bogas04 Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 I will use this thread to post significant updates on Firefox. And want you all to contribute by not creating similar threads , we can have all the discussion related to Firefox 4.0 here. It will be wonderful if you also post your search here. :) Around 17,000 changes were added since first 3.7a1pre build! Firefox 4 Features Dowload Hourly Download Nightly Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoapyHamHocks Member Posted April 30, 2010 Member Share Posted April 30, 2010 I hate the addons manager in a tab :( Hopefully they don't do the same with the Downloads window. Shea J 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592562880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogerjones Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 The DirectWrite rendering is nice, but it adds about 18 seconds to my startup time and it sounds like the devs aren't sure they're gonna get it done by release time. And per-process plugins don't magically make them stable, it reduces the likelihood of the entire browser crashing due to a plugin. Hopefully they implement each tab in a separate process, though it worries me a little bit what that would do to memory usage. remixedcat 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592562886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyLock Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 It seems like Google innovates and everyone else follows. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592562894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 It seems like Google innovates and everyone else follows. I think you meant Opera. I use the new chrome occasionally and I keep thinking "wow, this is almost identical to opera now" Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592562898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted April 30, 2010 Veteran Share Posted April 30, 2010 looks nice, but i dont really like tabs on top :shifty: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592562902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 I think it's amusing how every browser is trying to copy Chrome's layout and minimality now. And, how about a progress bar option on the Mac dock? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592562914 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted April 30, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted April 30, 2010 looks nice, but i dont really like tabs on top :shifty: You prefer abominations like the following, we know. Carbon Fiber and ffMathy 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592562916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluxii Media Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Using it now... something don't look right as far as how they put tabs on top... and when you have the bookmarks bar on... it's like the bookmark folders and titles are not center. Hmmm. Oh, and it doesn't seem to render as fast as Chrome 5, that's for sure. Neowin Forums loaded noticeably slower for me. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592562948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 I think you meant Opera. I use the new chrome occasionally and I keep thinking "wow, this is almost identical to opera now" Didn't Opera come up with their dreadful rendition of tabs on top after Chrome? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592562964 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Didn't Opera come up with their dreadful rendition of tabs on top after Chrome? I'm not sure how you find it dreadful, but I'm pretty sure Opara was the first with tabs on top. I didn't use every version of Chrome however. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592562970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluxii Media Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Didn't Opera come up with their dreadful rendition of tabs on top after Chrome? I think Opera had an option to put tabs on top first, but not 100% sure on that. Anyways to respond to my first remark, here is a side by side comparison of this version of Firefox and Chrome 5. I think Chrome wins. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592562976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted April 30, 2010 Subscriber¹ Share Posted April 30, 2010 Looks good! Shame it's not completely ported over to OS X though :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592562984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 It's Pretty damn good (Y) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592562988 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syanide Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Pretty good. Is that look the default one, or is it just you customizing it? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592563028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted April 30, 2010 Veteran Share Posted April 30, 2010 You prefer abominations like the following, we know. :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592563042 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluxii Media Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Pretty good. Is that look the default one, or is it just you customizing it? no search bar. no bookmark bar. small icons. The rest is default. Tabs don't look good yet, I think once they fix the glass issue and make the area where the tabs are glass (like Chrome) it will look better. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592563046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiGhtPiSH Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 It seems the Mozilla developers can't just keep up with the times. Safari, Opera and Chrome support aero natively and look so much sleeker, woot and they're hell lot faster. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592563070 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted April 30, 2010 Veteran Share Posted April 30, 2010 The theme isn't finished yet, so it's not going to look right (It's still an Alpha) ... Hopefully they implement each tab in a separate process, though it worries me a little bit what that would do to memory usage. Like Chrome, memory usage would shoot up. I think they're aiming for a process per domain, so 4 tabs open with Neowin would be a single process. Edit: Firefox supports Aero glass perfectly well, although it's disabled due to a slightly unrelated bug (Which when you hit it, shows off how badly GDI drawing interacts with Aero) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592563072 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffydemon Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 its fast! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592563078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluxii Media Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 its fast! it's fast with pipelining enabled. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592563104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 running: Minefield/3.7a5pre 64 Bit.. and it's Just flying through pages :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592563144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inklin Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 hmm I have just downloaded this but it looks nothing like the screen shot in the OP :/ my tabs aren't on top :shifty: EDIT H/O I found the option :blush: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592563158 Share on other sites More sharing options...
debsuvra Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 I think Opera had an option to put tabs on top first, but not 100% sure on that. Anyways to respond to my first remark, here is a side by side comparison of this version of Firefox and Chrome 5. I think Chrome wins. :) Chrome's rendition of Bold fonts still sucks, compare the fonts on lowermost bar. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592563180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ci7 Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 i don't get it i have the latest nightly and it look nothing like the screenshot of the OP (using safemode obviously to turn off all extensions/plugins) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-401/#findComment-592563190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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