Firefox 5

Gandalf · June 22, 2011, 01:50:24 PM

Is now out..
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/new/

TheDvEight · June 22, 2011, 02:19:19 PM

Nice post cheers Bud will have to install this me thinks

TeaLeaf · June 22, 2011, 02:49:27 PM

Thanks G, installed and all the addons working nicely

Padding · June 22, 2011, 03:06:04 PM

I was shocked that it was already out. I thought the 4 version is excellent but it was getting a bit slow in the afternoon, so im hoping thats better with this version

Blunt · June 22, 2011, 05:22:17 PM

Quote from: TeaLeaf;327509Thanks G, installed and all the addons working nicely

Really? I got loads that are incompatible:sad:
Hyperwords and video downloader are the ones I'm disappointed to lose though

T-Bag · June 22, 2011, 05:29:19 PM

I've put it on, I'm still annoyed by not being able to middle click the final tab to close it. Other than that it's almost as good as chrome for me, but it seems like it'll only be my backup browser though.

GhostMjr · June 22, 2011, 05:35:18 PM

I'm still on 3.6 was thinking of going to 4 soon but going to delay this as a 4 to 5 jump this quickly worries me.

Eggbloke · June 22, 2011, 06:07:28 PM

Got the new update from the repos today. Can't say I'm impressed, 4 of my plugins don't work with it and all it has is a couple of bug fixes.

GhostMjr it is definitely worth upgrading to FF4 unless you depend on a plugin it doesn't support. FF5 is not worth having, it should be called FF4.1 or even 4.0.1

EDIT: FF4 will no longer receive security updates. http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/22/172229/No-Additional-Firefox-4-Security-Updates?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29

smilodon · June 22, 2011, 08:46:15 PM

Looks nice but until Firefox Sync can match Chrome Sync it can't become my main browser.

Gandalf · June 23, 2011, 08:20:47 AM

Quote from: smilodon;327528Looks nice but until Firefox Sync can match Chrome Sync it can't become my main browser.

I've gone back to xmarks now, since they've been bought out by lastpass

GhostMjr · June 23, 2011, 12:01:33 PM

Quote from: Gandalf;327538I've gone back to xmarks now, since they've been bought out by lastpass

Yeah me too. Found it to be less resource hungry.

smilodon · June 23, 2011, 06:07:58 PM

I use Xmarks for bookmarks too, but I like to keep themes, plug ins, extensions and the new tab layout in sync across my browsers, which Firefox doesn't do yet.

Bob · July 02, 2011, 11:01:50 AM

Quote from: Blunt;327514Really? I got loads that are incompatible:sad:
Hyperwords and video downloader are the ones I'm disappointed to lose though

For incompatible add-ons, I can recommend the Add-on Compatibility Reporter add-on by Mozilla. It allows you to enable add-ons that appear to be incompatible. The truth is that many of them will actually work, and the add-on has a feature where you can report if the add-on is broken (or if it works), so that the developer can adjust the version requirements, or take necessary steps to fix the add-on.

Blunt · July 02, 2011, 11:07:33 AM

Quote from: Bob;328031For incompatible add-ons, I can recommend the Add-on Compatibility Reporter add-on by Mozilla. It allows you to enable add-ons that appear to be incompatible. The truth is that many of them will actually work, and the add-on has a feature where you can report if the add-on is broken (or if it works), so that the developer can adjust the version requirements, or take necessary steps to fix the add-on.

Cheers Bob, I have hyperwords working but I'll use your recommendation to sort the rest