Great new browser...Heads off firefox guys..
Firefox 4 is here
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Re: Firefox 4 is here
#302Earlier quoted context omitted.
I greatly prefer being able to hit enter on the first result too. Here is the addon I use to enable that: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mozilla-labs-...
You don't need an addon -- the option is in about:config.
Specifically, browser.urlbar.autoFill. (Found that out just now.)
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#303Firefox market share is going to continue to shrink as Chrome takes over. They've just been way too slow to respond. It is a shame since feature wise Firefox is a superior browser.
Not necessarily. The two are about at market share parity now, and FF4 allows Mozilla to push updates and version numbers more continuously, like Chrome/ium. From this point on it should be a neck-and-neck horse race, but frankly as long as they're both leaving IE in the dust I'm cheering for, and using/developing to/supporting both.
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#304Earlier quoted context omitted.
>TreeStyleTab add-on is compatible with FF4, I no longer use it Does it work with your FF4? Mine doesn't!!!
The author's site has the latest version that works with FF4. http://piro.sakura.ne.jp/xul/_treestyletab.html.en DL: http://piro.sakura.ne.jp/xul/xpi/confirm.cgi?treestyletab.xp...
I'm running version:
2011031901
This link: http://piro.sakura.ne.jp/xul/xpi/confirm.cgi?treestyletab.xp...
gives me: Forbidden Installation You don't have a permission to install XPI package directly from other websites. You have to access this extension from the home page of itself.
Am I doing something wrong?
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#305Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is a good point that I've only noticed recently. Address bar completion in Chrome is much much worse than in Firefox.
Yeah, I really miss Firefox URL keyword search. Too bad it becomes very slow as your history grows (at least in the older versions of FF).
That's definitely an issue, but there's a workaround if you want to do it. You need to VACUUM the sqlite database like this:
http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/08/vacuum-firefox-databases-...
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#306I was REALLY hopeful for FF to make a comeback with 4. I had been a convert in the 2.X days and watched as it got bloated and slower throughout 3. Switched to Chrome in version 9 and never looked back. Then IE9 came out and was so much faster than before so I had hope for FF.
Well, that hope has been quickly dashed. How? By mozilla's own demo page, the web'o'wonder. On my three year old machine it says my video drivers don't support WebGL and won't play nice with many things. What it does play nice with was not very wonderful. The "Letterheads" were choppy with a framerate probably approaching 8 or 9 fps. The 360 video refused to load. Same with Remixing Reality. IE9 wouldn't work with those and neither would Safari.
Then I tried them in Chrome. Huh. Go figure. They all worked marvelously. Yup... this new web era could be a Web o' Wonders... but it looks like it won't be featuring FF4 or IE9.
Now, can anyone tell me why FF4 has issues with WebGL but Chrome 11.0696 doesn't? And it's not just a webkit thing because Safari 5.04 isn't liking them either.
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#307Earlier quoted context omitted.
The author's site has the latest version that works with FF4. http://piro.sakura.ne.jp/xul/_treestyletab.html.en DL: http://piro.sakura.ne.jp/xul/xpi/confirm.cgi?treestyletab.xp...
I'm running version: 2011031901 This link: http://piro.sakura.ne.jp/xul/xpi/confirm.cgi?treestyletab.xp... gives me: Forbidden Installation You don't have a permission to install XPI package directly from other websites. You have to access this extension from the home page of itself. Am I doing something wrong?
What you have appears to be the latest version (similar to what I have). Weird that I didn’t see that warning though. Which OS are you on? (I am on a mac)
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#308I still like Opera the most. Easily the most innovative browser and much more enjoyable to use.
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#309I find javascript refreshingly faster compared to 3.5 . I no longer even get the "unresponsive script" messages when using the usual lot of JS-abusing pages our "tools support" team has cooked up.
I've observed a major improvement along those lines as well. Sites like news.yahoo.com don't make the browser freak out anymore, hurrah!
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#310Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm pretty sure that's the case :D Chrome's location bar provides everything you _type_ to Google, and using its sync feature gives them all of your bookmarks and history.
> Chrome's location bar provides everything you _type_ to Google That can be changed on about:flags > sync feature gives them all of your bookmarks and history. Unless you don't use Gmail and do all your websearch using Incognito, I don't see that as a problem.
You can just turn off suggestions in the preferences. I don't think you need to go to the about: settings.