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Tanmaya · 07-01-09, 12:54 PM

Firefox 3.5 has been released and its twice as fast as Firefox 3. The new and useful features are the privacy controls. It allows you not to store any surfing history, and also a forget this site feature which gets rid of any information and data regarding a particular site. You are also able to delete web history from the past couple of hours too.
According to Mozilla this is their fastest version so far. The Firefox 3.5 also supports for all open video and audio, so you do not need to install plug-ins. One of the downsides is that there are very few toolbars and applications which are compatible with this new Firefox version.

just4kix · 07-01-09, 01:01 PM

I installed yesterday. To be honest, I did not find any significant difference. But I do not watch/listen to streaming media.

Cache Viewer Add-on is not compatible. But other than that, it is great.

07-01-09, 01:05 PM

I'm waiting for all the plugins to be updated to test the speed !

just4kix · 07-01-09, 01:09 PM

Too many plug-in's will slow down the performance.

07-01-09, 01:09 PM

I will wait for some reviews. Won't it get updated automatically ? It happened earlier.

07-01-09, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by just4kix

Too many plug-in's will slow down the performance.

that would be the real test of speed

07-04-09, 03:35 PM

They seem to have introduced some kind of new open video format , ogg ?

The videos in Mozzila's page were really super kewl !

Quote:

Originally Posted by meetdilip

I will wait for some reviews. Won't it get updated automatically ? It happened earlier.

i had to search (Help>Check for updates) and install the update

07-05-09, 01:06 AM

I have disabled auto-update, though by default its enabled.

Tools > Options > Advanced > Update

but still it checks for updates and asks for confirmation rather than updating automatically.

07-05-09, 11:04 AM

Its a good browser.I really liked some of the changes introduced.

The only problem is some of my ad-ons are not compatible with it.Hope they are realeased soon for the newer version of FF.

07-05-09, 11:06 AM

there's one thing which is very bad about FF... one single crash can wipe out all your settings and that of the plugins, no other browser so stupid , not even IE.

panchabhut · 07-05-09, 12:01 PM

As per the IRC Chat forums on firefox, for someone using 512 kbps or higher speed, FF 3.5 would not reflect any significant speed difference. For lower speed connections the variation would become noticable.

07-05-09, 12:31 PM

hmmm interesting news... so this goes for all other browsers as well ?

btw i think speed also takes into account startup time, memory etc, which are independant of the internet speed

07-05-09, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by panchabhut

As per the IRC Chat forums on firefox, for someone using 512 kbps or higher speed, FF 3.5 would not reflect any significant speed difference. For lower speed connections the variation would become noticable.

yeah i was told this too

StarK · 07-08-09, 02:21 AM

i dnt know about the page rendering speeds, but the thing is taking a whole minute to become operational after switching on the comp for the first time on my P4 2.8 2GB RAM system!

The previous version used to take 15 secs max. I don't know what the hell to do... maybe i'l go back to that version again, but feeling unsure for the security updates,

i've just downgraded to 3.0.11... feeling a lot better now. will just give the new one another shot after a couple o months when it comes out with bug fixes.

07-08-09, 10:58 AM

I got it but hated it...Why did they copy the tab system from IE8???

I'll stick to 3.0.11 for the time being.

07-08-09, 11:09 AM

Sorry for posting this in Firefox thread, but: Try out the new Opera 10 beta.

One of best Browsers I have ever come across. It is faster and lighter than previous opera versions + many new features.

07-08-09, 11:33 AM

^ does it have script blocking and/or adblock plus?

07-10-09, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 18lama

^ does it have script blocking and/or adblock plus?

you can get it from AdSweep - An ad blocker for your favorite web browser (like Adblock) for opera. also some other site mentioned in the same website has a list of blockled URL too.

dunno wat u mean by script blocking. the only one i remember is that u can tell it to stop executing scripts (one instance or continously for the site or for all sites)

07-10-09, 08:55 PM

Script blocking = java script blocking

I.e. noscript addon

07-10-09, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 18lama

Script blocking = java script blocking

I.e. noscript addon

yes,its inbuilt.

Tools > preferences > Advanced > content

general settings for sites

right click on a webpage > edit site preferences >Scripting

settings for that particular website

Quote:

Workaround for Firefox 3.5 slow startups on Windows
July 8, 2009 - 11:34 pm

If you find yourself with very long startup times after upgrading to Firefox 3.5 (from say 10 seconds to the order of minutes), you may be experimenting a bug due to a change in how Firefox 3.5 gets the randomness it needs for security purposes on Windows.

The procedure involves scanning some temporary folders looking for bits normally added by OS and other applications operations. Firefox 3.5 looks for more files and deeper (more subfolders) for increased randomness, but it has led to unexpected results for users with too many temporary folders or files resulting in slow startups.

