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Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

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Post by jamesgeck0 »

codecaine wrote: post #16
lfx wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What fundamental new is for new UI comparing with 3.6? I use Firefox for some way, only for firebug mostly. I think its just evolution of person, now I use what is most serves my needs.

what bothers me most is that they made the whole top part (including title, menu bar etc if you choose to enable it) transparent. I personally just find that horrible. Screenshot: http://0.tqn.com/d/browsers/1/0/Z/c/-/-/firefox-5-show-menu-... Here is a screenshot comparing FF 3.5 to 4: http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_firefox... (3.5 is right)

Enable the menu bar and disable tags on top. Then install a plain persona like this one: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/white-glossy-...

It's not exactly like 3.5, but it's not transparent anymore.

Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

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Post by kinetik »

Urgo wrote: post #11

* Drastically improved memory handling for certain use cases ^^ apparently not the use cases I use. FF7's been running for about 12 hours on my win7 box and is using over a gig of ram just like normal... It started off good but then just kept growing over the hours. Nothing really improved here. :(

Open about:memory and see where the memory is going. And if you think the use is excessive, please file a bug including the about:memory data and any details you know that would aid in reproducing the problem.

Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

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Post by bhassel »

thebigshane wrote: post #52
StuffMaster wrote: post #18

>The ' http:// URL prefix is now hidden by default This can be changed back with browser.urlbar.trimURLs in about:config. They should've provided an option for it.

I don't want to install FF7 to test this, but how can a user switch from a http to https version of a site? Can a user still type the URL prefix to override what is hidden?

Yeah, I just tried it, and apparently typing a protocol in front replaces the hidden 'http://.

As long as you can assume that the protocol is always http:// when hidden, I think I'm ok with this.

Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

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Post by AgentConundrum »

bbrizzi wrote: post #54
code_duck wrote: post #39

Why would I go there to download a new version of Firefox? I went to 'About Firefox', it downloaded a 10 MB update, restarted, and here's Firefox 7.

I did this to check which version I was running. It started downloading FF7 automatically, I just had to hit 'Apply update'. Awesome.

It's awesome, but it's still not nearly as frictionless as Chrome. My understanding of Chromes upgrader - as a user who only occasionally uses the browser since firefox is still my main - is that the browser auto-upgrades the first time you load it after the new version comes out. Now, I thought this was how the new Firefox worked, but since I did it manually today even after rebooting once for a plugin issue (Netflix doesn't fullscreen properly after you load it a few times - apparently it's an issue with the firefox plug-in container and/or silverlight), now I'm not so sure.

Either way, Chrome installs cleanly without the user even having to know it happened. Firefox, OTOH, causes the UAC in Win7 to halt everything for the upgrade. It's not as transparent as maybe it could be.

Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

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Post by diminish »

Qz wrote: post #42
code_duck wrote: post #39

Why would I go there to download a new version of Firefox? I went to 'About Firefox', it downloaded a 10 MB update, restarted, and here's Firefox 7.

Consider the case of not having Firefox already installed.

As a user of Firefox since 0.x versions, I am happy FF still keeps up with nice updates in 2011 and onwards.

Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

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Post by WalterGR »

CWuestefeld wrote: post #50
onedognight wrote: post #4

I thought the point of Mozilla's new release scheme was that we don't have to download anything anymore. The updates just come to us, as if by magic. https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Updating%20Firefox

But extensions are still version dependent. I was just about to update my installation, but it told me that my Roboform extension isn't compatible with v7. If they allow the application to update when it wants, they're going to quickly render me unable to use Firefox, since I won't be able to log into secure web sites.

I was just about to update my installation, but it told me that my Roboform extension isn't compatible with v7.

How do you get to that information prior to the upgrade?

I've only realized extensions were incompatible after updating, because Firefox disables them.

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