up there... but I'm used to it at the bottom.

In fact I don't really like most of the icon re-arrangement and I haven't noticed any speed.

But this old dog is trying new tricks... trying.

[Nyerguds 102]

lol addons. 90% of the simple functionality-adding plugins for Firefox are standard in Opera.

[Area 0]

It's noticeably quicker than FF3, but since I've grown so accustomed to Chrome, I'm not movin back. Although it is nice to have another quick browser when compatibly issues come up with Chrome.