Gaming Firefox 4 Release Candidate available

[Cyan]

Release Candidate usually means that they stop adding new features, and now only fix remaining bugs before official release. it's still considered beta but a "freeze" beta.
There can be RC1, RC2, etc. up until they think it's stable enough for a 4.0 final.
development usually goes through this steps : alpha > beta > RC > Final.


4.0b12 has a major bug in the webpage printing feature (no layout at all, only letters).
I forgot to test if it was corrected in the RC1.


For me, this RC1 means I will have to work on my add-on for a final release soon, or more users will complain that it doesn't work on 4.0
more work for me

When you install "nightly tester tools" you can force the installation of add-ons, and the most I have just work.

Add-on developers don't like this add-on !
Users are reporting that their currently installed add-on are not compatible, while the developers already know it and usually have already a new beta version available, but users just don't check if there's one, they just complain and Mozilla report their comments to tell us to work on a new version (which is already done).
There's another way to disable add-on version checking without installing this add-on, but I guess it's easier for the common users to use it.

 

[Jan1tor]

I'll be sticking to my current version of Firefox. I don't like the new look and they are taking out the built in multi user agent. That is one of the main reasons I started using it. New firefox = Giant icons, monocrome, the status bar at the bottom is gone. I mean if I want to use IE or Chrome I will, don't destroy the good Firefox that I like. I like the tabs they way they are now, not on top. And a lot of the features that were in the options are hidden now too. My brother is a beta tester for them and there are a lot of issues I just don't like.

 

[haddad]

Omg!!! As soon as I upgraded to Firefox V4, my touchpad scroll up and down stopped working

anyone else have same problem?

 

[SylvWolf]

I'll be sticking to my current version of Firefox. I don't like the new look and they are taking out the built in multi user agent. That is one of the main reasons I started using it. New firefox = Giant icons, monocrome, the status bar at the bottom is gone. I mean if I want to use IE or Chrome I will, don't destroy the good Firefox that I like. I like the tabs they way they are now, not on top. And a lot of the features that were in the options are hidden now too. My brother is a beta tester for them and there are a lot of issues I just don't like.
1. I'm not sure what you mean by "multi user agent." Profile manager? There's probably still a way to do that, if that's what you mean.
2. Icons don't seem that much bigger to me, but I've been a different theme until now, so maybe I'm just not seeing it. Also, themes (will also solve your color issue).
3. Status bar. You can add this back in.
4. Tabs. You can change them to be where they used to be.
5. Options. Not sure on this, there doesn't seem to be anything missing, at least not that I was using a lot.

QUOTE(haddad @ Mar 10 2011, 07:13 PM) Omg!!! As soon as I upgraded to Firefox V4, my touchpad scroll up and down stopped working

anyone else have same problem?

Holy crap, you're right. I don't actually use my touchpad but the scroll no longer works.

Overall, I like what they've done. I always had a few issues with 3.5 and 3.6, but they've been corrected, or so it seems. FF4 from now on!

 

[lolzed]

I'll be sticking to my current version of Firefox. I don't like the new look and they are taking out the built in multi user agent. That is one of the main reasons I started using it. New firefox = Giant icons, monocrome, the status bar at the bottom is gone. I mean if I want to use IE or Chrome I will, don't destroy the good Firefox that I like. I like the tabs they way they are now, not on top. And a lot of the features that were in the options are hidden now too. My brother is a beta tester for them and there are a lot of issues I just don't like.

2. Icons don't seem that much bigger to me, but I've been a different theme until now, so maybe I'm just not seeing it. Also, themes (will also solve your color issue).
3. Status bar. You can add this back in.

I think he means the icons got smaller. There's no word on customizable icons though(or at least I heard) but I do hope they add this in.

btw found this addon for status bar(pretty good)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ad.../status-4-evar/

 

[haddad]

I really like this firefox v4!!

 

[mrSmiles]

as much as i want to try out Firefox 4, im going to wait until all the addons i use get updated for use in FF4.

Still pretty good new's, i wonder how much longer they will take for an official release...

 

[Urza]

I'll be sticking to my current version of Firefox. I don't like the new look and they are taking out the built in multi user agent. That is one of the main reasons I started using it. New firefox = Giant icons, monocrome, the status bar at the bottom is gone. I mean if I want to use IE or Chrome I will, don't destroy the good Firefox that I like. I like the tabs they way they are now, not on top. And a lot of the features that were in the options are hidden now too. My brother is a beta tester for them and there are a lot of issues I just don't like.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/ad...agent-switcher/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ad.../status-4-evar/

Tabs can be swapped under the location bar with one click.

EDIT: If someone wants to recommend a good FF4-compatible addon for vertical tabs, that's the only thing I'm really missing (although Hide GUI Bars would be nice too).

EDIT2: Topic creator, its Firefox, not FireFox.

 

[Urza]

The I'm using works fine, except only allows them on the left-side.

Oh well. It's acceptable.

 

[ProtoKun7]

What does that mean? And why is it not on Mozilla's home page?
It means that Firefox 4 RC1 will likely be the final Firefox 4 that is released and posted on the Mozilla homepage when that happens, minus any bugs they find between now and then. "Release candidate" basically means that it's stable. Unlike the beta versions of Firefox 4, RC1 will overwrite any previous Firefox installations one has on his or her computer (ex. 3.6).

When I tried the betas if I attempted to run the old 3.6 stable it would load the beta instead anyway.

QUOTE(haddad @ Mar 10 2011, 09:12 PM)

Its there but not on home page, On the home page they have Firefox 3.6.15 not the v4

Because it's still not a final version.

Spoiler

Yay, 5,300 posts.

 

[Magsor]

Firefox 4 could have been released a long time ago.
Its been very very very very (very?) stable I cant remember when it crashed on me last. The only bug i have had in a previous beta version was with copy/pasting broken. Its not totally fixed I think either.

Also firefox rocks! I run a portable version of it (deadsoul version if your interested )and if I need an older plugin runned I have a firefox palemoon that i can run in the same time and you can sync everything very easily by copying the profile folder.

 

[Frederica Bernkastel]

Its been very very very very (very?) stable I cant remember when it crashed on me last. The only bug i have had in a previous beta version was with copy/pasting broken. Its not totally fixed I think either.

Copy+pasting isn't broken, it's just a security measure against XSS attacks. You have

Also there have been multiple reasons as to why it's taking so long to reach "stable" status, they're all in the changelog. Mozilla isn't very good at scheduling releases.

I've been using the FF4 since beta 1, and pretty much all of my issues have been resolved (such as tabs being on tab bar in fullscreen, no aero-peek etc...). Design-wise, I just wish that the menu button wasn't coloured orange. It's rather distracting.

 

[Slyakin]

I'm sure that many themes for the new Firefox 4 will change the color of it.

 

[CanadaX21]

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