The photo at the start of the article is of a Red Panda, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_panda, not a fox (of any kind).
Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4
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Re: Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4
#22The photo at the start of the article is of a Red Panda, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_panda , not a fox (of any kind).
that is supposed to be the meaning of "firefox" http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/firefox-name-faq.htm...
Re: Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4
#23I've been really happy with Chrome after using Firefox for a long time. I couldn't bear one more Adobe Flash Plugin crash. Has any Chrome user here switched over to Firefox 4 and been pleased with it?
Firefox 4 has a clear lead over all the other browsers in HTML5 support and javascript performance. It is the best release on the market for HTML5 gaming.
I am fairly sure that is not true, e.g. http://arewefastyet.com/ does not show a clear lead over others, and that is by firefox devs themselves.
Notwithstanding real usage, sensible benchmarking, concrete experience etc.. I'm just arguing it is not _clear_.
Re: Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4
#24The photo at the start of the article is of a Red Panda, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_panda , not a fox (of any kind).
that is supposed to be the meaning of "firefox" http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/firefox-name-faq.htm...
I stand corrected. I guess Fire Panda does not have the same ring to it.
Re: Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4
#25I've been really happy with Chrome after using Firefox for a long time. I couldn't bear one more Adobe Flash Plugin crash. Has any Chrome user here switched over to Firefox 4 and been pleased with it?
More-or-less. I test drove Chrome for about a month but I cannot live without NoScript support. Besides that I find the browsers to be about equal for what I use them for.
This was about 6 months ago.
note: I did try NotScripts for Chrome, but it was too limited.
Re: Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4
#26I've been really happy with Chrome after using Firefox for a long time. I couldn't bear one more Adobe Flash Plugin crash. Has any Chrome user here switched over to Firefox 4 and been pleased with it?
If you'd have read the article to the end you would have seen that Firefox now isolates browser plugins so they don't take down the browser with them.
This has been true since 3.6 unless you're on mac.
Re: Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4
#27I love the app tab concept. Just wish the favicon would update and tell me when new mail has arrived.
Chrome has had that for over a year (nearly two years?) now.
You mean the pinned tab concept? I have no idea who started it but I used to have an extension on Firefox for that even before Chrome existed. Big Chrome fan here though.
Re: Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4
#28I'm still debating on whether to use Firefox 4. Both Safari and Chrome seem to exhibit "lock ups" while opening a few tabs or while loading content. Maybe others have experience the same thing?
Not being snarky, but instead of debating, why don't you try (or "force yourself") to use FF4 for a full day or two before making a decision?
Re: Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4
#29I've been really happy with Chrome after using Firefox for a long time. I couldn't bear one more Adobe Flash Plugin crash. Has any Chrome user here switched over to Firefox 4 and been pleased with it?
Tried switching back this morning. I wanted to like it, I really did. But compared to Chrome, Firefox still feels heavy, cluttered, and it doesn't quite mesh with how I feel a browser should work. I realise that these are amorphous and inarticulate reasons for choosing one browser over another, but it's all I've got.
The only thing preventing me from leaving FF to move to Chrome is TabMixPlus (especially multi-layered tabs), considering I regularly have 20-30+ tabs open simultaneously. Scrolling through tabs on Chrome is a very painful experience, and as such, my Chrome experience is limited to occasional moments when FF feels too clunky and needs to be restarted.
If there is a Chrome extension that allows this, please let me know, because I've been unable to find one.
Re: Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4
#30I had to wait until the end of the article to see that FF4 is still one monolithic process. Everything else aside, that means I still have to restart it occasionally to get memory back. And the tab-of-death problem remains.