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phantombudgie
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:45 pm
Posts: 994
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It feels nippier than FF3.6. I like it. Especially with Adblock Plus and NoScript installed!
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| Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:15 pm |
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Santacruz
Has a life
Joined: Sun May 24, 2009 3:00 am
Posts: 53
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upon first opening firefox on pc boot takes a few secs and abit of HDD chugging to load my bookmarks list, was the same in the RC but not in 3.6
thats my only gripe
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| Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:29 am |
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timark_uk
Moderator
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:11 pm
Posts: 12143
Location: Belfast
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The status bar is floating, and only appears when there's actually a status to view - mousing over links to see where they point, that sort of thing. Haven't actually found a status bar as such yet. Mark
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm
Posts: 10022
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There is a status bar but you have to look in the menus. Not sure what it's called (am on piephone at the mo). Otherwise forecastfox wouldn't work!
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
Posts: 12700
Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm
Posts: 5071
Location: Manchester
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Someone just downloaded Firefox 4 on Easter Island  I can picture the cybercafe
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timark_uk
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:11 pm
Posts: 12143
Location: Belfast
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belchingmatt
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 3:16 am
Posts: 6146
Location: Middle Earth
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There is an option for the Add On bar in the toolbars menu, but it doesn't seem to have a purpose from what I've seen so far.  All mine does when I have it on is to say EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE. Probably down to me using a Dalek theme.
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vdbswong
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
Posts: 603
Location: Durham, UK
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I seem to be having some "proper" issues now after switching over the FF4 (as opposed to merely aesthetic ones).
The browser seems to have slowed down quite a bit, for example:
- When typing a forum post if i type over the length of the box (i.e. a scroll bar has to appear/slide down) then it takes a couple of seconds before it will do this. Previously it would be the instant i went over.
- Scrolling is no longer smooth and more in small sections (this is despite turning on smoothscrolling, which made no difference).
- Tabs take a few seconds to switch to after clicking on them.
- Pages seem like they take longer to load.
Didn't have any of these issues before i upgraded from 3.6
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
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All seems fine on OS X. Facelift aside, doesn't feel startlingly different from 3.6 in terms of speed.
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timark_uk
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:11 pm
Posts: 12143
Location: Belfast
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You shouldn't have to 'add-in' what every other web browser in the whole wide world ever (probably) as well as previous versions of this web browser had. Anyway, I really only use it for two Flash heavy sites, so it's not really worth it for me. I use the simple TARDIS theme on mine. (8+) Mark
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
Posts: 45931
Location: Belfast
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I have to say, nothing I've read here or elsewhere makes me want to install it over my current version  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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Tsar
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:07 pm
Posts: 573
Location: Sunny Hastings
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Been running it since first beta  and love it, Now a load of the addons have up dated and now running _________________ Gaming's Elder Statesman & Evil Consultant
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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm
Posts: 6580
Location: Getting there
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm
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Love it. Subjectively, it feels much faster than 3.6 and the interface is much nicer - particularly the disappearance of the statusbar _________________Jim
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