Firefox 3.5 now available - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 1st Jul 2009, 12:20

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/20...ow-available/1

Mozilla has released Firefox 3.5 and it's described as a major release. It boosts performance, introduces new features and supports emerging Web standards like HTML5.

Floyd · 1st Jul 2009, 12:25

Good because my old Firefox has been freezing up lately. Sad to have to switch back to IE

MajorTom · 1st Jul 2009, 12:31

Been enjoying it since yesterday evening. The Weave Sync addon is just brilliant. Goes a little further than xmarks and syncs your tabs for when you get back from work. Very nice work in progress.

impar · 1st Jul 2009, 12:35

Greetings!

What is "Tear off tabs"?

V3ctor · 1st Jul 2009, 12:39

Is it compatible with flash? Normally I have to wait for flash to be available to new variations of FF

RTT · 1st Jul 2009, 12:47

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Originally Posted by impar

Greetings!

What is "Tear off tabs"?

Drag a tab off the tab bar to open it in a new window. you can drag tabs between windows too

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Originally Posted by V3ctor

Is it compatible with flash? Normally I have to wait for flash to be available to new variations of FF

yes it is

impar · 1st Jul 2009, 12:55

Greetings!

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Originally Posted by RTT

Drag a tab off the tab bar to open it in a new window. you can drag tabs between windows toos

Ah! Thanks.
But the "drag tabs to another window" was already available on previous versions.

robyholmes · 1st Jul 2009, 13:12

Ummm where is 3.6? I have been on 3.5 for ages now, next please, lol

Psy-UK · 1st Jul 2009, 13:13

This is the final release. You've been using the RC or Beta versions.

capnPedro · 1st Jul 2009, 13:24

I'll give it a few weeks before I upgrade. Wanna make sure all my extensions and skins and such work. They're very important to me!

V3ctor · 1st Jul 2009, 13:50

Eveything works fine here... No problems at all, even with the extensions...

steveo_mcg · 1st Jul 2009, 13:55

Loving the tear out tab. Opera had this before didn't it?

badders · 1st Jul 2009, 14:00

I'll probably get this for work, as it's a new JS engine, but don't think I'll bother at home.
IE8 and Chrome occasionally serve my browsing needs. (Dons flameproof suit)

sear · 1st Jul 2009, 14:30

Been on 3.1 and then 3.5 in various beta iterations for probably at least six months now. I've been quite happy with it, and have had very few issues with stability or performance (most of those cleared up before the release candidate stage), but I guess the changes may not be as drastic to me, as I've seen then added in one-by-one in each version.

Zurechial · 1st Jul 2009, 14:45

Rendering is sloppier in 3.5, I find.
It's prone to flickering/jumping with fixed-position backgrounds in CSS, which didn't happen in previous versions nor in IE8.

On the upside, it now only supports the standards-compliant opacity option in CSS and ignores the IE and Netscape opacity filters.

Omnituens · 1st Jul 2009, 15:46

Hm, last time I tried a manual update, I lost all my settings and bookmarks. Going to wait for auto-update to get fixed.

Tim S · 1st Jul 2009, 16:11

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Originally Posted by steveo_mcg

Loving the tear out tab. Opera had this before didn't it?

not sure about Opera, but Chrome has it.

wuyanxu · 1st Jul 2009, 16:28

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Originally Posted by Tim S

not sure about Opera, but Chrome has it.

also Safari, if you don't mind Apple.

3.5 is fantastic, i can now go back to single browser. although it'd be nice to be able to have private mode by window instead of by session. eg, 1 private mode window, the other normal mode.

BentAnat · 1st Jul 2009, 16:35

Installed it this morning, and am liking it.
JS rendering is deffinately quicker. All the sites i've made still work (very good thing, that), and as such i am a happy camper.

adamc · 1st Jul 2009, 16:56

Any ideas why the installer is trying to force me to install to C:/ProgramData instead of C:/Program Files (x86) ??

1st Jul 2009, 12:20	#1
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1st Jul 2009, 12:31	#3
MajorTom Multimodder Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 71	Been enjoying it since yesterday evening. The Weave Sync addon is just brilliant. Goes a little further than xmarks and syncs your tabs for when you get back from work. Very nice work in progress. __________________ Steam: MajorTomG XBoxLive: MajorTom83

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impar 2n-1 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Portugal Posts: 843	Greetings! What is "Tear off tabs"? __________________ The recruitment of Militia is illegal. Militia-recruiters will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the applicable laws.

1st Jul 2009, 13:24	#10
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steveo_mcg What owl? Join Date: May 2005 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 3,986	Loving the tear out tab. Opera had this before didn't it? __________________ No boom today, boom tomorrow... there's always a boom tomorrow.

1st Jul 2009, 12:25	#2
Floyd Sniipes Brother Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: USA Posts: 82	Good because my old Firefox has been freezing up lately. Sad to have to switch back to IE

1st Jul 2009, 12:39	#5
V3ctor Multimodder Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 129	Is it compatible with flash? Normally I have to wait for flash to be available to new variations of FF

1st Jul 2009, 13:12	#8
robyholmes I'm under your desk... Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 67	Ummm where is 3.6? I have been on 3.5 for ages now, next please, lol

1st Jul 2009, 13:13	#9
Psy-UK 69 Dude!! Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 69	This is the final release. You've been using the RC or Beta versions.

1st Jul 2009, 13:50	#11
V3ctor Multimodder Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 129	Eveything works fine here... No problems at all, even with the extensions...

1st Jul 2009, 14:30	#14
sear Multimodder Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 120	Been on 3.1 and then 3.5 in various beta iterations for probably at least six months now. I've been quite happy with it, and have had very few issues with stability or performance (most of those cleared up before the release candidate stage), but I guess the changes may not be as drastic to me, as I've seen then added in one-by-one in each version.

1st Jul 2009, 14:45	#15
Zurechial Elitist Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 883	Rendering is sloppier in 3.5, I find. It's prone to flickering/jumping with fixed-position backgrounds in CSS, which didn't happen in previous versions nor in IE8. On the upside, it now only supports the standards-compliant opacity option in CSS and ignores the IE and Netscape opacity filters. __________________ www.valyr.net Core i7 920 @ 4GHz <-> 8800GTS 512 @ 785/1946/1990 <-> GA-EX58-UD5 <-> 3GB Dominator 1600 <-> Xonar D1

1st Jul 2009, 15:46	#16
Omnituens Supermodder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Stockport Posts: 408	Hm, last time I tried a manual update, I lost all my settings and bookmarks. Going to wait for auto-update to get fixed. __________________ Current Rig: i7 D0 2.66GHz, 6GB 1066MHz Corsair "Dominator", 285 GTX.

1st Jul 2009, 16:35	#19
BentAnat Software Dev Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Windhoek, Namibia Posts: 1,378	Installed it this morning, and am liking it. JS rendering is deffinately quicker. All the sites i've made still work (very good thing, that), and as such i am a happy camper. __________________ CHIRP? My Upcoming Site

1st Jul 2009, 16:56	#20
adamc Modder Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 62	Any ideas why the installer is trying to force me to install to C:/ProgramData instead of C:/Program Files (x86) ??