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Conceivably Tech has noticed that Mozilla has quietly uploaded a Firefox 4 Beta 1 candidate build to its FTP server. No release notes or announcements have been made as of this post, but surely Mozilla will make the public aware of the final beta release when it's ready.

As discussed yesterday, Firefox 4 Beta 1 brings a whole new user interface to the browsers aging layout. Gone is the boring old grey (except in Windows XP, as seen above). Replacing it is an all new, modern, less intrusive, and glassier (Windows version) look. In the JavaScript department, the SunSpider benchmark shows solid improvement over Firefox 3.6.6. Oddly though, Firefox 4 still seems to lag far behind Chrome, IE9, Opera, and Safari.

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Keep in mind, this version is an early beta and should not be used as your primary browser. It's more stable than the alpha versions, but there's still plenty of work to be done before it's ready for mass consumption. Many add-ons that you probably use aren't yet compatible. According to a Mozilla developer, the team still plans to tweak their new JaegerMonkey JavaScript engine before release. Their goal is to hit at least 500 ms.

To see what's expected come the first Firefox 4 beta, visit Mozilla's FTP site, navigate to the appropriate OS version, and download the available file.

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As discussed yesterday, Firefox 4 Beta 1 brings a whole new user interface to the browsers aging layout. Gone is the boring old grey (except in Windows XP, as seen above). Replacing it is an all new, modern, less intrusive, and glassier (Windows version) look. In the JavaScript department, the SunSpider benchmark shows solid improvement over Firefox 3.6.6. Oddly though, Firefox 4 still seems to lag far behind Chrome, IE9, Opera, and Safari.

Wow - this thing is speedy! Super Fast! I noticed a lot of speed up...

You can install this beta build along side normal 3.6.6. This gets its own DIR/uninstall option. Don't be afraid to install :)

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It's really fast, but it's not compatible with some of my extensions (e.g., crash, hang, etc.).

Some of the GUI is messed up; probably messes up with WindowBlinds.

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oppositester

Many add-ons that you probably use aren't yet compatible. According to a Mozilla developer, the team still plans to tweak their new JaegerMonkey JavaScript engine before release. Their goal is to hit at least 500 ms.

It's really fast, but it's not compatible with some of my extensions (e.g., crash, hang, etc.).

Some of the GUI is messed up; probably messes up with WindowBlinds.

Try this

Works for me, Firefox v3.6.6 with popup sound.

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@oppositester:

Thanks for the advise, but I know how to manually modify incompatible plugins.

Besides, I think incompatibility is the least of the problem; updating the code is.

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GUI for me is fine - but not using any style program.

lucky for me the only add-on that didnt work or had problems is better privacy. i can live with that.

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UI looks great ... goodbye 3rd party themes :dance2: .... too bad bosskey doesn't work for now.

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