WestWing From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 2114 posts, RR: 8 Posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1928 times:
Firefox 3.5 (unlike a certain Boeing product) actually made it out in the 2Q 2009, and is available for download now. This post is being made using the released version of FF 3.5.
It does seem noticeably faster than 3.0.11, but I am finding that the embedded video playback that I have seen so far is quite choppy. Does anyone else have the same experience?
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Thank you. Did not know it was available. Does seem a bit faster. Cannot comment on video playback - my broadband is too slow to be sure it is not my system!!
Got! -- Looks okay thus far, No noticable speed difference to be honest but I like the "New Tab" button -- I'd get very annoyed when I'd hit Ctrl+T and nothing would happen, then I'd double click the tab bar and still get nothing, then have to go into File... Should make it easier.
Otherwise, Seems like the same stock-standard Firefox... (It's a good thing.)
Elite From Hong Kong, joined Jun 2006, 2762 posts, RR: 10 Reply 4, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1873 times:
Looks snazzy. Im torn between that and Safari 4. Safari has been crashing on me quite a lot recently, and now Firefox has everything I need. (private browsing... just kidding.)
Brendan03 From Australia, joined Aug 2005, 951 posts, RR: 3 Reply 5, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1848 times:
I just went and watched something on Youtube and found it a little jerkier than 3.0.11 - not too much different... It probably doesn't help I've got like 10 tabs open
JetsGo From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 2971 posts, RR: 5 Reply 7, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 1828 times:
I downloaded it and it works alright except for on YouTube. About every other video I try to watch, it says, "An error occurred, please try again later." This is the first time I have had a problem with a buggy release from Firefox in several years, what gives?
MD-90 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 8422 posts, RR: 13 Reply 10, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 1729 times:
Quoting WestWing (Thread starter): Firefox 3.5 (unlike a certain Boeing product) actually made it out in the 2Q 2009, and is available for download now.
That's a little harsh, dontcha think? It's several orders of magnitude easier to upgrade a web browser than to design a revolutionary airliner.
Quoting JetsGo (Reply 7): I downloaded it and it works alright except for on YouTube. About every other video I try to watch, it says, "An error occurred, please try again later."
YouTube has been having issues lately. I've gotten a few of those errors and I'm still using Firefox 3.0.8 without problems.
JetsGo From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 2971 posts, RR: 5 Reply 11, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 1721 times:
Quoting MD-90 (Reply 10):
YouTube has been having issues lately. I've gotten a few of those errors and I'm still using Firefox 3.0.8 without problems.
I figured it might have been YouTube, but it works just fine for me on Safari 4....making me think Firefox is complicating things to an extent.
AustinAirport From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 643 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 1642 times:
Oh cool. I'm using the RC right now.... and dont't like it.
I'll post an update and tell if it got any better as opposed to the RC.
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Well... Actually this is better than the RC that I had. It may be just the hype but it does seem to be faster.
[Edited 2009-07-01 07:16:05]
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ShyFlyer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 1537 times:
I have no trouble with YouTube or Hulu. The only thing I'm having trouble with is the Imageshack toolbar, but I was notified of that during FF 3.5's install.
WestWing From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 2114 posts, RR: 8 Reply 15, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 1522 times:
I am still seeing choppy video when playing in native mode (the browser itself is playing without plugins - an .ogg file). If I try and watch the video below my CPU utilization goes to 100% and the video is unwatchable.
FLY2HMO From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 16, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 1469 times:
I'm noting a slight difference now. Browsing is a bit faster, and I just discovered the
"Private Browsing" feature. That will really come in handy at work and home
Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 10568 posts, RR: 21 Reply 17, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1427 times:
It isn't cutting it for me.
It does seem to be a bit faster, but not enough to notice from home (3Mbps DSL).
Also most of the plugins I use do not have 3.5 equivalents.
Two big ones are Tab Mix Plus and Robo Form.
I really don't understand why FF has to churn their plugin API so much.
A lot of plugins are side projects that don't get updated often, so each major change of FF guarantees more plugins are being left behind.
Plugins are the best feature of using FF so they better knock it off.
AustinAirport From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 643 posts, RR: 1 Reply 18, posted (3 years 11 months 3 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 1400 times:
Sorry to sidetrack you guys... But I have 3 Browsers.
Chrome, Opera, And Firefox... well 4, but I will never touch IE.
Anyways. I have ran the flash player installed numerous times... I CANNOT for the life of me, get Myspace Music Player to work, on any browser!
I've tried installing Flash manually. I've tried just about anything,
but the real slap in the face is, that, When I had FF 1.5, its worked fine! It never failed me!
What the heck?!
How( 3.5 - 1.5 = 2 ) "2" Main Versions later can i not get it to work! That's not an improvement.
I Really dont care if Flash Player doesnt work on Opera or Chrome, but I use FF like there's no tomorrow.
Any tips feel free to post.
Thanks,
Garrett
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