Firefox 4 final is released. - Page 2

Luckypenguin · #11 May 10th, 2011, 04:08 AM

So is the conensus that we should maybe wait for a version 4.1 before upgrading?

mauve · #12 May 10th, 2011, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Luckypenguin

So is the conensus that we should maybe wait for a version 4.1 before upgrading?

It depends on where you come from. If you're using FF3.6 at the moment, FF4 is really an improvement. But if you've already made the switch, there's no reason to live on the edge and upgrade to the development branch.

Most people experiencing problems are those who didn't flushed their old profile when they upgraded to FF4.

I also tested chromium and safari, but they both have their own issues, especially chromium under linux (strange font rendering etc.)

Cheers,

GingerCat · #13 May 10th, 2011, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by mauve

Most people experiencing problems are those who didn't flushed their old profile when they upgraded to FF4.

What does this mean?

greerd · #14 May 10th, 2011, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by GingerCat

What does this mean?

The user profile is where FF keeps all your bookmarks, cookies, addons, etc. Flushing it means clearing or deleting it. Basically if you upgrade you keep your old profile, but if you uninstall your old FF and install the new 4.01 version, it will create a new user profile for you.

I have installed FF 4.01 with Ubuntu 11.04 Unity using the same /home directory as the rest of my OS's and it used my old profile without any problems. I also upgraded a Win7 laptop's FF to 4.01 without incident.

The choice is yours, but if it was me and I was using win7, I'd upgrade. I haven't had a freeze on the win7 upgrade yet.

iliakoltsov · #15 May 10th, 2011, 11:42 AM

I recently installed 2 pc on ubuntu with Unity (11.04 ) I still maintain that
Google chromium is better due to the fact that it has FFmpeg codec built-in hence all versions of Html5 video can be watched with firefox it is limited to ogg theora. Concerning bugs i have not used FF long enough to say if it is bugged.
If i had to rate the browsers:

1 google chromium

2 mozilla FF

3 opera 11

mauve · #16 May 10th, 2011, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by iliakoltsov

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Google chromium is better due to the fact that it has FFmpeg codec built-in hence all versions of Html5 video can be watched with firefox it is limited to ogg theora.

Not only. FF can read WebM natively too, and now, 80% of Youtube is WebM. For mpeg & h264, mplayer is what's best on linux, especially ressource-wise, or VLC if you prefer a more integrated GUI.

Chromium is quite nice, there are good things in it, but FF has a much larger eco system of useful plugins and add-ons. They don't compare for advanced use.

Cheers,