Firefox 8

Tab Utilities extension :)

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mrk said:
They're disabled because those addons are not compatible yet, just follow any of the above instructions on how to get them working.

But before that why don't you install the en-GB version of Firefox instead of the en-US one.

The update is perfectly fine.
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It doesn't matter if I installed the GB version since dictionaries required for spell checking aren't installed with the browser and are only available as a separate add-on.

Also the compatibility issues was a glitch in the update anyway since those that it stated as incompatible were compatible as a re-install of the affected add-ons fixed the issues (so it's still a poorly implemented update in my eyes).
 
A default dictionary is installed though? When I has en-us it had the USA dictionary as standard, now I have GB, it has the GB as standard.

I've always used Aurora as a primary.
 
I would suggest reading up a bit lol.

Firefox 10.0a2 is now out on the Aurora channel, speedy speedy.

9.0 BETA is now out as well via the BETA channel.
 
Just installed and it's good, although I'm not sure if there's a Gmail checking extension that's as good as the one for Google Chrome. Last time I checked, the Firefox version wasn't as good.

However, the rendering in Firefox does seem like much better quality. Here's two screen shots from both Firefox and Chrome displaying the HTML5 test website.

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As you can see the results text is more crisp on Firefox. Is there anything that I have to enable in Chrome's settings? As far as I'm aware, I've not disabled anything in Chrome.
 
Mekrel said:
Just installed and it's good, although I'm not sure if there's a Gmail checking extension that's as good as the one for Google Chrome. Last time I checked, the Firefox version wasn't as good.

However, the rendering in Firefox does seem like much better quality. Here's two screen shots from both Firefox and Chrome displaying the HTML5 test website.

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As you can see the results text is more crisp on Firefox. Is there anything that I have to enable in Chrome's settings? As far as I'm aware, I've not disabled anything in Chrome.
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Look at the 314 and the 343 digits in firefox compared to chome.

Smoother in Firefox.
 
mrk said:
A default dictionary is installed though? When I has en-us it had the USA dictionary as standard, now I have GB, it has the GB as standard.
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No there isn't since if I disable the british english dictionary add-on in my install on my windows 7 laptop then the spell check option in the right-click menu if you have the pointer in a text box is replaced by a add dictionary option plus before I fixed the problem on my desktop system even general spelling mistakes wern't flagged so there is no default dictionary installed even on the US installer (and I only have the US version installed on my desktop system because at the time there was no GB install version).
 
Still keep getting random crashes/not responding problems with FireFox. Also my memory and cpu get utilised like crazy when this happens. Everything is always fine until I install Firefox in Windows. It's my favourite browser too unfortunately. :(
 
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Firefox really does just keep getting better and better now with each new version, well for me anyway :p

I couldn't care less about the version numbers and the release speed of new versions. As long as they keep increasing speed, doing under the bonnet things etc. and not breaking anything then I am happy :D

Plus it is no different to chrome and in fact chrome release more updates even quicker than FF and they do it silently which is worse IMO (I really hate that), so I installed an addon called "chrome update notifier" (iirc), which now notifies me every time an addon or chrome has been updated and I can then click on a link, which brings me to the change log :)


Although I wish stratiform would hurry up and update the addon as MY GOD it is hideous the default theme with that big orange button :eek:

And yes I know mrk posted a way of getting it to work within a few seconds, but I like to wait for the official updates :p :o
 
firefox 8 has realy annoyed me, they broke the tab addon that i use and my own theme that was based on an old version 3 theme has started to have problems. How can i revert my firefox 8 back to 7 ? I can't be bothered trying to fix the theme. Every update they break it.
 
Secret_Window said:
Still keep getting random crashes/not responding problems with FireFox. Also my memory and cpu get utilised like crazy when this happens. Everything is always fine until I install Firefox in Windows. It's my favourite browser too unfortunately. :(
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Have you tried it with a new profile? That sounds like a corrupt profile or database, or some addon misbehaving.
 
Nexus18 said:
Firefox really does just keep getting better and better now with each new version, well for me anyway :p

I couldn't care less about the version numbers and the release speed of new versions. As long as they keep increasing speed, doing under the bonnet things etc. and not breaking anything then I am happy :D

Plus it is no different to chrome and in fact chrome release more updates even quicker than FF and they do it silently which is worse IMO (I really hate that), so I installed an addon called "chrome update notifier" (iirc), which now notifies me every time an addon or chrome has been updated and I can then click on a link, which brings me to the change log :)


Although I wish stratiform would hurry up and update the addon as MY GOD it is hideous the default theme with that big orange button :eek:

And yes I know mrk posted a way of getting it to work within a few seconds, but I like to wait for the official updates :p :o
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Unfortunately Mozilla also plan silent updates for Firefox.

I dislike the idea also.
 
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