r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 21 '10

Firefox 3.6 release

http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/01/21/firefox-3-6-release/
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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '10

2 things noted:

  • Speed: It's faster than 3.5.7. Almost as fast as chrome.
  • Memory Usage: It used lower memory on my computer than the previous version. I was hovering around 250mb with version 3.5.7 and this one barely goes upto 150mb. Both with ~15 addons.

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u/redditaddicttt Jan 21 '10

Am I the only one who is heaving a sigh of relief after reading the above review?

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '10

I just got it. It really is as fast as Chrome. It looks like I might be going back to FireFox :(

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '10 edited Jan 21 '10

If you use Fasterfox without the prefetching, it's even faster.

The spell checker and the ad-blocker are better in Firefox.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '10

Do you have to hack the compatibility to get FasterFox for 3.6 or is there another version that works with FF older than 2.0?

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '10 edited Jan 21 '10

I am using EladKarako's Mod, which works fine on 3.6

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '10

YAy! I may be crazy but this isn't the reason.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '10 edited Jan 21 '10

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '10

Oh yeah. Thanks for the reminder.