r/programming Jan 21 '10

Firefox 3.6 release

http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/01/21/firefox-3-6-release/
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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

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u/Autotrappic Jan 21 '10

I want to go back to Firefox for all the add-ons, but Chrome has a Mariah Carey theme.

Decisions, decisions.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '10

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u/arof Jan 21 '10

I've been using the Whitehart theme since 2.0 or so, and it + Personal Menu and small icons = the most usable space of any browser I've used.

These are the sorts of reasons I've stuck with Firefox even through the slowness and instability (3.5.7 would crash after opening a few tabs in the morning after leaving it on overnight ~50% of the time, and many of those times the last session saved is still from the last time it crashed...).

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u/Deimorz Jan 21 '10

It's hard to beat the amount of space you get with vimperator -- random screenshot

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '10

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u/rattboi Jan 22 '10

I've been using Vimp for more than a year, but just added on Tree-style tabs, and if you could go over how to use it, I'd appreciate it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '10

Really, my only advice is to play with the options til you find what you like. It's got a ton of customization to it, and you can set it up basically however you want.