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New FF 4.0 is out.
I just installed it on this MacMini. So far, I don't notice any changes from 3.6.16, but it's still populating the 75 tabs on startup. ;-)

Hmm. Felix's page at Reuters seems to load faster now. They do seem to have tweaked the Javascript engine a bit.

http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/

IWT screams, as always. ;-)

Cheers,
Scott.
New Meh....
Another version I don't have time for.

I have a Management Console that relies on 3.5.X for a plugin.

Bleah.
New Know the feeling.
At work there's some web app that we have to use occasionally that uses some sort of Oracle JInitiator plugin. The last version of FF that it runs on is 3.5.11. :-/

Grr.

Cheers,
Scott.
New After using it a few days...
I'm not sure I should have moved to it so quickly.

+ I like that it shows an existing tab if you start a URL location that is already open (very handy if you've got a few dozen tabs open and you forget or don't want to search through all of them).
+ It is pretty quick, even when heavily loaded
+ Hasn't crashed
+ The bottom "Add-On Bar" is easy to hide, giving another line or so of text
+ Tools -> Add-Ons -> Extensions gives a lot of information about what's installed in FireFox (it's a web page now, not a dialog-ish box).

- It seems much more RAM-heavy (1 GB for 62 tabs?!?)
- Some of my add-ons haven't been updated yet
- The Reload button is at the far end of the URL bar even on Winders (as it is on Safari), while the Back button is at the left edge of the window. Lots of extra mouse motion seems to be necessary. (I mostly use Ctrl-R instead).
- I haven't noticed a huge speedup (like, say, the first time I used Chrome)

It's a fine improvement, but not earth-shattering. I probably could have waited a while without missing out on much.

Cheers,
Scott.
New Installed Ten4Fox on the beret
http://www.floodgap....tware/tenfourfox/

FF4 is Intel-only, so this is a third-party port. Google Reader, Mail, and Analytics are all much snappier. And opening forty or so tabs from Google Bookmarks (the toolbar uses js to do it) is almost instantaneous. Sure, they still have to download, but all the tabs appear in a blink.
--

Drew
New Neat. Thanks. Will have to try it on our G5x2.
New Refresh button can be changed.
One can move the Reload/Refresh button, but one has to start with the "Default Set" - http://support.mozil.../questions/764121

Cheers,
Scott.
     FF 4.0 is out. - (Another Scott) - (6)
         Meh.... - (folkert) - (1)
             Know the feeling. - (Another Scott)
         After using it a few days... - (Another Scott) - (3)
             Installed Ten4Fox on the beret - (drook) - (1)
                 Neat. Thanks. Will have to try it on our G5x2. -NT - (Another Scott)
             Refresh button can be changed. - (Another Scott)

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