Comments on: New beta paves way for Firefox 3.5

Mozilla says the third beta has better JavaScript, better page-display speed, and better private browsing. The final Firefox 3.1 now will be called 3.5.

[BlitzBoy1120]

Pretty good, anything on the Acid3 test?

[jture]

93 out of 100.

[flickrz]

Still not as fast as Safari 4.0 beta on sunspider javascript test on Mac. Eagerly waiting for Chrome to make competition a little hotter on Mac OSX.

[tcr071]

Still loads pages faster than Safari.

[devdanke]

The Ogg audio format will be a lot less rare once a major browser supports it. It gives higher quality sound in less space than the antiquated MP3. As a result, you'll see snappier web applications that use audio, such as language learning web sites.

[wolivere]

Broke my Google toolbar, and lost my bookmarks

[sanenazok]

I just upgraded with no problems. Did you do a backup?

[zoso59brst]

Sorry about your bookmarks, but the Google tool bar was probably for the best. One less thing on your PC for Google to track your every move with.

[parliament_fuck]

And the crashing. Don't forget all the great new crashing behaviour. Love it! When is Chrome getting add-ins again?

[tm_anon]

When is Chrome going to render all web pages?

Firefox 3.5 is in beta, it's being worked on. When it crashes, submit a bug report and wait. Until then, use the original, doesn't crash nearly as often as any other browser besides Flock (haven't had it crash yet).

[Sausagebiscuit]

yes, what tm_anon said. Or you could fix it yourself instead of making baseless claims.

[exactlyy]

way to go Firefox, it really feels like 20% faster than 3.1b2

[Angmarr]

I'm gonna w8 until the full version comes (as usual ) But this is gonna be so fricking awesome!!


Oh and does anyone know about this IE beating Firefox & Chrome thing?

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/03/microsofts-own-speed-tests-show-ie-beating-chrome-firefox.ars

Plz Leave a Reply = )

[tm_anon]

judging from the name of the article, I wouldn't trust it. It's like asking a fan of a sports team which team is best.

In other words, ask someone who's not partisan to one side or the other to do the tests, make sure nobody makes any "donations" to his bank account and then we'll see who comes out on top.

[TotallyMadeUpName]

Well, if you read the story you will see that the author is dubious also. He points out that it is a Microsoft conducted test and that it is the ONLY test out of many that has ever show IE to be faster than Firefox and Chrome.

[tcr071]

IE8 iactually gets very high javascript scores but I've never used it so I don't know how quickly it opens web pages.

[mordantennui]

Just looking at the chart and noticed something funny.
Chrome loads msn.com fastest
Firefox loads microsoft.com fastest
IE 8 loads mozilla.com fastest

[dexter_birdbrain]

@mordantennui -
That is an extremely good and hilarious observation :^0
Makes me wonder about the eligibility of those tests :p

[wolivere]

Wow this version seams a huge step back, beyond the broken took bar why all the white box's when my mouse stop's?

Going to some pages I only get blue box's around images and need to refresh a few times to get images up.

Then the lockup's and freeze's, its crashed maybe a hundred or so times last night. This feels like a poor alpha instead of a newer beta.

[Sausagebiscuit]

Seeing as this is your second troll post (scroll up) I would say it is safe to discredit anything you have said, and will say here.

It is also a beta. That means it is not finished. It is also not firefox's fault if GOOGLE's toolbar doesn't work. Wait for the final and all of your addons will follow.

[bobbyphoenix]

Faster? SunSpider test I did myself. FF Beta 2 - 2568.6. FF Beta 3 - 2851. Faster? Really?

[edtmark]

I download the new beta and it wasn't stable enough to warrant replacing the current version, some sites did not function properly and the google toolbar bookmarks feature was malfunctioning (particularly annoying as I use this very often). I'm patient enough to wait for the full release...

[Pietrr___]

nice bèta,
works faster then 3.0.7
but I don't really get the new page that you see when you open a blank tab.
nice idea but I only see one page where I can go to on the right top corner of the screen and whatever I do, it stays the same...
but really fast

[zoso59brst]

Stick with Firefox. I don't know if this has changed (and I really doubt it has), any Google software is just as good as a virus on your PC. http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/browsers/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212000284

[eliwuzhere]

I have been using this beta since it's previous name: MineField, and I can tell you that it far outperforms any other browser in simple opening up and displaying windows, and that's what catches my eye. it's faster, and you can see it.

[roycebarber]

Nice, I'm logged in via Facebook! I love this kind of instant-service. :D

As for the Firefox betas... People will you just chill? You're not going to die if you don't have the "latest" Firefox. You know what? If your browser is your biggest problem, say a big THANK YOU to God and stop complaining, period.

Firefox, and all the browsers of the world, have had technical hickups, some kinda annoying and pointless, but the bottom line is that Firefox has served it's fans well and has a boat load of awesome plugins like BugMeNot, Abduction!, Adblock Plus (configured to not collapse ads), Cooliris (mmm 3d..), Google Gears, Google Toolbar (actually I LOVE all things google and I LIKE that it tracks me!!!!!), Googlepedia, GooglePreview, Pingfire, Undo Closed Tabs, Wolfram Beta, etc.

Firefox is awesome, period. I also love Chrome but don't use it quite as much. Chrome is good for when friends come over. They can use Chrome so they dont screw with my beloved Firefox. :D

I'm off to try the latest Ubuntu Netbook Remix, Ubuntu Studio, and then hang out IN PERSON with real live human beings that dont give a crap about Technology. It's nice to get away from it all, lol.

My cell phone is currently: OFF.