Chekhonte Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Have any of you downloaded it yet? It handles complex code really well and loads pages fast. I'm really liking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Been using it since the first beta came out. It's a substantial improvement over the snails pace of page loading that was firefox 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 This is the biggest upgrade in browsing speed I've experienced. I'm pleasantly surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CD44hi Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 much faster indeed! I never seen a change this drastic since the times of mosaic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padam Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Yep, and it seems pretty stable as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 It's really not that fast overall, compared to say Chrome, Safari 4 or Opera 10. But yeah if firefox 3 is your only comparison point then it's a ton faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CD44hi Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 well, it seems extremely faster in my case as I don't use any other browser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chekhonte Posted July 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Yeah I only use firefox as well so it seems a ton faster to me as well. I didn't like Opera for reasons that I can't remember and chrome still won't scroll up for me with my laptops touchpad for some goofy reason. IE has been simplified to a Wii game level which I don't like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 It pains my fanboy soul to say it, but Safari 4 has been weirdly flaky for me recently and I've been using FF more and more often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cankin Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 It's really not that fast overall, compared to say Chrome, Safari 4 or Opera 10. But yeah if firefox 3 is your only comparison point then it's a ton faster. really? FF3.5 is faster than Chrome on my Vista laptop and about as fast as Safari 4, I haven't tried Opera 10 yet, but Opera 9.6 is really slow from my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Just installed it. Seems faster than FF3, but not that fast, for your comments I expected the astonishing speed of Chrome, which I don't use for other reasons. Good update anyway, thanks for the heads up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Am I being obtuse? Where are the installation instructions for Linux? What am I supposed to run, updater? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLoudG20 Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Am I being obtuse? Where are the installation instructions for Linux? What am I supposed to run, updater? yum preupgrade until you hit F11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 Okay, Billy, now disengage the plugin and speak English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLoudG20 Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 Okay, Billy, now disengage the plugin and speak English. Very corny redhat/fedora joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeggy Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 just updated mine, see how it runs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 Am I being obtuse? Where are the installation instructions for Linux? What am I supposed to run, updater? Switch to ArchLinux then type "pacman -Sy firefox" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Since upgrading, I have noticed FF3.5 crashes a lot more than 3 (which seldom, if never crashed). It's not a big deal since it reopens all the tabs within seconds. I suspect this is just due to one website which I usually have open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzziguy Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 I had lots of problems with 3 crashing. The problem turned out to be an add-on. Sorry, I can't remember which one it was. I haven't had a single crash since I upgraded to 3.5. You might want to start disabling add-ons to see if one of them is causing the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 (edited) I have smooth scroll and Adblock Plus. Edited July 11, 2009 by deepak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzziguy Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 I have neither of them. After thinking more about it, I think it was the Skype add-on that was giving me the problem. Obviously that add-on is not your problem, but you can easily disable your add-ons to see which, if either, is causing your crashes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 FF 3 used to crash when closing for the Spanish spellchecker. No such problem with 3.5, it works very well here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberburger101 Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Just installed it. Seems to be marginally faster and with that new tab button, but other than that I can't really tell what's the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberburger101 Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 I take it back. It's much faster than version 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chekhonte Posted July 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 One bonus I've noticed with 3.5 is that the spell check seems to work past the 6 mark barrier. With three spell check seemed to stop working once I typed more than a couple of paragraphs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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