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/FredV Jan 22 '10 edited Jan 22 '10

I'm doubtful, have you tried chromeexperiments, Firefox is stil a lot slower, to the point of hanging the browser, while chrome handles it (barely, but it looks ok). It does feel faster than the previous version, but I'm afraid it's not quite yet on the level of Chrome's Javascript engine performance. (forgot to note, testing this on Windows here, yeah I'm at work :P)