Firefox Beta 4

dmclone · 03-11-2008, 05:20 PM

Firefox Beta 4 came out today. So far so good. Seems to be faster. Be aware that since this is beta most of your plug-ins won't work.

jumbopackage · 03-11-2008, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by dmclone

Firefox Beta 4 came out today. So far so good. Seems to be faster. Be aware that since this is beta most of your plug-ins won't work.

So far so good, IMO. Quite a bit quicker than Beta 3. (It's FFox 3 Beta 4 , also, just to pick nits).

Saw a couple problems with text field cursors but nothing earthshaking. Should be a pretty good upgrade.

dmclone · 03-11-2008, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by jumbopackage

So far so good, IMO. Quite a bit quicker than Beta 3. (It's FFox 3 Beta 4 , also, just to pick nits).

Saw a couple problems with text field cursors but nothing earthshaking. Should be a pretty good upgrade.

I didn't notice how slow ff 3 beta 3 was until I upgraded to beta 4.

jumbopackage · 03-11-2008, 06:31 PM

I like the new vista icons too. That looks pretty sweet!

Skyh13 · 03-11-2008, 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by dmclone

I didn't notice how slow ff 3 beta 3 was until I upgraded to beta 4.

And that being said, Beta 3 was WAAAY faster than Firefox 2!

Also, I must say.. they said that Beta 4 was fast on GMail and stuff... holy cow! They weren't kidding! Mozilla is pushing out a lot of Beta releases, but with the type of quality product they're making, I'm glad they're getting it to be the best it can be before release! The complete Firefox 3 is gonna be awesome.

CTAClone · 03-11-2008, 06:36 PM

I think I need to try Firefox out. I've heard a lot about it. I just did a quick search for it and I can download 2.02, where can I get 4?

jumbopackage · 03-11-2008, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by CTAClone

I think I need to try Firefox out. I've heard a lot about it. I just did a quick search for it and I can download 2.02, where can I get 4?

2.0.0.12 is the current "stable" version.

3 is currently in beta (3.0b4 was just released). You can find it here:
Firefox web browser | International versions: Get Firefox in your language

3.0 seems to work pretty well, and I haven't had any issues so far. Just beware that not everything may work right just yet.

edit: In case you don't use firefox, it's seriously worth it just for spellcheck alone in dialog boxes on CF

ISUFan22 · 03-11-2008, 06:41 PM

I downloaded it a few weeks ago, but uninstalled as most of the add-ins don't work with v3 yet.

CTAClone · 03-11-2008, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by ISUFan22

I downloaded it a few weeks ago, but uninstalled as most of the add-ins don't work with v3 yet.

So 2.0 is good but hold off on the newer versions until the bugs are worked out? I assume that's your guys recommendation?

jumbopackage · 03-11-2008, 06:47 PM

Originally Posted by CTAClone

So 2.0 is good but hold off on the newer versions until the bugs are worked out? I assume that's your guys recommendation?

That's what I would say. When 3.0 rolls out, firefox will tell you to update it.

I've been using firefox since well before it was called firefox. I use IE for just a couple of sites these days (work sharepoint and webmail). Every time I use IE I miss Firefox, and once I get used to 3.0 it's going to be even worse I suspect.

CTAClone · 03-11-2008, 06:50 PM

Originally Posted by jumbopackage

That's what I would say. When 3.0 rolls out, firefox will tell you to update it.

I've been using firefox since well before it was called firefox. I use IE for just a couple of sites these days (work sharepoint and webmail). Every time I use IE I miss Firefox, and once I get used to 3.0 it's going to be even worse I suspect.

Thanks for the advice. I'll download it today.

ISUFan22 · 03-11-2008, 06:55 PM

I didn't consider the incompatibility between the beta and add-ons to be a bug, that's natural as the add-ons need updated.

But I use enough of them that personally, I wanted to wait. If I wasn't using add-ons, I'd be surfing in lightening speed with v3. :)

dmclone · 03-11-2008, 07:00 PM

Originally Posted by CTAClone

Thanks for the advice. I'll download it today.

A few add on's that I like (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/)

Gmail add-on-If you have a gmail email account

IE tab-This will make firefox act like IE for those few sites that don't work well

Mouse Gestures-

Adblock plus

ForcastFox

jumbopackage · 03-11-2008, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by dmclone

A few add on's that I like (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/)

Gmail add-on-If you have a gmail email account

IE tab-This will make firefox act like IE for those few sites that don't work well

Mouse Gestures-

Adblock plus

ForcastFox

noscript is a good one too, if you're super paranoid about stuff :D

ISUFan22 · 03-11-2008, 07:18 PM

Tabbrowser preferences also rocks. And if you have 2 or more computers and want to sync your saved passwords, the Password Exporter is very handy.