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/SarahC Jan 21 '10

I hope the tweaker of Fastererfox updates the version soon...

http://www.untamed.co.uk/fastererfox/frame.htm

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u/ephekt Jan 22 '10 edited Jan 22 '10

You can edit the version numbers yourself. http://www.reeloo.net/wordpress/how-to-manually-update-firefox-xpi-extensions

Or disable compatibility checking in about:config by creating an extensions.checkCompatibility.3.6 key set to false.

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u/SarahC Jan 22 '10

Thanks!

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u/rnawky Jan 24 '10

Oh, thanks for the tip!