Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4

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Post by brianwillis » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 3:17 AM UTC

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

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Post by ChaseB » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 4:10 AM UTC

I love the app tab concept. Just wish the favicon would update and tell me when new mail has arrived.

Re: Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4

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Post by abraham » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 4:16 AM UTC

ChaseB wrote: post #2

I love the app tab concept. Just wish the favicon would update and tell me when new mail has arrived.

If you are using Gmail that is supported through a labs feature: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-in-labs-unread-mes...

Re: Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4

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Post by ChaseB » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 4:23 AM UTC

abraham wrote: post #3

ChaseB wrote: post #2

I love the app tab concept. Just wish the favicon would update and tell me when new mail has arrived.

If you are using Gmail that is supported through a labs feature: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-in-labs-unread-mes...

thanks!

Re: Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4

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Post by jaybol » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 4:31 AM UTC

I'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?

Re: Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4

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Post by brianwillis » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 4:40 AM UTC

jaybol wrote: post #5

I'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.

Re: Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4

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Post by superdude » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 4:40 AM UTC

jaybol wrote: post #5

I'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?

Yes. Running OS X, Firefox is more responsive when opening and switching to new tabs. Maybe the act of creating a new process for each tab slows Chrome down? For example, if I open a new tab in Chrome while I have many already open and then attempt to scroll, the scrolling will lag by a second. I almost never have any lag with Firefox except when first starting the program. Even with an SSD Firefox is more responsive.

Re: Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4

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Post by drivebyacct2 » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 4:58 AM UTC

ChaseB wrote: post #2

I 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.

Re: Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4

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Post by gfodor » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 4:59 AM UTC

jaybol wrote: post #5

I'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?

Yes, because of pentadactyl.

Re: Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4

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Post by alexqgb » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 5:11 AM UTC

jaybol wrote: post #5

I'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?

Yes. I started using the beta a few months ago, and steadily used Chrome less and less. Now, not at all.