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First Firefox 3.7 pre-alpha appears in nightly builds
Sure, the 3.6 alpha 2 is still labeled Minefield, but why not go for maximum danger factor with your bleeding-edge install?
The 3.7 interface hasn't yet started to look like the mockups we saw a little while ago. Glass support isn't built in and the UI elements are still the same as those in 3.5, and the standalone search box is still there (appearance in my screenshot is different due to my previously modified 3.6 install). I've only been using it for a few minutes, obviously, but it feels as stable as the 3.6 alpha so far. It's also pretty damn speedy and easy on ram.
Head-to-head against Chrome 3.0.197.11 in Futuremark's Peacekeeper, 3.7 came up short - posting a score 19% lower. In actual use, though, I don't notice a substantial difference. Responsiveness is actually better than Chrome, which has suffered intermittent sluggishness over the past few days.
As with any new Minefield build, you're probably not going to be able to use some of your go-to add-ons and favorite themes. To take it for a spin, head over to the Mozilla FTP and download it.
Share your impressions in the comments!
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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flex said 11:32AM on 8-14-2009
Omg!! Tis is Awesome..FF Ftw
mozilla should start workin like the guys at google..Fast development..
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Malteserr said 11:33AM on 8-14-2009
Don't forget the Nightly Tester Tools. Can't live without them
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Arley said 12:40PM on 8-14-2009
Google Chrome 4 pre-alpha is still way better & faster.
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BugMeNot said 4:32PM on 8-14-2009
firefox will just incorprate whatever chrome comes up with and we will laugh at you arley
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