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Ff 3.5

22 durable postsStarted 2009-06-23Latest 2009-07-07
#72176Post 1 of 22

Due out any day now. HUGE upgrade to the browser with some wicked improvements / features enroute.

#1238203Post 2 of 22

Re: Ff 3.5

Yeah I am using the beta/RC. I have read about the new features but I have not noticed anything much to be honest.

#1238205Post 3 of 22

Re: Ff 3.5

some pretty nifty features on it - check this

[url]http://lifehacker.com/5295655/top-10-firefox-35-features[/url]

Not to mention privacy surfing, upcoming independent tab / process running, better video handling, memory management, etc. etc.

#1238211Post 4 of 22

Re: Ff 3.5

Yeah, I have experienced the tab tearing, that's handy. Not the keyword search in awesome bar, haven't had the need yet. Have not had the chance to experience the session restore. I've enabled the richer colour profiles I think, but to be honest it's not something I noticed either unless I think if I did an A/B comparison. Geo location is probably dependant on the websites, and I haven't noticed anything special with the new Java engine. What is interesting is the built in video support though, that would be cool when it takes off.

#1238217Post 5 of 22

Re: Ff 3.5

FF used to be very stable but these recent releases have gone down the shitter tube in terms of stability.

#1238223Post 6 of 22

Re: Ff 3.5

Actually re, the Java engine ... I'm not sure if Facebook is dependant on it but I assume Facebook is quite AJAX heavy, and the site could've been a bit more responsive. Have not noticed much with Gmail. Unless I am mistaken about the deal with FF's new Java engine.

And my FF has been quite stable, no issues at all. Memory leaks aren't much improved though, but the problem with FF is that it's quite hard to tell, could be my extensions causing the leaks.

#1238230Post 7 of 22

Re: Ff 3.5

BTW any of you trying out 3.5, I highly recommend [URL="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10868"]Weave[/URL].

#1238283Post 8 of 22

Re: Ff 3.5

how does it work? does it save your passwords on a centralized location? that'd be scary because a lot of my credit card / bank logins etc. are stored locally and would hate for that shit to make it into the web cloud.

#1238326Post 9 of 22

Re: Ff 3.5

Firefox has been bugging me for a while now.. I used to love it but I'm not so sure now :(

#1238498Post 10 of 22

Re: Ff 3.5

[quote=Kamal;762802]how does it work? does it save your passwords on a centralized location? that'd be scary because a lot of my credit card / bank logins etc. are stored locally and would hate for that shit to make it into the web cloud.[/quote]

Errm yeah it stores it in the cloud. My FF is only set to remember simple logins for forums anyway. Anything more complex like Gmail or internet banking or Paypal or Ebay, FF doesn't remember them. I already use a separate password manager called 1password for the Mac to handle the complex passwords.

You don't have to use the password features of Weave. When you have Weave installed on different computers, it syncs your bookmarks (which is what I use Weave for because Google Sync no longer works) and preferences, and you can access your open tabs on one machine from another machine, which is pretty handy.

#1238511Post 11 of 22

Re: Ff 3.5

[URL="http://dotnetperls.com/chrome-memory"]Memory showdown for latest browsers[/URL]:

[IMG]http://dotnetperls.com/073[/IMG]

#1240133Post 12 of 22

Re: Ff 3.5

it's out. I tried for at least an hour last night to install it on ubuntu but failed :lol:

the best I could get installed was the daily build 3.5.1xxx... it seems they don't have a stable package built yet. any ubuntu users have any luck getting it? I couldn't find a "stable" package source

#1240141Post 13 of 22

Re: Ff 3.5

not installing this till most of the plug ins that i usually used are updated

#1240140Post 14 of 22

Re: Ff 3.5

not installing this till most of the plug ins that i usually used are updated

#1240153Post 15 of 22

Re: Ff 3.5

^^even on a force install? I had one (Cooliris) that would crash it on load...so I killed it out for now.

#1240369Post 16 of 22

Re: Ff 3.5

[quote=picklemonkey;764826]it's out. I tried for at least an hour last night to install it on ubuntu but failed :lol:

the best I could get installed was the daily build 3.5.1xxx... it seems they don't have a stable package built yet. any ubuntu users have any luck getting it? I couldn't find a "stable" package source[/quote] Here you go...courtesy of Lifehacker!

[CODE]wget -O - http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.5/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-3.5.tar.bz2 | tar xj -C ~[/CODE]

[URL="http://lifehacker.com/5306169/install-firefox-35-on-ubuntu-with-one-command"][/URL][URL="http://lifehacker.com/5306169/install-firefox-35-on-ubuntu-with-one-command"]Lifehacker[/URL]

#1240411Post 17 of 22

Re: Ff 3.5

sweet thanks. After hearing the suggestion of waiting a few weeks for add-ons to become supported I think I might hold off a bit

#1240419Post 18 of 22

Re: Ff 3.5

[quote=picklemonkey;765143]sweet thanks. After hearing the suggestion of waiting a few weeks for add-ons to become supported I think I might hold off a bit[/quote] I haven't used Ubuntu in years but I remembered your request and that showed up on lifehacker today. I have no idea if it works but I thought I would post it for you. I haven't installed it either because of a couple of add-ons and I'm going to wait as well.

#1240426Post 19 of 22

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i just wish they would work faster on updating those add-ons

#1240489Post 20 of 22

Re: Ff 3.5

Been using Safari 4 since it was launched and its utter crap. Slow as hell and Kamals avatar make the window lag a lot. (every animated gif actually) Now installed FF which is what i used back on my pc and it works just fine. It also supports the 3 finger gestures that i can use with my macbook pro which is pretty cool.

#1240518Post 21 of 22

Re: Ff 3.5

[quote=Corven;765159]i just wish they would work faster on updating those add-ons[/quote]

My addons are working fine with force install.

#1241432Post 22 of 22

Re: Ff 3.5

diggin the latest version forsure.

firefox is my battleship, while chrome is my speedboat :)

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