Try builds are still being generated with fixes to this bug, but users report a noticeable improvement after deleting their temporary folders and Internet Temporary Files (generated by Internet Explorer).

To clean temporary folders, check and delete all files [you can, some may be in use] from these:
C:\Documents and Settings\*user*\Local Settings\History
C:\Documents and Settings\*user*\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
C:\Documents and Settings\*user*\My Recent Documents
C:\Documents and Settings\*user*\Temp\

Windows Vista /7 users, replace Documents and Settings with Users

To delete Internet Temporary Folders, in the Control Panel., open Internet Options. In the Browsing History section, press the Delete… button, check all the options and press Delete.

Users report a significant improvement after doing this, even those who use Internet Explorer once in a while.

A fix to this bug should become available with Firefox 3.5.1, expected in a few weeks.

Workaround for Firefox 3.5 slow startups on Windows - Mozilla Links

07-01-09, 12:54 PM	#1
Tanmaya Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Age: 29 Posts: 98 Rep Power: 1	Firefox 3.5 Firefox 3.5 has been released and its twice as fast as Firefox 3. The new and useful features are the privacy controls. It allows you not to store any surfing history, and also a forget this site feature which gets rid of any information and data regarding a particular site. You are also able to delete web history from the past couple of hours too. According to Mozilla this is their fastest version so far. The Firefox 3.5 also supports for all open video and audio, so you do not need to install plug-ins. One of the downsides is that there are very few toolbars and applications which are compatible with this new Firefox version.

07-08-09, 02:21 AM	#14
StarK Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nayi Dilli Posts: 1,392 Rep Power: 4	i dnt know about the page rendering speeds, but the thing is taking a whole minute to become operational after switching on the comp for the first time on my P4 2.8 2GB RAM system! The previous version used to take 15 secs max. I don't know what the hell to do... maybe i'l go back to that version again, but feeling unsure for the security updates, i've just downgraded to 3.0.11... feeling a lot better now. will just give the new one another shot after a couple o months when it comes out with bug fixes. Last edited by StarK; 07-08-09 at 02:23 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

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07-01-09, 01:01 PM	#2
just4kix Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pune Posts: 8,899 Blog Entries: 6 Rep Power: 19	I installed yesterday. To be honest, I did not find any significant difference. But I do not watch/listen to streaming media. Cache Viewer Add-on is not compatible. But other than that, it is great.

07-01-09, 01:05 PM	#3
newprouser Guest Posts: n/a	I'm waiting for all the plugins to be updated to test the speed !

07-01-09, 01:09 PM	#4
just4kix Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pune Posts: 8,899 Blog Entries: 6 Rep Power: 19	Too many plug-in's will slow down the performance.

07-01-09, 01:09 PM	#5
meetdilip Guest Posts: n/a	I will wait for some reviews. Won't it get updated automatically ? It happened earlier.

07-05-09, 01:06 AM	#8
newprouser Guest Posts: n/a	I have disabled auto-update, though by default its enabled. Tools > Options > Advanced > Update but still it checks for updates and asks for confirmation rather than updating automatically.

07-05-09, 11:04 AM	#9
Sid Guest Posts: n/a	Its a good browser.I really liked some of the changes introduced. The only problem is some of my ad-ons are not compatible with it.Hope they are realeased soon for the newer version of FF.

07-05-09, 11:06 AM	#10
newprouser Guest Posts: n/a	there's one thing which is very bad about FF... one single crash can wipe out all your settings and that of the plugins, no other browser so stupid , not even IE.

07-05-09, 12:01 PM	#11
panchabhut Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: New Delhi Posts: 2,215 Rep Power: 9	As per the IRC Chat forums on firefox, for someone using 512 kbps or higher speed, FF 3.5 would not reflect any significant speed difference. For lower speed connections the variation would become noticable.

07-05-09, 12:31 PM	#12
newprouser Guest Posts: n/a	hmmm interesting news... so this goes for all other browsers as well ? btw i think speed also takes into account startup time, memory etc, which are independant of the internet speed

07-08-09, 10:58 AM	#15
18lama Guest Posts: n/a	I got it but hated it...Why did they copy the tab system from IE8??? I'll stick to 3.0.11 for the time being.

07-08-09, 11:09 AM	#16
saurav_k Guest Posts: n/a	Sorry for posting this in Firefox thread, but: Try out the new Opera 10 beta. One of best Browsers I have ever come across. It is faster and lighter than previous opera versions + many new features.

07-08-09, 11:33 AM	#17
18lama Guest Posts: n/a	^ does it have script blocking and/or adblock plus?

07-10-09, 08:55 PM	#19
18lama Guest Posts: n/a	Script blocking = java script blocking I.e. noscript addon

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