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Princess Skittles

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Posted yet? This is a mock-up of Firefox 5 showing App Tabs being taken a step further.

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cntr

Banned
Brettison said:
They need to go all the way with it though, and just sandbox EVERYTHING. Instead they just seem to be sandboxing big time plugins. Sandboxing the whole deal would be much better for security purposes.
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That's the long term plan. Plugins are just the first step.
 
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The_Inquisitor

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Princess Skittles said:
Posted yet? This is a mock-up of Firefox 5 showing App Tabs being taken a step further.

22caaw.jpg
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This would make me return to firefox. That is really nice. Do websites need to add a container file allowing firefox to do this or will Mozilla pre-program this behavior for various sites?

I'm thinking for example GAF having a tab-down for gaming, off-topic, and community.
 
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Princess Skittles

Prince's's 'Skittle's
The_Inquisitor said:
This would make me return to firefox. That is really nice. Do websites need to add a container file allowing firefox to do this or will Mozilla pre-program this behavior for various sites?

I'm thinking for example GAF having a tab-down for gaming, off-topic, and community.
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No clue, but here's more preview examples including the Twitter, CNN and IMDB.

http://areweprettyyet.com/5/desktopApps/
 
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close to the edge

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sn1pes said:
RC1 -> RC2 was 2 bug fixes
RC2 -> Final was no changes, I believe

I've been using the betas since one of the first ones, and it was very interesting to watch FF4 evolve. I'm definitely happy with the final product.
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Ah, good to know. I think I started with Beta 3, so that was pretty cool to see, yes.
 
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MrBig

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Rei_Toei said:
Sorry if it's been asked before, but is there any way to remove the images in the bookmark bar? Half of the bookmarks I use a lot are not visible anymore because it's now showing the logos of the websites.
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If you haven't figured this out yet it's because you have to visit those sites at least once for them to download their favicon. Then they'll all load as you visit each one.
 
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Plywood

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I'm not impressed with FF4.

I think it's really that button that is annoying the ever living shit out of me.
 
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MrBig

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Plywood said:
I'm not impressed with FF4.

I think it's really that button that is annoying the ever living shit out of me.
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The firefox button? Get a theme to make it use aero transparency or you can just uncheck it and use the legacy menu system.
 
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Plywood

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MrBig said:
The firefox button? Get a theme to make it use aero transparency or you can just uncheck it and use the legacy menu system.
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I have the button transparent, wish the default was completely transparent and I was just hoping they would've made the Firefox Icon the button instead. I was also hoping they would've went with a more minimalist style. :/
 
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enzo_gt

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Plywood said:
I have the button transparent, wish the default was completely transparent and I was just hoping they would've made the Firefox Icon the button instead. I was also hoping they would've went with a more minimalist style. :/
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I agree, just looks like a soft childrens toy in the corner of my browser. But it serves its function and I have made it look better. And Function >>> Form, so I guess it does the trick. If it was a massive button it'd interfere with them trying to maximize the browsing area and minimize all the stuff above like Chrome did.
 
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Ezduo

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Any way to make it so new tabs aren't slightly bigger than the Firefox button? Bugs me when I open one and the top bar suddenly bulges out slightly.

Also, how do you change how the Firefox button looks?
 
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krameriffic

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D4Danger said:
It makes your browser awesome. It uses your graphics card to do most of the heavy lifting and lets your browser use the full power of your computer.

I would honestly keep it on.
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The only thing hardware acceleration does for me is force FRAPs to show a big teal framerate counter in the corner and makes scrolling jerky and not smooth. So I keep it off.
 
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Dice

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Holy crap this is amazing. It's actually using my graphics card, and it's about fucking time.

It also made some extensions I was using standard features, and finally let me use the title bar for tabs. Everything is more streamlined than it has ever been and it's 20x faster.
 
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Rewrite

Not as deep as he thinks
I just upgraded and holy shit is it super fast. :O

I like the look of it too. No complaints so far. Two of my add-ons weren't compatible, which is the only loss I guess.
 
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Treefingers

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JAVK said:
People using Firefox 4 on Mac's:

Is your quicktime plugin for Firefox 4 broken.

