Firefox 4 released

Gary · May 02, 2011, 17:22:55

Quote from: mrapoc on May 02, 2011, 15:35:25
Possibly. I mean everything is standard really. In this case I tried after a fresh install and all is default. Maybe its more the fact of chrome being fast than firefox being slow

Mine does not take 5 seconds, not that it really bothers me if its 2 or 3 or whatever, but whats your AV set up?

mrapoc · May 02, 2011, 20:50:59

Used to use eset, now onto microsoft security essentials

Gary · May 02, 2011, 23:53:16

Quote from: mrapoc on May 02, 2011, 20:50:59
Used to use eset, now onto microsoft security essentials

Have anything else? tbh if Chrome works use it, what works for your system is always best anyway

Technical Ben · Nov 08, 2011, 00:12:44

4? It's onto 8 already!

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/mozilla-firefox-8-browser-wars-download-update,news-36940.html

Gary · Nov 08, 2011, 08:22:15

Quote from: Technical Ben on Nov 08, 2011, 00:12:44
4? It's onto 8 already!

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/mozilla-firefox-8-browser-wars-download-update,news-36940.html

This is a thread from May! The official release is not until later today.

Glenn · Nov 08, 2011, 08:41:15

I've stopped using FF I got fed up with it crashing 4 or more times a day. I'm now a happy Chrome user.

Technical Ben · Nov 08, 2011, 09:10:49

Quote from: Gary on Nov 08, 2011, 08:22:15
This is a thread from May! The official release is not until later today.

Up until last year, I'd not expect a new release until next may. Only incrementals before then.

Imagine the Milk man coming around with "new improved" milk each week. What animal would it come from next? You'd start to get concerned.

Rik · Nov 08, 2011, 09:41:11

What's a milk man?

Lance · Nov 08, 2011, 09:59:22

Ask Sue

Rik · Nov 08, 2011, 09:59:45

Gary · Nov 08, 2011, 19:20:56

Quote from: Glenn on Nov 08, 2011, 08:41:15
I've stopped using FF I got fed up with it crashing 4 or more times a day. I'm now a happy Chrome user.

Something must have been wrong with your profile, or extensions, stable here on version 8 version 7 was good too 6 was fine etc...

Gary · Nov 08, 2011, 19:22:34

Quote from: Technical Ben on Nov 08, 2011, 09:10:49
Up until last year, I'd not expect a new release until next may. Only incrementals before then.
Imagine the Milk man coming around with "new improved" milk each week. What animal would it come from next? You'd start to get concerned.

Not really much point to this post, Firefox updates like Chrome now pretty much. End of subject really.

zappaDPJ · Nov 08, 2011, 19:30:07

Like Glenn I've had a lot of issues with FF not responding or in some cases bailing out midway while watching streamed content. However the last version seemed a lot more robust so I'm hoping this version is even better. I'd find it almost impossible to switch away from it anyway as I use it daily for web development.

.Griff. · Nov 08, 2011, 19:30:56

Quote from: Glenn on Nov 08, 2011, 08:41:15
I've stopped using FF I got fed up with it crashing 4 or more times a day. I'm now a happy Chrome user.

Same here Glenn. I was a Firefox user for years until it started freezing on me. Of course I deleted my profile and started again but it kept freezing and the Mozilla forum slowly started filling up with people having the same issue.

Three weeks ago I switched to Chrome and I wish I'd done it sooner. The only thing I miss from FF is Downthemall but I can live without it for now.

Rik · Nov 08, 2011, 19:34:49

v8 seems nippier, I haven't seen many issues with v4-7, but it may be down to combinations of add-ons and other software, of course.

Lance · Nov 08, 2011, 22:19:58

I've not had any problems through 4-7. 3.x used to hang sometimes and I've not yet been on the pc to upgrade to 8

Baz · Nov 10, 2011, 15:07:19

yes 8 does seem quicker.dont see any other changes at the moment.

I still dont like how it auto magically updates without asking what it you dont want the new version

Lance · Nov 10, 2011, 15:07:51

Mine at home asked first

Baz · Nov 10, 2011, 15:16:55

I could never sort it before but found it now.

Dont have auto updates ticked I always check manually so wondered why it was doing so.
In tools/options/advanced/then update tab are 3 tick boxes for auto check for updates to firefox,add ons,search engines.the bit under that 'when updates to firefox are found' is greyed out but the 'automatically download and install' box was ticked, so I presumed it not possible to change that part,but if you tick the top box to select 'Firefox' this makes the bottom section usable, you can then change the button to whatever you want,'ask me what I want to do' in my case,then untick the top firefox box and it greys out again but retains your selection.

so simple

esh · Nov 10, 2011, 18:46:03

Hmm, uh, maybe it's time to upgrade from 1.5.

zappaDPJ · Nov 10, 2011, 20:02:12

I've noticed that the latest version of FF contains some quite important bug fixes including a fix for a right click issue that affected the TinyMCE editor and some CSS rendering problems also appear to have fixed.

In general it appears to be faster and I've not had it crash yet.