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Firefox 3.5 out

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by tolne57, Jun 30, 2009.

  1. Fatty FatBastard

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    I've had the exact opposite experience. When I went to 3 I saw significant slower speeds. Enough to uninstall and go back to the old one.

    I may try this one. Perhaps my computer isn't capable of handling it.
     
  2. Mac#5

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    Yea ive been using chrome for a while now. at first its a little weird but after you get used to it you see how easy it is to use and it is also very fast
     
  3. moestavern19

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    Chrome is what all the cool kids are using now.

    Firefox is sooooo 2006.
     
  4. Kate81

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    Thanks OP, this version feels a little bit faster.
     
  5. A00man

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    I'd use Chrome if they fixed the animated gifs problem the browser has. Until then, Firefox it is.
     
  6. Franchise3

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    Can someone give me an argument that would convince me to switch from FF to Chrome?
     
  7. moestavern19

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    I like not having to wait for websites to load, don't know about you.
     
  8. tolne57

    tolne57 Contributing Member

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    If you haven't tried chrome, download it and give it a whirl. It's definately a snappy browser. Personally, FF 3.5 is just as fast on my machine and the add-ons make FF a winner. YMMV
     
  9. DallasThomas

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    Meh...until I can get Chrome to completely erase every DaDakota post for me, I'll bear with the waiting.
     
  10. Franchise3

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    I never felt Firefox before this 3.5 release was slow. Maybe I just have a good enough internet connection to not notice?
     
  11. thacabbage

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    damn, what a badass.
     
  12. DreamRoxCoogFan

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    this actually is faster... im impressed.
     
  13. A_3PO

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    For me, FF3 was a punch in the gut that made me switch. I'm used to Chrome now and only use FF as a backup. Yes, FF3.5 is faster than FF3, but it's still slower than Chrome.
     
  14. Invisible Fan

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    I would use Chrome if it had addons and fixed some of its annoying quirks. Connection issues? No middle clicking in facebook apps? What?
     
  15. leroy

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    Downloaded FF 23.5 yesterday. It's much faster.
     
  16. KingCheetah

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    Ok, so far 3.5 is much better -- when they get all the add ons updated this is going to be really cool.
     
  17. ItsMyFault

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    3.5 is sucking... every time my memory goes low, Firefox adjusts to it... well Firefox takes up about 100,000k or more.. so it does it almost any time I have 3 tabs or more open... it's annoying... icons and pictures off of webpages and Firefox itself disappear... Terrible... I'm sticking with Chrome. COME ON MOZILLA!!! I have to wait for 4.0 now.. My RAM and CPU isn't that bad to not be able to handle Firefox... and I don't have many things open.
     
  18. arkoe

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    Sounds like a memory leak. I haven't had that problem. If you had any add-on's installed I would try disabling them to see if you can possibly track it down to one of them.

    The only time I've ever had problems with a primary release of Firefox were always direct results of installed add-on's.
     
  19. ItsMyFault

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    Alright, I'll try that... Thanks for the advice... I don't know why I even have ad-ons.. the only add-on I really use is that extra tab button.. but I think the new Firefox includes that button now.
     
  20. KellyDwyer

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    I have an ancient, slow computer that I love. And the last version of Firefox was awful. I went back to the previous version before I splurged for the memory upgrade, then downloaded 3. Not sure why I never picked up Chrome.

    But I've been using 3.5 all day, heavy surfing, go over a ton of sites for FA posts, and it's kept up. Haven't had to restart, at all. Even BT'd the new Top Gear episode, watched it on WMV, and still surfed a ton. Lots of YouTube, lots of Flash. And 3.5 has kept up with all of it.

    Recommending it. Good work, Mozilla.
     

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