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Firefox 3 Smoother?

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Posted 18 June 2008 - 01:54 AM

The only thing I've noticed so far is the smoother scrolling. Anyone else with confessions?


(yes, I'm running the OS X version.)
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Posted 18 June 2008 - 03:03 AM

Hm, it is definitely faster than the previous versions (but not faster than Safari) and much more Mac-like. However, in just some few other hours of test-driving it, I already noticed several annoyances that will probably have me to stick to Safari. But I'll give it a chance.
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Posted 18 June 2008 - 03:48 AM

Oh my god, you can use safari? I have to use it on my ipod touch, and it crashes a lot when I'm writing a long post on these forums D:

But strangely, it appears to be a bit slower to load websites, this new version of FF. Maybe it's just congestion?
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Posted 18 June 2008 - 04:52 AM

A deal breaker for me over Safari is the inability to save multiple tabs as home. Unless I'm forced to use a different browser because of shoddy website designers, I stick with Firefox.
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Posted 18 June 2008 - 10:57 AM

adblock plus + FF3 is a deal breaker for me while a do most of my browsing. but i jump around between Safari and Camino a lot as well, due to RAM constraints.
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Posted 18 June 2008 - 03:42 PM

There's a safari version of adblock.
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Posted 19 June 2008 - 12:53 AM

Where would one find it?

The main reason I used Firefox was because of the adblock and noscipt abilities until it failed to show flash player stuff. In that case, I will most likely only use Safair now.

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Posted 19 June 2008 - 03:48 AM

View PostThe Liberator, on June 19th 2008, 08:53 AM, said:

Where would one find it?

Voilà!

View Postdojoboy, on June 18th 2008, 12:52 PM, said:

A deal breaker for me over Safari is the inability to save multiple tabs as home.

You could save your home pages in a bookmark folder on your bookmark bar and then open them in tabs – that's one click.
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Posted 19 June 2008 - 10:17 PM

Merci. :)

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Posted 20 June 2008 - 02:25 AM

I installed this yesterday. Looks like ass. Won't use it.
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Posted 20 June 2008 - 05:18 AM

With the BlackX 2 addon, it looks decent. Try it out.
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Posted 20 June 2008 - 06:41 AM

No cigar. Not even a cigarette.

I don't like the amount of space the toobar / location bar takes up in Firefox compared to Safari, I prefer to have more space showing the page. Even with the address bar hidden in both browsers, Safari takes up less space, and IMO looks better.

(It's a trick I nicked from someone at work once. The hidden address bar is good if you can get used to hitting Cmd+L to type a URL. If only I could do the same for the Google box :()

(Edit: Oh, there is, it's the same thing. Older versions only revealed the add. bar.)
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Posted 20 June 2008 - 08:17 AM

View Postcharmin, on June 20th 2008, 08:41 AM, said:

I don't like the amount of space the toobar / location bar takes up in Firefox compared to Safari, I prefer to have more space showing the page. Even with the address bar hidden in both browsers, Safari takes up less space, and IMO looks better.


have you tried shrinking the toolbar? right click on the toolbar, select "customize" and then check the box that says "use small icons". I don't know why this isn't the default look. Otherwise, hopefully the mini-fox theme will get updated for FF3.

View PostDark_Archon, on June 18th 2008, 05:42 PM, said:

There's a safari version of adblock.


There is, but it slows down my page loads considerably and is a resource hog. I don't recommend it at all.
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Posted 20 June 2008 - 02:04 PM

View PostMightySlugMan, on June 20th 2008, 04:17 PM, said:

There is, but it slows down my page loads considerably and is a resource hog. I don't recommend it at all.

Really? Did you try the version I linked to (see above)? It doesn't slow down the page loading for me in any way – quite contrary – and I haven't noticed anything about it eating up too many resources.
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Posted 20 June 2008 - 04:38 PM

i just realized i'm a full version behind. i'll give it another go.

edit - seems better than ever! i swear i updated the silly thing a couple months ago! back to using Safari on my mac i guess. :)
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Posted 21 June 2008 - 12:24 PM

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I have no clue what you mean, Charmin, also, firefox seems a bit more efficient at putting more text on one page. See how the images are all synced, but the text aint? Also note that firefox has a smaller bar?
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Posted 21 June 2008 - 02:38 PM

But, and I'm not on my main machine right now, I know the tab bar in FF is bigger (and hella uglier) than the Safari one.
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Posted 21 June 2008 - 02:42 PM

I like FF with BlackX better than Safari.
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Posted 25 June 2008 - 01:49 PM

Best Firefox theme ever...
http://www.takebacktheweb.org/


Only downside is I can't tell sometimes which browser I'm in... ;)
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Posted 25 June 2008 - 02:48 PM

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Also note that firefox has a smaller bar?
Evidence to the contrary (Safari is on the left, FF3 on the right):

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View Postcharmin, on June 21st 2008, 10:38 PM, said:

But, and I'm not on my main machine right now, I know the tab bar in FF is bigger (and hella uglier) than the Safari one.


And you are right.

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