Firefox 3.5 arrives

GSBot · Jun 30th, 2009, 10:20 PM

After some rather impressive RC builds, Firefox 3.5 is all packaged up and ready for public consumption. Mozilla is saying its new browser is more than two times faster than Firefox 3, but what has us more excited is the support for plugin-free "open codec" video and audio playback using Ogg Vorbis and Ogg Theora-- it's still in its infancy, but the subtle glimpse we've seen so far of a world without Flash video reducing our CPU to jelly is rather compelling.

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Azkar · Jun 30th, 2009, 10:23 PM

maroush · Jul 1st, 2009, 06:49 AM

Firefox FTW

Just updating it now, thanks GSBOT! I wonder why IE has not become obsolete yet... who is still using it?

Khumar · Jul 1st, 2009, 07:04 AM

what's gonna happen to all my fancy add-ons

i had to make FF 3 look normal...and i don't want it to get all goobdley-gook just cuz the add ons don't work

and did anyone ever make FF optimizer for 3 or 3.5?

fayax · Jul 1st, 2009, 07:09 AM

I have been using the 3.5 beta 4 and it works great like the old one but not all the add-ons worked. I am sure the add-ons will catch up soon.

Lafanter · Jul 1st, 2009, 09:32 AM

i m using 3.5 it doesnot support all the add ons but most of them. After updating I didnt feel any difference in speed or environment.

Monk · Jul 1st, 2009, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Azkar

lolzzz

cadet018 · Jul 1st, 2009, 12:25 PM

Speed n Privacy

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Firefox 3.5 is twice as fast as Firefox 3, but from the user perspective, the change may be barely perceptible. New privacy controls may draw more interest. There’s the completely private mode, which doesn’t store any surfing history, and there’s the forget-this-site feature, which obliterates all traces of any given site. Another option gets rid of browsing history for the past few hours.

teggy · Jul 1st, 2009, 01:40 PM

Still no support for 64-Bit

FrozenFire · Jul 1st, 2009, 05:37 PM

thats very neat. Noticed less time in opening firefox.

Sinner · Jul 1st, 2009, 05:44 PM

hmmm ... but i will go with Google Chrome OR Apple Safari (cuz of search history in time machine way )

teggy · Jul 1st, 2009, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Khumar

what's gonna happen to all my fancy add-ons

i had to make FF 3 look normal...and i don't want it to get all goobdley-gook just cuz the add ons don't work

and did anyone ever make FF optimizer for 3 or 3.5?

You can run FF3 and 3.5 side by side in the mean time, while more add-ons are made available for 3.5

maroush · Jul 2nd, 2009, 07:28 AM

I'm using it now...... seems quicker on loading... but some of my add ons have disappeared.... hope they will update that soon

Gizzy · Jul 2nd, 2009, 07:30 AM

^-- should have known this before updating

reason im still on 3.0x

maroush · Jul 2nd, 2009, 07:41 AM

It was Azkar bhai's post...very deceiving....

fayax · Jul 2nd, 2009, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by maroush

I'm using it now...... seems quicker on loading... but some of my add ons have disappeared.... hope they will update that soon

Seems - yes.

Xenophanez · Jul 2nd, 2009, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by teggy

Still no support for 64-Bit

yeah, but it works on 64-bit machines. What benefit we will have with a 64-bit internet browser anyway. you need 64-bit computing power to run complex methmatical algorithms, I think 32-bit browsers are enough to meet most of users' requirements (keeping current web applications in mind).