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Firefox 4 beta 4 due Monday with GPU acceleration, tab sets
1. Enter about:config in the address bar and click through the warning
2. Enter gfx.font in the 'Filter' box
3. Double-click on gfx.font_rendering.directwrite.enabled to set it to true
4. Below this, right click and select New > Integer to add a pref setting
5. Enter mozilla.widget.render-mode for the preference name, 6 for the value
6. Restart
Meanwhile, tab sets (along with app tabs) should help you manage unruly numbers of tabs. It allows you to create groups of tabs that share a similar purpose, such as research on an item you're looking to buy or communication sites like Twitter, Facebook and so on. If you're unfamiliar with the feature, you can watch a video demo after the break.
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Jibberish18
on August 19, 2010 3:49 PM |
Seeing that Firefox is my default web browser and that IE9, Flash, Silverlight and many other software are beginning to use your GPU for acceleration, this maybe the perfect reason to buy a new laptop with a decent GPU solution in the near future. |
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Guest
on August 19, 2010 4:53 PM |
Tab candy looks pretty sweet. I know I browse most of the same websites every day. Usually I have to close some tabs after a while just so I can tell what I am doing but this will allow me to keep everything open and right there. Not so sure with the sharing tabs stuff though. Hopefully everything will be defaulted to private people don't end up seeing things I don't want them to see. |
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Guest
on August 19, 2010 7:23 PM |
I can't use firefox or chrome since text is so tiny on 1080p resolution and the only one with permanent zoom is the IE. Sad. GPU aceleration will make scrolling and flash animations more smooth? |
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bugejakurt
on August 20, 2010 12:48 AM |
@Guest 2 - No, I believe GPU acceleration is only available to render Java Scripting which practically most websites include. But it won't make scrolling or flash animations smoother. Flash 10.1 has GPU acceleration in its own right. |
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Xero07
on August 20, 2010 11:16 AM |
Guest said: I can't use firefox or chrome since text is so tiny on 1080p resolution and the only one with permanent zoom is the IE. Sad. GPU aceleration will make scrolling and flash animations more smooth? What size monitor are using that the text is too small at 1080p? I fell like most that support it would be large enough that text looks normal. |
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Guest
on August 20, 2010 11:54 AM |
Try changing the DPI value to help with the text size. |
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Guest
on August 31, 2010 1:46 AM |
Just use this for firefox... duh! https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2592/ |
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