LFS Forum - Firefox 3.5

#1 - The Moose

Firefox 3.5

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:18

Firefox 3.5 now out. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/upgrade.html

Just installed it and damn, it's fast.

#2 - trebor901

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:19

ive noticed no difference apart from the little + sign on the tabs to add a new tab instead of ctrl + t

#3 - The Moose

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:21

Quote from trebor901 :ive noticed no difference apart from the little + sign on the tabs to add a new tab instead of ctrl + t

I've just installed it so i haven't checked out any new features...but it was instantly noticeable that it way faster than before, it's the fastest browser I've tried by a long way.

#4 - Bean0

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:22

It took long enough, I've been using the various 3.1 betas and 3.5 RCs for a while now.
The icon has changed slightly, darker orange I think.

#5 - Dark Force

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:31

Ive used IE for 10 years and just switched over to Firefox 3.5 yesterday. Best choice I've made in a long time! You don't know what your missing until you try it!

#6 - The Very End

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:41

Holy shit, this thing is fast!
Had a beta 3.x something version earlier and upgraded to this one, it feels like FF on speed compared to what I had. Everything goes faster and I beliving it might be the fastest browser out there now. Compared it with Opera and IE, they both was slow as snails compared to FF now.

#7 - Shadowww

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:44

Yeah, it's much faster, especially JavaScript.

I would recommend setting javascript.options.jit.chrome to true in about:config to speed up interface.

#8 - The Very End

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:47

Is that something that will increase the speed a lot? If the different is barely noticable it's more a botter than it is worth, but if it actually is a noticable different (in loading java's and such right?) I probally will botter doing it.

#9 - Bean0

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:48

Quote from Shadowww :Yeah, it's much faster, especially JavaScript.

I would recommend setting javascript.options.jit.chrome to true in about:config to speed up interface.

I was sure I had done that in a previous version, but it was reset to false.

Thanks for the reminder

#10 - Shadowww

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:51

TheVeryEnd, it's ~10 seconds to do it, and it is noticeable when you have a lot of tabs opened.

#11 - The Very End

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:52

But what does it actually do? I mean, definition of the action and differnce. Just curious.

Ok, I'll test it when I come home. If it takes more than 10 seconds I'll sue your ass so hard!

#12 - Shadowww

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:55

It enables TraceMonkey (new lightning fast JavaScript engine) for user interface.

#13 - The Very End

Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:09