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msword
Firefox 3.5 is out! Javascript can be up to two times faster and its just a great release for the Mozilla team. Anyone else get it yet? What do you think?
Bliz
Didn't get it yet.
I hate posts with 1 line of info and no link because I'm usually to lazy to look it up, but I will do it for you this time.

Spoiler - info:

http://www.mozilla-europe.org/

Mozilla Advances the Web with Firefox 3.5
2009-06-30

Major update to browser delivers significant performance improvements, privacy enhancements, support for new Web standards, and greater customization options

June 30, 2009 - Mozilla, a public-benefit organization dedicated to promoting choice and innovation on the Internet, today released Firefox® 3.5, a major update to its popular, free and open source Web browser. Coming one year after the launch of the critically acclaimed Firefox 3, Firefox 3.5 introduces cutting-edge features, as well as new support for a wide variety of Web standards.

Firefox 3.5 is the best performing browser Mozilla has ever released and delivers radically improved JavaScript performance, a new Private Browsing mode, native support for open video and audio, and Location Aware Browsing. The newest version of Firefox is more than two times faster than Firefox 3 and ten times faster than Firefox 2 on complex websites. With extensive under the hood work to support new technologies, Firefox 3.5 is the most powerful and complete modern browser and helps upgrade the Web experience.

Firefox 3.5 was built through Mozilla’s global, open source development process. The Mozilla community comprises thousands of passionate contributors, including experienced developers, security experts, localization and support communities in more than 60 countries, and tens of thousands of active testers. With more than 300 million active users, Firefox is the only popular Web browser created by a non-profit organization.

"So much is happening on the Web right now, it's a great time for browsers. Firefox 3.5 brings together the most innovative Web technologies and delivers them in the most complete and powerful modern browser", said John Lilly, CEO, Mozilla.
What’s New in Firefox 3.5:

Firefox 3.5 makes surfing the Web easier and more enjoyable with exciting new features and platform updates that allow Web developers to create the next generation of Web content. Native support for open video and audio, private browsing, and support for the newest Web technologies will enable richer, more interactive online experiences.

Performance. Firefox 3.5 includes the powerful new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, which delivers unprecedented performance with today’s complex Web applications. Firefox 3.5 is more than two times faster than Firefox 3 and ten times faster than Firefox 2.

Open Video and Audio. Enjoy video and audio content from within your browser, without the need for plugins. Video is a vital part of the modern Web, whether it’s used to communicate, educate, or entertain. Firefox 3.5 delivers the first native integration of audio and video directly into the browser. Now everyone can easily watch open format Ogg Theora videos.

Web developers can use these technologies to design pages that interact with video content in new and exciting ways, offering richer interactive experiences beyond controlling playback and volume.

Privacy Controls. Firefox 3.5 includes features designed to protect your privacy online and provide greater control over your personal data.

While using the new Private Browsing mode in Firefox 3.5, nothing you encounter on the Web will be stored from that moment on during your browsing session. Unique to Firefox 3.5, the new Forget this Site feature can remove every trace of a site from your browser. If you want to remove all private data or activity from the past few hours, Clear Recent History, another Firefox-only feature, gives you full control over what stays and what goes.

Location Aware Browsing. Location Aware Browsing saves you time by allowing websites to ask you where you are located. If you choose to share your location with a website, it can use that information to find nearby points of interest and return additional, useful data like maps of your area. It’s all optional – Firefox doesn’t share your location without your permission.
Maarten
Finally private browsing, finally I can get rid of google chrome for.. stuffs smile.gif
I am me and only me
Yay Porifera mode, I can finally stop deleting my browser history.
kreotis
I just upgraded. Now comes the part where I find out if any of my themes have been upgraded to 3.5 yet.
erks12
its realy nothing special atleast my personas and foxytunes still work and it seems a little faster to be honest

Rob
FoxyProxy works so everything is alright in the world.

