Firefox v29

[porkiewpyne]

Hmmm odd. A lot of the things mentioned (refresh + stop being fused, forward button hidden if there isn't any to forward to, etc) seems to have been implemented in v28. At least that's how they appear to me.

As for me, I'm just not too sure I like the tiles in the dropdown menu very much. :\

 

[WiiCube_2013]

The day that Opera has as many useful add-ons as Firefox does it's when I'll no longer use Firefox.

 

[Arras]

Hmmm odd. A lot of the things mentioned (refresh + stop being fused, forward button hidden if there isn't any to forward to, etc) seems to have been implemented in v28. At least that's how they appear to me.

As for me, I'm just not too sure I like the tiles in the dropdown menu very much. :\

They were, even far before that, but you could disable it by moving the refresh, stop, back and forward buttons using the customize option. Now you no longer can.

Yes, because I love having my games and other stuff run slow because Firefox is using a good 3-4GB of RAM. In fact, that kind of attitude is why things get so slow as everything wants to load at startup and never release any memory. Remember, when you close a tab that RAM is not freed because after all you might want to go back there.

Seriously, when is the last time you used Firefox? You sound like you harbor some years-old grudge against it for some reason. It's not nearly as bad as you're making it out to be, no addons and a whole bunch of tabs sets you back like 4-500 MB or so, not several GB. It used to be a lot worse, but it got better over time.
Edit: This was about the dev versions of the browsers out now, but still http://www.ghacks.net/2014/01/02/chrome-34-firefox-29-internet-explorer-11-memory-use-2014/
If Firefox uses stupid amount of RAM, your addons are probably at fault.

 

[osirisjem]

Seriously, when is the last time you used Firefox? You sound like you harbor some years-old grudge against it for some reason. It's not nearly as bad as you're making it out to be

As a former Firefox user ... who switched from IE:

Why did Firefox sucks so bad for a while ?
I never wanted to switch away from Firefox.
I was very unimpressed.

I understand Firefox has improved itself since then ... but I am having a hard time trusting Firefox again.

I think the last version of Firefox I like was Firefox 3.

I used to do the Firefox betas for a while because I liked FF so much.

The only fox I like now are these ones.

 

[Arras]

As a former Firefox user ... who switched from IE:

Why did Firefox sucks so bad for a while ?
I never wanted to switch away from Firefox.
I was very unimpressed.

I understand Firefox has improved itself since then ... but I am having a hard time trusting Firefox again.

I think the last version of Firefox I like was Firefox 3.

I used to do the Firefox betas for a while because I liked FF so much.

The only fox I like now are these ones.

It was bad because after a while things kept being added to it and it became slower and more memory-hogging over time. Eventually they realized this and started trimming it down, and it's much better now than it used to be.

 

[WiiCube_2013]

Apparently I was on v28 when I took that screenshot and then when I actually upgraded to v29 it appeared that awful Chrome-bs design so I decided to go back to v28.

v28 is only 6 weeks old so Mozilla seriously needs to stop with these unnecessary updates all the time.

Hell there's already a Beta v30 out for those that want to use it.

 

[Arras]

Apparently I was on v28 when I took that screenshot and then when I actually upgraded to v29 it appeared that awful Chrome-bs design so I decided to go back to v28.

v28 is only 6 weeks old so Mozilla seriously needs to stop with these unnecessary updates all the time.

Hell there's already a Beta v30 out for those that want to use it.

The update schedule has been every 6 weeks for quite a while now. This method has several advantages for development. And the beta is always 1 version ahead of stable, Aurora is 2 versions ahead and Nightly is 3 versions ahead. Nightly is on v32 now. An update just marks the point where Beta shifts to release, Aurora switches to Beta, Nightly switches to Aurora and Nightly gets a new version number.

 

[vassildador]

Apparently I was on v28 when I took that screenshot and then when I actually upgraded to v29 it appeared that awful Chrome-bs design so I decided to go back to v28.

v28 is only 6 weeks old so Mozilla seriously needs to stop with these unnecessary updates all the time.

Hell there's already a Beta v30 out for those that want to use it.

It's not because it looks useless to consumers that it actually is. There were about 10-15 potential security issues fixed, the html5 gamepad api was given an update to follow the standards, input types color and number were implemented and some css prefixes were removed as they now follow the standard as well.

Since HTML moved from "releases" (1, 2, 3, 4, X, 5, ...) to a living standard continuously being developed there will practically ALWAYS be something new to implement or update. This will make the web evolve more rapidly than before. We don't want to be stuck with Flash for another 10 years, I think.

Following your train of thought, cars wouldn't need more secure locks, more economical engines, air conditioning or navigation either. After all it sort of locks, drives, has windows to open and there's always paper maps and traffic signs to navigate with, right?

 

[WiiCube_2013]

It's not because it looks useless to consumers that it actually is. There were about 10-15 potential security issues fixed, the html5 gamepad api was given an update to follow the standards, input types color and number were implemented and some css prefixes were removed as they now follow the standard as well.

Since HTML moved from "releases" (1, 2, 3, 4, X, 5, ...) to a living standard continuously being developed there will practically ALWAYS be something new to implement or update. This will make the web evolve more rapidly than before. We don't want to be stuck with Flash for another 10 years, I think.

Following your train of thought, cars wouldn't need more secure locks, more economical engines, air conditioning or navigation either. After all it sort of locks, drives, has windows to open and there's always paper maps and traffic signs to navigate with, right?

Those seem like very useful updates indeed but giving Firefox a Chrome look is a radical change which was unnecessary and even if they wanted to implement they could've made it optional, because not everyone would want it.

By the way, cars can have better locks but even if the thief wants to break in then it doesn't take much as smashing the window in or whatever other method he'd use.

 

[WiiCube_2013]

Finally using Firefox v29 with Classic Theme Restorer and for the most part it's pretty much the same as I had it before, but this time I hope that the Home Button no longer decided to randomly change places any more.

I do wish I could turn the menu bar and all to grey again, well, oh well it's fine the way it is currently so no biggie.

 

[FAST6191]

Well I ran the OS updates and with it came the firefox update. There are some things I have on muscle memory that I keep finding myself reaching for, however I reckon having a long address bar again is good-- I did used to have the address bar on a separate line but between that and the double height task bar it looked a bit silly on a 1080p screen.

 

[Flame]

Well I ran the OS updates and with it came the firefox update. There are some things I have on muscle memory that I keep finding myself reaching for, however I reckon having a long address bar again is good-- I did used to have the address bar on a separate line but between that and the double height task bar it looked a bit silly on a 1080p screen.

install this https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/omnibar/ it puts url and search bar in to one!

and you can than config to how you like.

 

[dilav]

I do wish I could turn the menu bar and all to grey again, well, oh well it's fine the way it is currently so no biggie.

https://addons.mozilla.org/En-us/firefox/addon/solid-grey/