Firefox 4

[photon]

Oh this is only Beta 1, it's a long time before it goes final. I think it was like 3/4 of a year last time. Hopefully sooner, I think I remember them saying it was going to be final late this year.

[yads]

I like the added real estate and usability features, like add on management.

[MickMcGeough]

I'm liking it a lot. As soon as Firebug & XMarks are updated for FF4 I'm moving over full-time.

[Dirty Mr. Clean]

I have been using FF4 for a week and have yet to have a problem. I can't believe how stable this browser is. I have made the switch to FF4 on all my computers. Flash and website load times are way better.

[photon]

Beta 2 just released. Added the idea of App Tabs which is cool:

[FanIn80]

For people who have updated... how are you finding addon compatibility? Are you having problems getting your addons to install and/or work properly?

The only thing that keeps me from switching to Chrome are the addons in FF. Without those addons, I don't really see the point.

[MickMcGeough]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

For people who have updated... how are you finding addon compatibility? Are you having problems getting your addons to install and/or work properly?

The only thing that keeps me from switching to Chrome are the addons in FF. Without those addons, I don't really see the point.

What addons?

You can disable compatibility checking to force addons to run.

Firebug works. XMarks doesn't.

[Phaneuf3]

Anyone know about FF4 and ietab compatibility?

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by MickMcGeough

What addons?

You can disable compatibility checking to force addons to run.

Firebug works. XMarks doesn't.

Things like Greesemonkey, Download Statusbar, Adblock... What about themes? Are they pretty friendly with 4?

It would be nice to just run it parallel with 3.6.8, that way I could switch back and forth as needed.

[photon]

Anyone with FF and Windows 7, what shows up under the thumbnail previews? Does it show you previews for each window? Or each tab?

I could have sworn it showed up as Windows, but after a crash and restart of Firefox now I'm getting a preview for every tab, and I usually have lots of tabs open, and it's driving me crazy.

[cKy]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

Things like Greesemonkey, Download Statusbar, Adblock... What about themes? Are they pretty friendly with 4?

It would be nice to just run it parallel with 3.6.8, that way I could switch back and forth as needed.

when I installed 4 on my work PC, it gave me the quick launch for both versions (3.6.8 and 4) so i can run both at the same time.

[FlamesPuck12]

Originally Posted by photon

Anyone with FF and Windows 7, what shows up under the thumbnail previews? Does it show you previews for each window? Or each tab?

I could have sworn it showed up as Windows, but after a crash and restart of Firefox now I'm getting a preview for every tab, and I usually have lots of tabs open, and it's driving me crazy.

You get a preview of each tab.

[photon]

I'm sure I used to get a preview of each window

Anyone still use Firefox 3.6 and Windows 7? Tab or window?

[FlamesPuck12]

It must be really bothering you.

[MickMcGeough]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

Things like Greesemonkey, Download Statusbar, Adblock... What about themes? Are they pretty friendly with 4?

It would be nice to just run it parallel with 3.6.8, that way I could switch back and forth as needed.

Why can't you do this? I use FF4 for browsing, FF3.6.8 for dev work. Haven't tried that on a PC, but you're not on a PC are you?

Haven't tried any of those addons.

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by MickMcGeough

Why can't you do this? I use FF4 for browsing, FF3.6.8 for dev work. Haven't tried that on a PC, but you're not on a PC are you?

Haven't tried any of those addons.

I just assumed you couldn't. Usually when you install a new browser version, it either upgrades the old one or asks you to uninstall it first.

I suppose I could have tried installing it... but my FF3 is already faster than Chrome, so it's not like I'm in a hurry to jump to 4.

Edit: Ok. I installed it. It looks a lot like Chrome to me, and it's nowhere near as fast as my tweaked-out 3.6. I can see myself switching to it eventually, but it's not there yet. (Hence the term "beta.")

[photon]

Alright I fixed it, in about:config go to browser.taskbar.previews.enable and set it to false, it was set to true as the default, and that must have changed in the Beta 2.

Set it to false and it's all back to normal now, I just see previews of windows instead of all tabs.

Crisis averted