It's smooth.
Kev
Goodbye google chrome.
I am me and only me
Is it me, or is everyother youtube video not working?
kreotis
I think it's you, I dont seem to have a problem with youtube :|
Raz
QUOTE(Rob @ Jun 30 2009, 03:51 PM) *

FoxyProxy works so everything is alright in the world.

It's smooth.


Going to have to download that.
toe76
Hmmm, Pr0n mode and a site wipe option, why does this update seem to be geared towards naughty little children visiting websites they shouldn't?

Edit: The new tab button is way hawt
I am me and only me
QUOTE(toe76 @ Jul 3 2009, 08:57 PM) *
Hmmm, Pr0n mode and a site wipe option, why does this update seem to be geared towards naughty little children visiting websites they shouldn't?


Why shouldn't they?
Maarten
QUOTE(toe76 @ Jul 4 2009, 03:57 AM) *

Hmmm, Pr0n mode and a site wipe option, why does this update seem to be geared towards naughty little children visiting websites they shouldn't?

Edit: The new tab button is way hawt


Unless the mode was intended for way more than just that..
msword
yes like.... umm.... buying a present for someone that may look at your favorites!(one of the few other examples)
Kev
QUOTE(Maarten @ Jul 4 2009, 02:11 AM) *

QUOTE(toe76 @ Jul 4 2009, 03:57 AM) *

Hmmm, Pr0n mode and a site wipe option, why does this update seem to be geared towards naughty little children visiting websites they shouldn't?

Edit: The new tab button is way hawt


Unless the mode was intended for way more than just that..

Come on don't be silly now
Saebjorn
I just downloaded it. I love it, except for two things.

1)It's TOO fast. Meaning, the tabs don't open smoothly and the webpages don't load smoothly either. Its like, if they load smoothly it takes longer than loading with a sort of sharp jerk, so it does that. It is frustrating.

2)My theme got an update making it look closer to Google Chrome, and there is this new button in the theme added that frustrates me, so I changed theme to the defualt. However, on Vista, the default one has almost all of the colours changed to blue and made vista-shiny (including the tabs) which I hate, and I can't find a vista theme to change it back to cream, green, red, etc...so I have to use this close enough theme that has some really dodgy elements to it.

Oh, and, how do you set it to that private viewing thing?

And did anybody notice the updated Firefox icon? I like it but don't like it - it is smoother and more soft and subtle, but too dark.
Kev
Private viewing is Control Shift P


I am me and only me
QUOTE(Saebjorn @ Jul 4 2009, 11:39 PM) *
I just downloaded it. I love it, except for two things.

1)It's TOO fast. Meaning, the tabs don't open smoothly and the webpages don't load smoothly either. Its like, if they load smoothly it takes longer than loading with a sort of sharp jerk, so it does that. It is frustrating.

2)My theme got an update making it look closer to Google Chrome, and there is this new button in the theme added that frustrates me, so I changed theme to the defualt. However, on Vista, the default one has almost all of the colours changed to blue and made vista-shiny (including the tabs) which I hate, and I can't find a vista theme to change it back to cream, green, red, etc...so I have to use this close enough theme that has some really dodgy elements to it.

Oh, and, how do you set it to that private viewing thing?

And did anybody notice the updated Firefox icon? I like it but don't like it - it is smoother and more soft and subtle, but too dark.


https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6991
Maarten
Yeh anycolor is pretty awesome, I have it too.
Saebjorn
Anycolour didn't help me. I'm using the theme Qute because its the closest to the real default.
Matthew
I wub.gif the new icon and AnyColor. thumbsup.gif for Mozilla.
Liam the brave
I have it, I only got it because ie8 kept saying when i tried to close a tab or the window:


The window is busy,
Closing it may cause problems


So, I downloaded firefox and it is fine!

The only worst bit about firefox is that it don't have enough favourites space. sad.gif

Horray for firefox!
Row
NO.

Hooray for Chrome!
Drerven
QUOTE(Row @ Aug 23 2009, 07:14 AM) *

NO.

Hooray for Chrome!

The original Porifera browser...


I still prefer FF.

PS: GG on the bump lol.
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