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Mozilla officially releases Firefox 4 Beta 1

Discussion in 'TechSpot News and Comments' started by Matthew, Jul 6, 2010.

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  1. Matthew TechSpot Staff Posts: 5,893   +53

    Mozilla has officially released the first of what will be many betas for Firefox 4. The organization published the Firefox 4 Beta 1 candidate build just last week, so if you are already running that version, this probably won't bring any significant changes. Anyone running the current stable build (3.6.6) is in for a surprise, though. Here are some of Firefox 4's highlights:

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    Matthew, Jul 6, 2010
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  2. Serag TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 173

    Here's hoping they would be able to finish everything planned for Firefox 4 while staying on track, I don't mind waiting more for it because I don't really care about the 50ms faster loading/JS time/performance I can get from Chrome, Opera or Safari, but I understand why they would try to rush it out.
    All I care about is all the new extra features + response and startup time improvement, and of course the new layout.
    And speaking about layout, the one button access to all menus doesn't exist for Windows XP, I did see some mockups for how it would look like in XP and I hope they implement it in the next beta's or the final release, as I can't see myself affording a move to windows 7 anytime soon.
    Serag, Jul 6, 2010
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  3. Guest

    You can right-click the menus section at the top of the window and uncheck "Menu Bar" to switch to the orange Firefox button.
    Guest, Jul 6, 2010
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  4. Serag TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 173

    cool!, thanks Guest.
    Serag, Jul 6, 2010
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  5. Aeonlinux Newcomer, in training

    I'm one of those that thinks the final version of FF 4 will be THE browser. It already is the best browser overall, but I'm talking about speed-wise. Hopefully the Jaegermonkey engine (did I say that right?) will be faster or as fast as the friendly competition. :)
    Aeonlinux, Jul 7, 2010
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  6. Reloader2 Newcomer, in training Posts: 66

    So uhm... Am I the only one who doesn't have any "Close", "Minimize", "Maximize and "Make Small" (because of lack of better word) buttons in the top right corner?
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.
    Reloader2, Jul 7, 2010
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  7. Guest

    ^I think you lose those buttons if you are using a persona, theme or something. The default theme should bring it back.
    Guest, Jul 7, 2010
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  8. Archean TechSpot Paladin Posts: 5,735   +27

    I am using the Beta and it seems bit more sleek and faster. Will see how it fares in the longer run.
    Archean, Jul 7, 2010
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  9. Reloader2 Newcomer, in training Posts: 66

    Uhh that worked, thanks mate :)
    Reloader2, Jul 7, 2010
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  10. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor Posts: 6,051   +121

    Same here. Been using it for the last few hours, feels much snappier than 3.x, close to Opera and Chrome in terms of performance. Almost all add-ons are incompatible at this time, but for many functions even the vanilla Firefox 3.6 was sluggish for me depending on the site I visited.

    Not a single crash so far, and I've been using it heavily on a production scenario. Nice job Mozilla, it was about time!
    Julio Franco, Jul 7, 2010
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  11. foreverzero89 TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 246

    looks like opera.
    foreverzero89, Jul 7, 2010
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  12. Kibaruk TechSpot Paladin Posts: 816   +16

    Looks like... most nowadays browsers! They must be stealing! Gather the village and lets go burn theeemmmm...

    Nah... talking seriously I never liked betas I always end frustrated for something that never worked right, still for the comments sounds great.
    Kibaruk, Jul 7, 2010
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  13. gobbybobby TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 508

    just installed. looks more modern, but now my persona is hidden by everything, it remembered by persona and tabs but toolbar and add ons are not there. How am I supposed to browse the web without add blocker +!
    gobbybobby, Jul 7, 2010
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  14. TJGeezer TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 380   +9

    "Customizing your browser has never been easier!" and "Mozilla always puts privacy first" - shouldn't Mozilla's PR department share byline credit for this story?

    Of course, I'm already downloading the beta as I write this snarky comment...
    TJGeezer, Jul 7, 2010
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  15. Burty117 TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 1,907   +88

    +1 for ad block!
    Burty117, Jul 7, 2010
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  16. Serag TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 173

    With default theme used, Adblock plus icon exists..
    Serag, Jul 7, 2010
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  17. guyver1 Newcomer, in training Posts: 95

    blatant rip of of Opera...... as usual
    guyver1, Jul 7, 2010
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  18. Guest

    rip off of Opera? are really saying that? Firefox is has and most likely will be the standard for browsers to beat for years to come. long before Opera there was firefox, chose your words carefully before you say "they just made it look like Opera".

    with that said, i can tell you that the changes made were by majority request.

    Like the beta but am going to wait till official release before using as my main browser.
    Guest, Jul 7, 2010
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  19. Guest

    Ah Menu bar dude!!!
    Guest, Jul 7, 2010
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  20. guyver1 Newcomer, in training Posts: 95

    Just ROFL!!!
    Ignorance at its best

    you need to read up on modern browser history
    guyver1, Jul 7, 2010
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