Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 is pretty damn fast

mrk · 16 Oct 2008 at 18:22

Overridden all extensions with nightly tester Tools and all working just fine too.

Acid 3 test gets 88/100 and page rendering/loading etc is very fast, as fast as Chrome!

Try it!

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html
Use MozBackup to back up your existing Firefox 3.0 data to be safe.

tolien · 16 Oct 2008 at 18:25

about:config -> javascript.options.jit.content to turn on the more stable of the TraceMonkey options too.

mrk · 16 Oct 2008 at 18:27

cheers

IAmATeaf · 16 Oct 2008 at 19:17

Just downloaded and installed the beta and whoah, it's damned fast, thanks very much for the heads up

Nymins · 16 Oct 2008 at 19:27

Woah. This is great! So quick at loading everything now.

EDIT: One thing. The new tab button is not movable?

tolien · 16 Oct 2008 at 19:35

Not yet, though there are bugs open for that.

mrk · 16 Oct 2008 at 20:18

Btw do you guys get a tab bar even with only one tab open? mine won't go away with one tab open!

tolien · 16 Oct 2008 at 20:23

That's deliberate too...

AntiHeroUK · 16 Oct 2008 at 20:24

Yeah much quicker than I was expecting..

Shadows1990 · 16 Oct 2008 at 20:29

mrk said:
Btw do you guys get a tab bar even with only one tab open? mine won't go away with one tab open!

For you Sir, there is a quick fix available:

Tools > Options > Tabs > Uncheck "Always show the tab bar".

mrk · 16 Oct 2008 at 21:06

Hmm I see!

Dharok · 16 Oct 2008 at 22:48

mrk said:
Btw do you guys get a tab bar even with only one tab open? mine won't go away with one tab open!

Think that's used for dragging the tab to another window if you wish. Although quite pointless in my opinion.

mrk · 16 Oct 2008 at 22:53

Also found it in a:c browser.tabs.autoHide set it to enabled and job's done

chris.dante · 16 Oct 2008 at 23:09

looks good

mrk · 16 Oct 2008 at 23:17

Also if anyone has been using the Glasser extension to give FF3 Aero (nightlies currently have native Aero in the works) then you may have noticed this bug:

Fig.1:

However a code snippet for Stylish fixes this:

Code:

#main-window #urlbar {
   opacity: .99 !important;
   -moz-border-radius-topright: 0px !important;
   -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 0px !important;
}
#main-window #searchbar .searchbar-textbox {
   -moz-border-radius-topright: 0px !important;
   -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 0px !important;
}
#main-window #search-container { opacity: .99 !important; }
#main-window #navigator-toolbox #toolbar-menubar { opacity: .99 !important; }

And now looks like this:

Fig.2:

Bradley8988 · 16 Oct 2008 at 23:28

whats the difference?

mrk · 16 Oct 2008 at 23:30

Look closer

Bradley8988 · 16 Oct 2008 at 23:31

lol i cant get them both on my screen at the same time. only thing i can see is the one isnt ticked. Also howd you get ocuk in the diff theme as blue is getting boring?

mrk · 16 Oct 2008 at 23:34

Everything you have asked is in the screenshots

It's a game of puzzles,. you must solve!

tolien · 16 Oct 2008 at 23:39

There's some native support for Glass within Gecko 1.9.1 - look at what happens when you hit Ctrl-Tab, for example.