[perfume]

Kindly read these links on FF3.5 official release on the 30th of June.http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives...ives_today.php

http://download-firefox.org/firefox-...rnet-explorer/

The Mozilla team agrees that a few bugs still remain to be fixed and will come out later with FF 3.5.1.

[Cheeseball81]

Thanks!

[hewee]

Installing Multiple Versions of Firefox and Internet Explorer

[stantley]

I've noticed that 3.5 loads web pages much faster than the older version.

Has anyone else experienced the same thing?

[Leungwk01]

Well, FF did say it loads faster :P
something like half the speed its on their homepage somewhere.

[Elvandil]

Originally Posted by stantley

I've noticed that 3.5 loads web pages much faster than the older version.

Has anyone else experienced the same thing?

I've been using the 3.5 RC for a month or so, and I have to say that the final is much better, and seems a lot faster. It seems more stable overall. I was getting pretty disappointed in FF with all the security problems and sluggishness after the 2's came to an end. But 3.5 is starting to renew my faith. May this be the start of a trend!

One thing I like to do is load a lot of pages in the background with a middle-click on links, like news pages, and then read them afterward. IE tends to lock up until each page is loaded, a real pain. Before 3.5, the only browser that did that well was SeaMonkey, but 3.5 does it just as smoothly.

But it still has over 60 bugs and security holes. Maybe they should have fixed it first.

[stantley]

There's been a lot of hype about the speed of Safari 4 for Windows as well as Google Chrome, so I tried both of them and they seemed a little faster than Firefox 3.

But now FF 3.5 seems faster than all of them. Hopefully they'll patch those security holes soon.

[perfume]

Dear stanley,
what you said is true! I can see a distinct increase in the speed with which FF3.5 opens and also the increased speed in opening websites. I guess as a browser gets more and more popular, it's a target for the darts!

[boo5790]

Hey all, can we still put this forum as an add on in the firefox 3.5? not a major issue but i read somewhere that the tsg add on was not availiable in 3.5

[Elvandil]

There are definitely problems. FF 3.5 seems to have some problems rendering javascript. It opens a new page thinking that the javascript link is a URL, at least sometimes, but not always. It's fast, and makes mistakes faster, too.

The deadline seems more important to them than quality. Good thing it's free so they are not responsible for all the mistakes. Can you imagine the media response to MS releasing such a faulty piece of software? They's be taken to the woodshed. I certainly won't be using FF for banking or any other purpose that requires security until they fix that pile of problems.

[perfume]

Does anyone remember the thread started by ??Gizzy (sorry if it's not you) on whether too many add-ons in FF can slow down the browser? Food for thought,perhaps! Would like the opinions come in,really!

[Elvandil]

Of course too many slow it down. And the add-ons vary widely in quality since they are written by different people with different levels of ability.

[perfume]

Dear Elvandil,
Thank u ! Have one or two doubts to be cleared by you (for my sake) specifically about NoScript.Will hold back for a while!

[Elvandil]

Having everything update when FF starts will also slow its loading quite a bit. If you can remember to update manually from time to time, you can turn the automatic off in settings.

But every add-on can also be disabled in the settings, too, so if there is one you don't want to use, you can keep it installed and just turn it off.

NoScript will greatly impede the whole internet experience if you use it too aggressively. Scripting adds many features to browsing, and controls at many sites, including this one, require scripting. Yes, it poses some security risks, but you need to weigh that against the lack of usability and functionality. Security against what? Do you really have anything that needs to be that aggressively protected?

[boo5790]

Can you go back to firefox 3.0 if you want to, without having to uninstalling and reinstall firefox?