Firefox 4 : Othor Games

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:07 pm

With the public release of Firefox 4 today, Mozilla have a site up showing the download stats for it.

http://glow.mozilla.org/

Pretty impressive, up to 2.5 million at this time - they must have some good servers.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:30 am

Woo didn't know it was out. Thanks! Will I get to keep all my add ons?

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:47 pm

I downloaded the pre-release yesterday. It's ok, but 2 of my plug-ins stopped working again. (And tweaking the compatibility check option in about:config did not help.) Not that they were important. The important ones worked straight away. (A first. They always used to break with new versions.)

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:47 am

There are still some that don't work - all my add-ons work, but if you download the https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/?src=http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1175264-firefox-4/external-fxbetarelnote it will ensure that they show. Although there is still no guarantee they work correctly, that is up to those who made the addons.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:59 am

Thanks for the link Rohugh.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:51 am

Could someone take a screenshot of their new browser? I think mine shouldn't look the way it is looking now.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:13 am

Wee, likin' the new browser.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:32 am

Forgot that it was coming out today, I'm still using beta 11. I'll have to give it a go, but if I don't like it...back to beta 11 for a while...at least until the kinks are worked out.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:39 am

Ohh, I like this , without the Menu bar, and Darkfox persona, it looks nice. :]

Could someone take a screenshot of their new browser? I think mine shouldn't look the way it is looking now.

EDIT: tesfanner http://img197.imageshack.us/i/74299522.jpg/

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:21 am

It's funny to see the download numbers constantly increasing.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:27 pm

Whoa, that's increasing fast!

I installed Firefox 4 earlier today, and just got done writing a http://darklythroughglass.blogspot.com/2011/03/firefox-4-review.html on my blog. Liking it so far, and haven't had any trouble with my addons or user scripts.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:07 am

Thanks for the info, I just downloaded it, pinned a tab with this forum to the browser and now I'm exploring the other features.

EDIT: typos

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:48 am

I used Firefox until a few of my addons stopped working, so I started using Chrome. Chrome is only meh, so I think I'll give Firefox another try.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:40 am

I don't like bookmarks and home on the right, it feels so weird. Even after a few weeks of chrome I couldn't get used to it.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:51 am

I don't like bookmarks and home on the right, it feels so weird. Even after a few weeks of chrome I couldn't get used to it.

Me too, I had to switch mine over to the left side .

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:50 am

I don't like bookmarks and home on the right, it feels so weird. Even after a few weeks of chrome I couldn't get used to it.

Right click on a toolbar and choose customise - you can put them where you want.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:26 am

I want it but gah... bloody Linux. What is a bz2 anyway?

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:07 am

Looks good

I love my Chrome but I like to know what I'm saying when I tell people that Chrome is superior to all, so I'll be testing Firefox 4 for the next couple of weeks ^_^

I still hate how Firefox handles tabs

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:03 pm

Looks good

I love my Chrome but I like to know what I'm saying when I tell people that Chrome is superior to all, so I'll be testing Firefox 4 for the next couple of weeks ^_^

I still hate how Firefox handles tabs

Have a look at the add on FoxTab. Maybe you like that.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:22 am

Was it my imagination, or does FF 4 seem awfully... Opera-y to everyone too?

Not that that's a bad thing, mind you, but I had to do a double-take to make sure I was using FF for a minute there. Seems like almost every new feature they added was a carbon copy from Opera's list (including some pre-10.x features that I always wondered why FF didn't pick up sooner).

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:12 pm

Works a lot faster on a couple of sites (like these forums), I hated the new look so I basically set it up to look like it did on 3.6, and I love it now.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:24 am

Was it my imagination, or does FF 4 seem awfully... Opera-y to everyone too?

Not that that's a bad thing, mind you, but I had to do a double-take to make sure I was using FF for a minute there. Seems like almost every new feature they added was a carbon copy from Opera's list (including some pre-10.x features that I always wondered why FF didn't pick up sooner).

I thought the same thing when I was using the Betas.

At any rate FF's main bar uses to much space for my liking, so I'll probably just stick to Opera. I would like the new FF look if they put the "Firefox" button in the same row as the tabs. I'm still on XP so no transparency, all that blue space looks annoying in my opinion.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:24 am

I downloaded the pre-release yesterday. It's ok, but 2 of my plug-ins stopped working again. (And tweaking the compatibility check option in about:config did not help.) Not that they were important. The important ones worked straight away. (A first. They always used to break with new versions.)

From what I've read, Mozilla is planning on seriously speeding up their version releases. If they have any hopes of successfully doing that, it means they need to minimize add-on breaking updates. FF 4 is probably a test to see how well they can do that.

I want it but gah... bloody Linux. What is a bz2 anyway?

Seriously? You don't know what bz2 is and you use Linux? Next you'll tell me you don't know what tar and gz are

Looks good

I love my Chrome but I like to know what I'm saying when I tell people that Chrome is superior to all, so I'll be testing Firefox 4 for the next couple of weeks ^_^

I still hate how Firefox handles tabs

Except when it comes to user data security. No way to password-protect the password manager or selectively delete browsing data on browser close? WTF!

Read: There is no such thing as a unanimously superior browser. Every browser has flaws that are the strength of some other browser.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:02 pm

The new UI will take some getting used to... anyone know of any options to restore the UI to its classic version?

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:48 am

Looks good

I love my Chrome but I like to know what I'm saying when I tell people that Chrome is superior to all, so I'll be testing Firefox 4 for the next couple of weeks ^_^

I still hate how Firefox handles tabs

You mean Chromium right? RIGHT??? Enjoy your botnet

I was using the last few nightlies of Minefield. FF4 is pretty good, but Chromium is still the most superior browser IMO.