FireFox 4.0 is out early

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:31 pm

4.0 release isnt until tomorrow but the program is up on their FTP site 1 day early. Here is the link for the windows version:
http://download.mozilla.org/?product=fi ... lang=en-US

Works great...I am running it now.
This came from engadget if you want to get the other versions.

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:39 am

nice. thanks

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:57 pm

thanks. just installed it and already like it better than 3.x. I had some issues with larger text on 3.x ( eyes shot ) and with 4 it seems to react better to the larger text I need. Now where did I put my glasses !! :-)

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 7:52 pm

No weather add-ons work with FF 4.0 yet.

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:08 pm

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/2 ... TE&ei=5043
The new browser had been downloaded nearly three million times hours after it was made available online. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 was downloaded 2.35 million times within the first 24 hours of its availability last week
who won ? hehehehe

Err · Post by **Err** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:13 pm

renovation wrote:http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/2 ... TE&ei=5043
The new browser had been downloaded nearly three million times hours after it was made available online. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 was downloaded 2.35 million times within the first 24 hours of its availability last week
who won ? hehehehe

Microsoft is going to regret not making IE9 compatible with XP. Although this OS is over 10 years old now, it's still very widely used.

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I'm currently posting with FF4. I just noticed that if you are posting here in advanced the smiles on the right slow down when you click and begin trying in the message box.

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This doesn't happen with IE9. (posting from IE9)

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Restarted FF4 and it's still occurring. Also tried disabling all addons and it still occurs.

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UPDATE:

The new hardware acceleration is causing this. I unchecked the "Use Hardware acceleration when available" under options and the sluggishness is no longer occurring.

Yet Another Update:

This has something to do with direct draw. I found several complaints of font rendering problems in FF4. Although I didn't see this here, I decided to try the fix.

In about:config toggle the gfx.direct2d.disabled to true.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:17 pm

I'll wait until a few revisions down the road.

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:12 pm

^ Hee hee

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 2:24 pm

Be aware that many of the existing add-ons DO work with 4.0 BUT you sometimes need to go to the author's website. I think Mozilla wasn't letting them post the 4.0 compatible versions until release.

I haven't installed 4.0 yet but I checked and all my plugins are available in 4.0 versions:

NoScript
FlashBlock
New Tab Homepage
URL Shrink Easy
Tree Style Tabs
Colorful Tabs

NubyCanuby_OFC · Post by **NubyCanuby_OFC** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 4:54 pm

It does seem faster to me.
Note: you can move the existing toolbar items around by right clicking the top and selecting customize. Then just drag it where you want.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:18 pm

It drives me nuts that Firefox never puts a print icon on the tool bar by default. You have to do it yourself from the customize menu.

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:32 pm

FlyingPenguin wrote:It drives me nuts that Firefox never puts a print icon on the tool bar by default. You have to do it yourself from the customize menu.

I've had that print icon there since I first installed FF and its still there even after all the updates.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:56 pm

Oh same here, but every time I install it on a client's PC I have to manually add it. It's absurd. Why WOULDN'T you have a print icon in the tool bar? If I don't put it there I'll get a phone call within a day.

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:24 pm

ctrl+P