Anyone tried Firefox 4 Beta?

Delvis · 13 Jan 2011 at 11:48

Hello

Couldnt find anything on here, so thought i'd post it up

http://www.mozilla.com/en-GB/firefox/beta/

Anyone tried it?

It seems all browsers are trying to go for that 'sleek' less combersome look nowadays

Tilluss · 13 Jan 2011 at 16:24

I've been using it for a while and i do remember seeing another thread on here about it, but it was a few months ago when it was posted.

EDIT: Found it, there are threads for nearly every beta version so far, just do an advanced search and only search for thread titles and you will soon find them

Thread for beta 1: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18161696&highlight=firefox

Delvis · 13 Jan 2011 at 16:31

Tilluss said:
I've been using it for a while and i do remember seeing another thread on here about it, but it was a few months ago when it was posted.

EDIT: Found it, there are threads for nearly every beta version so far, just do an advanced search and only search for thread titles and you will soon find them

Thread for beta 1: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18161696&highlight=firefox

Bah, why it doesn't come up in the normal search I dont know.normaly would advanced search, but nevermind

Thanks

LiamJ · 13 Jan 2011 at 17:01

Been using this for a few months now. Have to say I much prefer it. I still get the occasional plug-in crash, but much less frequently than before. Looks pretty good too!

casey · 13 Jan 2011 at 17:21

Just started using Minefield which is the 64 bit firefox. Seems OK

http://nightly.mozilla.org/

Murray · 13 Jan 2011 at 19:03

been using it for a week or so its good

3dcandy · 14 Jan 2011 at 11:15

been using it for months...my default browser now!

boosfuk · 14 Jan 2011 at 14:07

Looks like beta 9 has just been released. I wonder when the final will be out? Been holding out but might have to give the beta a try.

knowledge123 · 14 Jan 2011 at 16:56

I've been using the Firefox 4 Beta since they started releasing them! They have been getting noticeably better, faster and more stable every release. It's a big step up from Firefox 3, but it isn't for everyone as there will be some issues whilst using it, usually incompatible add-ons.

robj20 · 14 Jan 2011 at 16:57

Iv been using Minefield for ages, nothing but praise so far.

Vimes · 14 Jan 2011 at 18:39

Every since version 4 beta 6 I can no longer read the customer reviews of products at Argos.

I have always bug reported it and also mentioned it here...

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2043971

teaboy5 · 14 Jan 2011 at 18:40

What does the 64bit version offer? Better security?

3dcandy · 14 Jan 2011 at 18:45

64-bit *should* in theory offer better performance. However, so far that hasn't materialised due to the Flash plugin being pants in the 64-bit flavour...

3dcandy · 14 Jan 2011 at 20:12

and remember, the ocuk firefox extension is FF4 compatible!

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/256160/

dmx07 · 15 Jan 2011 at 08:17

I'm loving FF4, only problem for me is firebug doesn't yet work with it...

marc2003 · 15 Jan 2011 at 08:43

i'm using firebug with the minefield nightlies. just install nightly tester tools and use "force addon compatibility"

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nightly-tester-tools/

dmx07 · 15 Jan 2011 at 09:38

Great tip, thanks!

3dcandy · 15 Jan 2011 at 11:22

firebug DOES work with it...just need to goto getfirebug.com and download the latest version!

deadite66 · 15 Jan 2011 at 15:37

last clicked dotted outline gone in ff4 :<

dmx07 · 15 Jan 2011 at 19:13

3dcandy said:
firebug DOES work with it...just need to goto getfirebug.com and download the latest version!

Tried the latest version yesterday but no luck. Weirdly, when I booted today FF4 looked completely different so not sure what happened! Haven't tried firebug since that happened but will do shortly.