Firefox 3.6 released

[temp02]

This version does indeed feel faster, and also a new "Pimp My Browser" feature, Personas.

 

[Naelex]

loving the faster scrolling, feels much smoother ( on some sites for me it was considerably 'choppy').

what is the difference between personas and themes o.0

edit: that new tab function is indeed annoying, thanks for the link

 

[qubit]

here ya go

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YOFWN1OH

Thanks M.

It appears the work computer was actually struggling, however. I downloaded it in a flash using IE* but then it struggled to install it, the installer hanging and then crashing. A reboot later and everything worked properly.

*I've put money in the swear box, I swear.

 

[temp02]

loving the faster scrolling, feels much smoother ( on some sites for me it was considerably 'choppy').

what is the difference between personas and themes o.0

AFAIK, themes only allow you to change the icons, but then again, I don't change those icons/themes for quite a while now, IMO Personas are no more than "backgrounds" for the Firefox interface. (Theme + Persona should be the equivalent to a skin on other application I think).

 

[Naelex]

ahh thanks for clearing that up, i like how it instantly changes just by mouse roll over - there's some really nice ones available, getting the Personas plus addon now

 

[freaksavior]

sounds odd. i've never had FF lock up on me, except on a few rare circumstances (updating flash tended to fix them)

Well both PC and MAC versions mesed up on me, im actually using ie8 on my desktop Just haven't done anything about it yet.

 

[stuartb04]

blimey sometimes it scrolls too fast..lol

its much better tho

 

[Delta6326]

I love firefox because of its add on's when i used chrome it would crash at least 3-4 times a day never have i had a problem with FF on my w7 but on my mac i have problems but i blame mac i hate you apple but it was free

 

[DirectorC]

two things:

one: scrolling feels weird. its faster or something, and i dont like it.

two: "child" tabs spawning after parent tabs annoys the shit out of me.

See Here for how to revert to the old method.

1) yeah it scrolls down twice as many lines as it used to. i am getting used to it.

2) thanks man! i went to about:config and searched for tabs but i was looking for 'grouping', yeesh what a complicated name they gave it. you would think with the massive amount of extra space they have left under tab options it wouldn't be such a big deal to add that option.

and the option for scrolling less lines at a time, they could put that in the options window but they don't. grr.

 

[Mussels]

both of these should be options in firefox itself, not hidden away... they cant exactly break the program - so why arent they standard options?

 

[pr0n Inspector]

both of these should be options in firefox itself, not hidden away... they cant exactly break the program - so why arent they standard options?

It's Mozilla.
I'm still unhappy about the close tab button on the last tab or the close window with last tab behavior.

 

[shk021051]

im wait for 3.6.1

 

[Marineborn]

sweet got it

 

[Binge]

I recommend minefield over normal firefox any day. It's updated much more often.

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/minefield/

 

[Darkgundam111]

wow thanks Binge, that minefield is amazing, i remember that i had this browser a bit back, kinda just accidentally stumbled upon it, but never found it back after i reformatted.

 

[pr0n Inspector]

I recommend minefield over normal firefox any day. It's updated much more often.

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/minefield/

nightly trunks as everyday browser = bad idea

 

[Binge]

Yeah the best part is that if I report errors with good detail, however few there are, are fixed before the end of the next work day.

nightly trunks as everyday browser = bad idea

That's silly. I've never been happier. The browser also won't update unless you let it.

 

[Fourstaff]

Always ask for my password for internet proxy on every single site I visit, any solutions to that? Its my only gripe tho.

 

[DonInKansas]

3.6 seems quite a bit snappier for me at home and at work. Love it.

 

[pr0n Inspector]

Yeah the best part is that if I report errors with good detail, however few there are, are fixed before the end of the next work day.



That's silly. I've never been happier. The browser also won't update unless you let it.

Again, nightly builds as everyday browser = bad idea.

 

[dcf-joe]

Javascript Performance:

Google Chrome 3.0.195.38 with default settings

Firefox 3.6 with the usual speed hacks implemented in about:config

Obviously, firefox has become a bit faster, but even speed hacked, it does not beat chrome.

 

[freaksavior]

Javascript Performance:

Google Chrome 3.0.195.38 with default settings

http://img.techpowerup.org/100123/Untitled.png

Firefox 3.6 with the usual speed hacks implemented in about:config

http://img.techpowerup.org/100123/firefox.png

Obviously, firefox has become a bit faster, but even speed hacked, it does not beat chrome.

Did my own test.

Chrome Beta > Safari 4.1 > Firefox 3.6

 

[DaveK]

Been using 3.6 for awhile and Personas for a lot longer, I like them both.

 

[Pickles24]

Has anyone had any problems with 3.6? I takes me all over the place when searching, and hangs on simple .php uploads. I know it's not virus related because this system still has that fresh install smell..

 

[MK4512]

Hmm...

Upgraded, still not enough for me to switch off of chrome...

Faster than before though!