Everytime I try to stream a mp4 file from the internet (Giantbomb, TWit, Rev3) the plugin fails to load. This did not happen on FF 3.6, Chrome or Safari.

I have to download the entire file to my desktop before I can begin watching it.

Can someone using a Mac try this link and tell me if the quicktime plugin loads and the video begins to stream?

http://videos.revision3.com/revision3/web/diggnation/0298/diggnation--0298--trexbullets--large.h264.mp4
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Yup I'm getting the same thing. Weird, this seems like a pretty huge bug to get overlooked before the release. =/

Edit: If you leave it open the plugin loads only after the whole video has been buffered. Hmm.
 
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Rewrite

Not as deep as he thinks
OK, I miss the refresh button's placement. I was never the one to press F5. I'll have to get used to it. Also, whenever I left clicked a link, the "open link in new tab" would be second on the drop down list and now it's first. I keep opening up new windows by accident. lol
 
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viewtifulsub

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I don't know whether it's either half of my plugins are incompatible (and disabled) or Firefox 4, but performance is noticeably faster.

Does anyone else have any weird proxy setting issues? Every time the browser is restarted, it defaults back to a “127.0.0.1” proxy address regardless how it was last configured.
 
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IonicSnake

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Rewrite said:
OK, I miss the refresh button's placement. I was never the one to press F5. I'll have to get used to it. Also, whenever I left clicked a link, the "open link in new tab" would be second on the drop down list and now it's first. I keep opening up new windows by accident. lol
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You can customize it, just right click up there and then click on Customize. Then just drag the refresh button to where you want it.
 
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andthebeatgoeson

Junior Member
No way to read all this but have they figured out the memory leak/why my computer runs so slow with Firefox and a couple of tabs? Still loving Chrome and it's speed.
 
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Cwarrior

Member
ok installed it but now firefox runs like crap, the pages load but it takes a while before I can do anything like scroll the page and if I open more then 5 tabs it starts freezing.

does any know where i can download firefox 3.8 again?
 
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AndyD

aka andydumi
To those with major issues, make sure you use a clean profile from scratch. If you have some weird old settings it can mess with it big time.
 
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Ifrit

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Darkatomz said:
-There is NO ask for tab-saving upon closing the browser. I found a line change in about:config that fixed this, but what the hell?? WHY would you disable that by default?
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You can restore your previous session on the startup page, theres a big button at the bottom to do so, I think it's great since it just leaves you the option of using it or not without having to confirm it every time you close FF

Anyways, I'm actually feeling it slower that FF3 while loading multiple tabs, some of those don't even load at all unless I manually stop loading others

My internet connection IS slow though, but I didn't have that problem with FF3 as much as FF4
 
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pestul

Member
Loving it so far. So much more responsive with the D2D hardware acceleration. 4 of my addons were not compatible, but they weren't the gamebreaker ones. All the most important ones are working flawlessly.
 
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Chesskid1

Banned
i was bothered by the new font but after using it for a few hours and getting used to it i can barely tell any difference. loving it!
 
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CrookedRain

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Ifrit said:
You can restore your previous session on the startup page, theres a big button at the bottom to do so, I think it's great since it just leaves you the option of using it or not without having to confirm it every time you close FF

Anyways, I'm actually feeling it slower that FF3 while loading multiple tabs, some of those don't even load at all unless I manually stop loading others

My internet connection IS slow though, but I didn't have that problem with FF3 as much as FF4
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You can also set it so that your previous session will always load on startup in the options menu. Just change the "When Firefox starts" item to "Show my windows and tabs from last time".

They changed the way tabs load when your session restores now. It'll now load up 3 tabs at a time so that your hard drive doesn't go crazy trying to load everything up at once and freeze up the application for a long period of time. You can change how many tabs it loads at a time in about:config by changing "browser.sessionstore.max_concurrent_tabs".
 
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MrBig

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Rewrite said:
OK, I miss the refresh button's placement. I was never the one to press F5. I'll have to get used to it. Also, whenever I left clicked a link, the "open link in new tab" would be second on the drop down list and now it's first. I keep opening up new windows by accident. lol
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Middle mouse wheel click.
 
