Firefox 4 Beta launches

[Thoob]

Mozilla has released the first candidate build for its Firefox 4 browser beta, with the latest version slated for an official launch in November later this year.

We told you all about Mozilla's plans for Firefox 4 early last month, when the darlings of the open source development scene released a set of slides outlines the latest overhaul of its internet browser.

You can see those slides over on Mozilla's Mike Beltzner's blog, the director of Firefox at Mozilla. Beltzner promises that Firefox 4 will be 'super-duper' fast, support the next generation HTML5, bring touchscreen and 64-bit support, and offer a completely revamped user interface.

Indeed, the first major chance in the user interface that you will notice on downloading the Firefox 4 beta is the fact that the default position of tabs is now at the top of the screen. It immediately makes the browser look a lot less cluttered. Mozilla has clearly taken a leaf out of Opera and Google Chrome's design guides.

Firefox 4 will also debut JaegerMonkey, an extension to Mozilla's JavaScript engine that works alongside TraceMonkey, which will enable a notable bump in the browser's speed.

Nice!

Seems a tad faster and the Chrome-inspired look is nice too.

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[gameboy13]

I might just have to try this!

 

[basher11]

cool an update. looks much more better and it's faster?

 

[Lushay]

It's so much faster...

 

[iFish]

Will the old themes still work?

 

[Wabsta]

Will the old themes still work?

Guess not, since the whole UI is different. I hope AdBlock+ get's ported to FF4 fast tho...

 

[Thoob]

Will the old themes still work?

Guess not, since the whole UI is different. I hope AdBlock+ get's ported to FF4 fast tho...

Old themes still work, but there seems to be a bug in that when another theme is applied the minimize, maximize and close buttons disappear. AdBlock+ is already updated, I'm using it now!

 

[Wabsta]

Will the old themes still work?

Guess not, since the whole UI is different. I hope AdBlock+ get's ported to FF4 fast tho...

Nvm, running it now with the theme and the adblock+ addon

But idd, the buttons are gone

 

[Thoob]

Another thing, multiple tabs seem to show as multiple windows on the Win7 taskbar.

 

[Wabsta]

Another thing, multiple tabs seem to show as multiple windows on the Win7 taskbar.

That's a "feature".
I heard some opera fanboy in my class talking about that really proud.

Correct me if I'm wrong tho.

EDIT:
Damn, it IS really fast compared to FF3!

 

[Nikolay]

Love the new loading image. This thing is really zooming past the interwebs, pew pew pew!

 

[.Darky]

Nice. Downloading as I write this.

 

[raulpica]

SO downloading this. I wonder how it will fare in Acid3 tests. I'll report later.

EDIT: It scored a nice 97!

Also seems a lot faster.

 

[iFish]

Can i still keep my spell check!?!?

Since you all know i need it

 

[.Darky]

Whoa, it sure is faster...a LOT faster. My add-ons aren't compatible though. :/

 

[dmonkey21]

Is it just me, or has Mozilla COMPLETELY coied Google Chrome's UI layout... -.-

 

[raulpica]

Can i still keep my spell check!?!?

Since you all know i need it

Spell-check is now integrated!

QUOTE(dmonkey21 @ Jun 30 2010, 12:20 AM) Is it just me, or has Mozilla COMPLETELY coied Google Chrome's UI layout... -.-

Actually, it reminds me more of the Opera design, than the Chrome's one.

 

[.Darky]

W00t, spell check!

 

[iFish]

How do i get the. minimize, close tabs back?

And i use to have favorites at the top of my page.... how do i get those back?

Never mind. i got the bookmarks back..

still... how does one get the "x" "-" stuff back?

 

[dmonkey21]

Can i still keep my spell check!?!?

Since you all know i need it

Spell-check is now integrated!

QUOTE(dmonkey21 @ Jun 30 2010, 12:20 AM) Is it just me, or has Mozilla COMPLETELY coied Google Chrome's UI layout... -.-

Actually, it reminds me more of the Opera design, than the Chrome's one.

Really? I haven't used Opera in a while... I just think it seems very similar to Chrome: Tabs on top, address bar with navigation buttons below. Seems like a 1:1 replica of Chrome to me. If it really is faster though I may have to check it out. The main reason I switched to Google Chrome was because of how much faster it started vs. IE or Firefox 3.