Firefox 4 Beta launches

[Terminator02]

If there was a bluescreen, you should try to fix it. Firefox itself can't cause one, it probably tripped up a bug in something else, you should get it checked out.

C:\Windows\Minidump

Find the file that's dated form about the time firefox was causing bluescreens, and upload it to mediafire.com for us.

lol, just checking back, anyway that happened a LOOOOOOONG time ago, i've been a chrome user ever since

 

[Infinite Zero]

im using it right now and its pretty fast, but alot of my addons aren't compatible anymore

Dont complain about addons not working... It's BETA MY FRIEND..

 

[casidepro]

hey did you guys know that you can put the tabs under the navigation bar just like 3.6

 

[Cyan]

I'm happy, my add-on is working fine without any changes needed to my code !
just need an update of the max-version in the install manifest

I tested 4.0 at my work, and with only 256M of ram (which is all used by the system without launching any software) :
- FF4.0 is launching very fast compared to 3.6
- Pages are loaded fast too (but might be the cache effect, loading the page in background before showing it), it gives a nice effect.

Though, I don't have multi-processes, one for each tab. maybe it's not working on windows XP (SP1) ?

The menus seems to be the same as before, no big changes in the preferences.


Edit : Oh, there's a new firebug like menu "tools/inspect" to see the html structure of the page and a "tools/heads up display" to see the requests to the server.
nice, but not very efficient for the moment. I'm sure it will be more updated later.

 

[prowler]

Even full versions of Firefox seem to be "buggy" to me and crash A LOT

Firefox is not buggy for me and has never even crashed

 

[Depravo]

I'm putting tabs to the top but I'm still seeing the title bar. Would the fact that I'm using XP be an explanation for that?

 

[Cyan]

I'm putting tabs to the top but I'm still seeing the title bar. Would the fact that I'm using XP be an explanation for that?

Yes.
The aero-like theme is only for vista and 7
On XP the title and menu bar are always ON.

 

[Depravo]

I'm putting tabs to the top but I'm still seeing the title bar. Would the fact that I'm using XP be an explanation for that?

Yes.
The aero-like theme is only for vista and 7
On XP the title and menu bar are always ON.

I can get rid of the menu bar (gaining the orange Firefox button) but the title bar is always there. Ah well, I'll think I'll stick with Chrome/Opera for the moment. I've seen the future and it doesn't contain a title bar.

 

[casidepro]

or you can press F11

 

[Depravo]

or you can press F11

True, but then you lose the taskbar which I prefer to have in full view.

 

[Urza]

I'm putting tabs to the top but I'm still seeing the title bar. Would the fact that I'm using XP be an explanation for that?

Yes.
The aero-like theme is only for vista and 7
On XP the title and menu bar are always ON.

I can get rid of the menu bar (gaining the orange Firefox button) but the title bar is always there. Ah well, I'll think I'll stick with Chrome/Opera for the moment. I've seen the future and it doesn't contain a title bar.

Are you actually choosing your web browser based on whether or not the title bar is present?

...

The combination of silliness, superficiality and ignorance in that notion is actually causing me pain.

 

[Depravo]

I'm putting tabs to the top but I'm still seeing the title bar. Would the fact that I'm using XP be an explanation for that?

Yes.
The aero-like theme is only for vista and 7
On XP the title and menu bar are always ON.

I can get rid of the menu bar (gaining the orange Firefox button) but the title bar is always there. Ah well, I'll think I'll stick with Chrome/Opera for the moment. I've seen the future and it doesn't contain a title bar.

Are you actually choosing your web browser based on whether or not the title bar is present?

...

The combination of silliness, superficiality and ignorance in that notion is actually causing me pain.

Not at all. I look for a combination of speed and functionality. Chrome, Opera and Firefox 4 are all pretty similar in that respect so appearance is the deciding factor.

 

[Urza]

Are you actually choosing your web browser based on whether or not the title bar is present?

...

The combination of silliness, superficiality and ignorance in that notion is actually causing me pain.

Not at all. I look for a combination of speed and functionality. Chrome, Opera and Firefox 4 are all pretty similar in that respect so appearance is the deciding factor.

How about robustness and extensibility?

FF's interface is far more customizable than any of it's competitors, so it unarguably wins there; and it's extensions library pretty much fills in any functionality one could possibly want.

The only front where it's left behind is on performance. However, the differences are meager and if you can get by with such a locked down and limited browser like Opera or Chrome, then I have to think you really aren't using it to it's full potential (eg, stock configuration newbie).

 

[Depravo]

How about robustness and extensibility?

FF's interface is far more customizable than any of it's competitors, so it unarguably wins there; and it's extensions library pretty much fills in any functionality one could possibly want.

The only front where it's left behind is on performance. However, the differences are meager and if you can get by with such a locked down and limited browser like Opera or Chrome, then I have to think you really aren't using it to it's full potential (eg, stock configuration newbie).

I wouldn't go as far as stock configuration but I do have a minimalist approach. The only extension I use is an alerter for email, Google Wave and RSS. And AdBlock, obviously. I used to have all kinds of shite like flagfox, coloured tabs, twitter add-ons, content grabbers, IRC add-ons, torrent add-ons and lots of other nonsense that I realised was unnecessary so I had a good clear out. I like to keep it simple now.

 

[Urza]

How about robustness and extensibility?

FF's interface is far more customizable than any of it's competitors, so it unarguably wins there; and it's extensions library pretty much fills in any functionality one could possibly want.

The only front where it's left behind is on performance. However, the differences are meager and if you can get by with such a locked down and limited browser like Opera or Chrome, then I have to think you really aren't using it to it's full potential (eg, stock configuration newbie).

I wouldn't go as far as stock configuration but I do have a minimalist approach. The only extension I use is an alerter for email, Google Wave and RSS. And AdBlock, obviously. I used to have all kinds of shite like flagfox, coloured tabs, twitter add-ons, content grabbers, IRC add-ons, torrent add-ons and lots of other nonsense that I realised was unnecessary so I had a good clear out. I like to keep it simple now.

Except you can obtain a far more minimalist setup by utilizing the extensions which are available.

My current setup, for example:

Spoiler

 

[Depravo]

Except you can obtain a far more minimalist setup by utilizing the extensions which are available.

My current setup, for example:

Spoiler

I agree that looks pretty cool.

Anyway... back on topic.

 

[zeromac]

Love it

I like how the tabs are ontop,
i also like that cool firefox menu button

Found the bookmark button

enabled the bookmark toolbar.
Also love the cool loading circle in each tab
Gonna take me awhile to get use to it

 

[CrimzonEyed]

gona test right away

 

[ericling]

Any way to have FF4 and FF3 at the same time?

 

[Infinite Zero]

^ Yes dude. it was posted here few hours ago..