Firefox 3.7 with GPU support available

Ziggy · 28 Nov 2009 at 22:19

dangerstat said:
Hi,

You seem to have posted this in the wrong forum. To correct the mistake please place one over sized pineapple up your backside,

Thanks for using OCUK.

If he'd posted it in Windows I wouldn't have seen it. So

fffffffuuuuuuuuuu

Shane5578 · 28 Nov 2009 at 22:19

xb8browney said:
No faster than chrome for me.

maybe its not working in your setup, its got limited compatibility since its alpha.

i was very skeptical about it at first but i'm surprised at how noticeably fast it really is , especially when viewing picture/video galleries.

actually its kinda like running a game at 60fps lol

NvidiaDan · 28 Nov 2009 at 22:20

Monkeynut said:
I don't think that supports the Direct2D which it depends on.

Oh

Tefal · 28 Nov 2009 at 22:24

lowrider007 said:
Will this make a difference for XP users ?

I don't think so mate.

Shane5578 · 28 Nov 2009 at 22:28

Rainmaker said:
LOL

3.7a makes my screen look ugly. The whole of OcUK looks blurry, the font is fuzzy and blocky, and there doesn't seem to be anything in the way of useful options to fix0r it. I'll wait for it to at least hit beta I think.

no blurriness here, but it does look different ... better imo lol, but i'm using a 17inch laptop.

Ziggy · 28 Nov 2009 at 22:37

When it says "updated version of Vista" is that an optional/manual update or part of autoupdate?

Van Hellseek · 28 Nov 2009 at 22:45

Ziggy said:
If he'd posted it in Windows I wouldn't have seen it. So...

...It would be better for everyone. Since if you cared you'd check the appropriate forum.

Shane5578 · 28 Nov 2009 at 22:47

Ziggy said:
When it says "updated version of Vista" is that an optional/manual update or part of autoupdate?

vista got d2d support in service pack 3

Aod · 28 Nov 2009 at 22:49

Shane5578 said:
vista got d2d support in service pack 3

vista doesn't have a service pack three? i'm guessing you mean SP2 or you work for the super-secret microsoft dev teams! :eek:

Shane5578 · 28 Nov 2009 at 22:55

oh i meant sp2

Mekrel · 28 Nov 2009 at 22:59

Camelpaw said:
It's in alpha, what do you expect?

Ermm, instead of being a jackass and trying to be clever, perhaps you should take a step back and look at those who are having good experiences with it.

Obviously not everyone has been having the same issue as me and are saying it's fast, so I would say my case isn't down to it being an alpha (which I'm more than aware it is, thanks).

Van Hellseek · 28 Nov 2009 at 23:05

Mekrel said:
Ermm, instead of being a jackass and trying to be clever, perhaps you should take a step back and look at those who are having good experiences with it.

And maybe you should stop caring about a browser so much.

"You dislike my browser of choice...? YOU JACKASS!"

Mekrel · 28 Nov 2009 at 23:10

seek said:
And maybe you should stop caring about a browser so much.

"You dislike my browser of choice...? YOU JACKASS!"

It has nothing to do with him or anyone disagreeing with a choice of mine, just his post was arrogant and suggested I didn't know the downsides to pre-release software.

This is what happens when the post is in GD though and not Windows sub-forum, you get the smart Alec's and not those who would rather suggest what may be causing the problem me and another poster are having.

Substance · 28 Nov 2009 at 23:30

Doesn't seem any faster than firefox 3.5.5 to me, If anything it seems a little slower,

I am running windows 7 with a 1GB 4870 but my q6600 is more than enough to not need gpu support to accelerate the browser

ChroniC · 28 Nov 2009 at 23:39

I like it. Quicker for me, plus it looks smoother. If I have no problems with this can I just use it in replacement of my normal firefox?

sunlitsix · 29 Nov 2009 at 00:27

Sweet! Downloaded it, tried it out and uninstalled it again. Gone back to firefox 3.5.5 and all my bookmarks have gone. ¬¬

Puzzled · 29 Nov 2009 at 00:27

Hmm wonder if this will improve youtube performance on netbooks?

Tobes · 29 Nov 2009 at 00:30

sunlitsix said:
Sweet! Downloaded it, tried it out and uninstalled it again. Gone back to firefox 3.5.5 and all my bookmarks have gone. ¬¬

Maybe because you uninstalled something which you didn't install?

sunlitsix · 29 Nov 2009 at 00:39

Tobes said:
Maybe because you uninstalled something which you didn't install?

I downloaded the alpha .exe from the mozilla FTP site, so thats why I lost all my bookmarks I guess? Doesn't matter eitherway I've got them backed up

tolien · 29 Nov 2009 at 00:49

If you're going to run something that's at least two versions ahead of the stable version, you really shouldn't be letting it near your profile (let alone your bookmarks) in the first place.

Instead of some random site with no link, there's the horse's mouth.

It's unlikely, given the amount of work involved, that this will happen for 3.7 though. It's based on mozilla-central, i.e. the development trunk, which only has the version number 3.7a1pre because it's easier (for Mozilla) to increment version numbers than decrement.