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Firefox 4 is out!

Started by MagmarFire, March 22, 2011, 05:28:52 PM

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Twilight Wolf

#15
April 15, 2011, 12:28:07 AM
Well, I've been using Firefox 4 for a few days now.

Official verdict: Meh.

I like the way Opera works much better overall, personally. The only thing keeping me on Firefox 4 is the FMA theme I installed. :<
What, you expect me to say something witty?

Keaton

#16
April 15, 2011, 03:14:09 AM
Chrome > Opera > Firefox

Twilight Wolf

#17
April 15, 2011, 03:22:34 AM
Quote from: Rainbow Dash on April 15, 2011, 03:14:09 AM
Opera > Chrome > Firefox

Fix'd to reflect my experience.

I think it's worthwhile to note Firefox 4 doesn't work or... well, even look all that different compared to 3. I don't really see the point of a full new version...
What, you expect me to say something witty?

Deku

#18
April 15, 2011, 10:48:08 AM
Quote from: Rainbow Dash on April 15, 2011, 03:14:09 AM
Chrome > Opera > Firefox

Chrome is amazing. Installing chrome was one of the best net-related decisions I've ever made, next to photoshop and VBA (gameboy emulator).

If you're not using Chrome, you owe it to yourself to give it a shot.

Twilight Wolf

#19
April 15, 2011, 04:35:44 PM
Chrome sucked for me, honestly. It was slightly faster than Opera, and I liked the minimal layout, but every time I've tried it it's been an unstable, constantly-crashing piece of trash.

Part of the reason I tried it was its claim that each tab runs as a separate process, so if one tab goes down you can kill it and save the browser. Well... I guess that was a complete lie? Not only do tabs go down frequently, trying to kill one ends up seizing the whole browser and making it all crash. :/
What, you expect me to say something witty?

Deku

#20
April 15, 2011, 05:39:44 PM
Quote from: Edward Elric on April 15, 2011, 04:35:44 PM
Chrome sucked for me, honestly. It was slightly faster than Opera, and I liked the minimal layout, but every time I've tried it it's been an unstable, constantly-crashing piece of trash.

Part of the reason I tried it was its claim that each tab runs as a separate process, so if one tab goes down you can kill it and save the browser. Well... I guess that was a complete lie? Not only do tabs go down frequently, trying to kill one ends up seizing the whole browser and making it all crash. :/
I've been using it for over a year and it has only crashed one time for me. I've never had any of the problems you've mentioned. Maybe its your internet provider, or your computer. Whatever the case, I rarely have a problem with it- and when it did crash, it saved all of my pages.

MagmarFire

#21
April 15, 2011, 07:27:45 PM
From a development standpoint, I find Firefox to be top tier. I find it more Web compliant than IE and Chrome (expecially IE). Of course, while Chrome is far from terrible in terms of compliance, it does some things differently, yet noticeably, which is a decent minus on its score. Plus, it doesn't have as much support for CSS3 as Firefox 4 does. Of course, I must give Chrome credit for being lightweight on RAM and booting times. Major plus there.

IE just sucks.



Advanceshipping and Rion had better be Chuck Norris approved.

Keaton

#22
April 15, 2011, 10:23:06 PM
Quote from: Edward Elric on April 15, 2011, 04:35:44 PM
Chrome sucked for me, honestly. It was slightly faster than Opera, and I liked the minimal layout, but every time I've tried it it's been an unstable, constantly-crashing piece of trash.

Part of the reason I tried it was its claim that each tab runs as a separate process, so if one tab goes down you can kill it and save the browser. Well... I guess that was a complete lie? Not only do tabs go down frequently, trying to kill one ends up seizing the whole browser and making it all crash. :/

Maybe it's Firefox 3?

Twilight Wolf

#23
April 16, 2011, 12:11:24 AM
Quote from: Zangief Veteran on April 15, 2011, 05:39:44 PM
I've been using it for over a year and it has only crashed one time for me. I've never had any of the problems you've mentioned. Maybe its your internet provider, or your computer. Whatever the case, I rarely have a problem with it- and when it did crash, it saved all of my pages.

...Really? My ISP is causing Chrome to crash on my year-old high-power gaming rig? ಠ_ಠ
What, you expect me to say something witty?

MagmarFire

#24
April 16, 2011, 07:22:48 PM
ISP has nothing to do with it. I'd say it'd depend, rather, on the content uploaded or maybe even the OS.



Advanceshipping and Rion had better be Chuck Norris approved.

Twilight Wolf

#25
April 16, 2011, 07:44:31 PM
Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit.

It'd crash no matter what I was doing, at random.
What, you expect me to say something witty?

Keaton

#26
April 17, 2011, 02:23:06 PM
Quote from: Edward Elric on April 16, 2011, 07:44:31 PM
Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit.

It'd crash no matter what I was doing, at random.

Sounds like it might be a problem with your digital signature for it.  Win64 is notorious for requiring a digital signing for every damn thing it does.

Darth Wyndisis

#27
May 11, 2011, 08:20:10 PM
If Firefox 4 is supposed to be so great then why the kriff doesn't the glow text work properly?

MagmarFire

#28
May 14, 2011, 12:02:58 PM
Quote from: Pinkie Pieyndisis on May 11, 2011, 08:20:10 PM
If Firefox 4 is supposed to be so great then why the kriff doesn't the glow text work properly?

Because it uses the background-color CSS property, not the text-shadow property. You'll see that this creates no glow on any other browser, as well. It's probably the fault of those who created this forum framework, really.



Advanceshipping and Rion had better be Chuck Norris approved.

Darth Wyndisis

#29
May 14, 2011, 12:07:50 PM
I could have sworn it worked on Internet Explorer, but I just checked again and it doesn't.  What the hell...?
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