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Korey

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Rewrite said:
OK, I miss the refresh button's placement. I was never the one to press F5. I'll have to get used to it. Also, whenever I left clicked a link, the "open link in new tab" would be second on the drop down list and now it's first. I keep opening up new windows by accident. lol
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You can move the refresh button. Right click anywhere -> customize -> drag refresh button to old spot.

I have no idea why they put half the browser controls on the left and the other half on the right.
 
MaddenNFL64

MaddenNFL64

Member
Using the brushed chrome custom "persona" right now. Wish it chromed up the orange firefox button. And where do I find the refresh icon? Not in my toolbar layout options.

edit: doh i see it now lol. at the end of the address bar.

edit 2: I moved it back to its old spot... but I think ill put it back to its new one. I think it fits.
 
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MrBig

Member
CrookedRain said:
And if you're using a touchpad, you can ctrl+left click to open a link in a new tab.
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And if you're using then newest synaptics driver you can assign a certain area on the pad to middle click (or do anything else) when you tap it (no effect when you just brush over it like normal)
 
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Ifrit

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CrookedRain said:
You can also set it so that your previous session will always load on startup in the options menu. Just change the "When Firefox starts" item to "Show my windows and tabs from last time".

They changed the way tabs load when your session restores now. It'll now load up 3 tabs at a time so that your hard drive doesn't go crazy trying to load everything up at once and freeze up the application for a long period of time. You can change how many tabs it loads at a time in about:config by changing "browser.sessionstore.max_concurrent_tabs".
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I'll try that, thanks
 
Rewrite

Rewrite

Not as deep as he thinks
Thanks guys! I didn't know you could customize that. The refresh button back in it's original spot. Appreciate it so much!
 
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Threi

notag
after installing FF4 on all my computers now it seems that the only one really affected by the poor font rendering is my main comp. Every other one is fine. You can kinda see the anti-aliasing on one of them (my laptop) but nowhere near the mess it is on my desktop. Pretty strange. I wonder if running the cleartype wizard in windows would fix it.
 
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jmdajr

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Do you need Direct X 10 for hardware acceleration?

I know if you type about:support, it will tell you if your GPU is supported.
I had to update the driver on my laptop for Firefox 4 to recognize it. It had vista though.

I'm betting it won't register anything on XP.
 
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rawd

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JAVK said:
People using Firefox 4 on Mac's:

Is your quicktime plugin for Firefox 4 broken.

Everytime I try to stream a mp4 file from the internet (Giantbomb, TWit, Rev3) the plugin fails to load. This did not happen on FF 3.6, Chrome or Safari.

I have to download the entire file to my desktop before I can begin watching it.

Can someone using a Mac try this link and tell me if the quicktime plugin loads and the video begins to stream?

http://videos.revision3.com/revision3/web/diggnation/0298/diggnation--0298--trexbullets--large.h264.mp4
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I'm getting occasional lockups on my Mac when using FF4. Almost like its clearing cache and it just freezes for a few seconds at a time. Driving me nuts
 
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Slayven

Member
I upgraded to 4 but I am not getting the Firefox button or able to turn on Panorama. Anyone else having problems with it?
 
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Dreams-Visions

Member
JAVK said:
People using Firefox 4 on Mac's:

Is your quicktime plugin for Firefox 4 broken.

Everytime I try to stream a mp4 file from the internet (Giantbomb, TWit, Rev3) the plugin fails to load. This did not happen on FF 3.6, Chrome or Safari.

I have to download the entire file to my desktop before I can begin watching it.

Can someone using a Mac try this link and tell me if the quicktime plugin loads and the video begins to stream?

http://videos.revision3.com/revision3/web/diggnation/0298/diggnation--0298--trexbullets--large.h264.mp4
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doesn't work for me.
 
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roxya

Member
Slayven said:
I upgraded to 4 but I am not getting the Firefox button or able to turn on Panorama. Anyone else having problems with it?
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I dunno what Panorama is but the FF button shows when you right-click a toolbar and choose to remove the menu bar.
 
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