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Mozilla pushes out Firefox 3.5 release candidate
Mozilla has pushed out the first release candidate for Firefox 3.5, following months of beta testing. If all goes according to plan, the final version of Firefox 3.5 will be available before the end of the month. If you're using Firefox 3.5 beta you can upgrade by selecting "check for updates" from the Help menu.Mozilla claims that Firefox 3.5 has 5,000 new features since version 3.0 was released. Of course, many of those features will be minor changes or improvements that you won't notice. But there are a few biggies, including:
- Improvements to the Gecko rendering engine
- Support for HTML5 and other new web technologies
- Private browsing mode
- New TraceMonkey JavaScript engine
- Support for Location Aware Browsing for geolocation
- Support for native JSON and web worker threads
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sitruc said 10:31AM on 6-17-2009
It wasn't until reading this post that I realized that I no longer use Firefox as a primary browser on any of the computers that I use.
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Alex M said 11:13AM on 6-17-2009
What do you use? Chrome? That would be my second choice.
I stick with FF for the add-ons. I only have a handful of them, but I *really* like them.
rcarm said 11:13AM on 6-17-2009
The new logo looks kinda weird.
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mcwest7264 said 11:34AM on 6-17-2009
so your not the only one who noticed they changed the logo? Its kinda funny looking. and darker lookin too.
evman182 said 11:13AM on 6-17-2009
The download link on that page is still for the beta4, though you can find the RC1 if you dig for it in their ftp.
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Josh said 11:13AM on 6-17-2009
What ever happened to putting an "RC1" after the version? I was under the impression that this was the final release when it was pushed out to beta users last night until I saw the update page.
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Bobs said 11:13AM on 6-17-2009
I wasn't enjoying Firefox anymore, so I switched to Google Chrome which I personally think is better simply due to the UI of Chrome.
That's about it, I can't tell the difference in speed and etc.
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Matt said 3:58PM on 6-17-2009
Is that Starscream on the what's new page? Is Firefox a Decepticon plot?
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KevPat said 4:07PM on 6-17-2009
If you download an add-on called "nightly tester tools", you can force update the add-ons that are not compatible with firefox 3.5 rc1.
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minibar said 6:30PM on 6-17-2009
wrt to Fx 3.5 RC1 i'm finding:
so far completely stable and i've hit it hard this morning.
few errors in console inevitable with ~20 extensions (7 maxversion hacked.)
feels much faster than 3.0.11, particularly on flash or real media sites that are usually sluggish.
uses slightly more RAM than 3.0.11.
loads of tweaks like color profiles, awesome bar features, drag-n-drop tab outside window feature (if more than two tabs), and geolocation for social media. I haven't tested whatever is supposed to make offline web apps somewhat functional, but that should be useful and i'm sure the kids will try private browsing.
overall, there's a lot to like!
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SilverWave said 6:51PM on 6-17-2009
I used this collection...
"Workswonders - Bleeding Edge 3.5B4 "
...to crib off as they are guaranteed to work with FF3.5
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/view/workswonders-edge
Quote: "About This Collection
FF3.5B4 add-on's that work well together (tested for > 1 month). - I have added notes on any that I had to force to work."
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