nsane.forums Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 The Mozilla Foundation has issued the first release candidate of Firefox version 4.0, finishing a grueling and ambitious beta development cycle for the browser.This release candidate represents what the development team feels is a finished browser, said Johnathan Nightingale, director of Firefox development, in an interview.The quality assurance team will still take feedback from users over the next few weeks, but if no major bugs are found, Mozilla expects to issue the full production release of the browser by the end of the month, he said. If so, March will be a busy month for the ongoing browser wars. In addition to the pending final release of Firefox 4, Microsoft plans to launch version 9 of its Internet Explorer on March 14. And Google released version 10 of its Chrome browser on Monday. Version 4 of Firefox is a major upgrade for the open-source browser, and includes a wealth of new features and enhancements. The user interface has been completely revamped and streamlined, with the menu bar condensed under a single button. The JavaScript Engine has been overhauled for speedier performance. The Add-ons Manager has been upgraded to a full-page interface. Tab management has also taken a great leap forward. Users can bundle sets of tabs into different groups, under a feature called Panorama. They can add small permanent tabs to the top of the browser, for those pages and applications they continually keep open. For the first time, Firefox will allow users to synchronize their bookmarks across different computers and even with Android-based mobile phones. This is also the first version of the browser to include the Do Not Track feature, which can alert website owners if the user wishes to opt out of third-party Web tracking.The release candidate is available for the Windows, Mac and Linux platforms, and supports more than 70 languages. Current users of the beta version will have their browsers automatically updated. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted March 10, 2011 Administrator Share Posted March 10, 2011 Mozilla prepares to push Firefox 4Mozilla updated Firefox 4 today to release candidate status, meaning that the features are locked, and barring the discovery of any major bugs, this version is likely to become the browser's official release. Available to download for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Firefox 4 release candidate 1 contains no major bug fixes, and instead offers a series of stability, compatibility, and performance tweaks.Mozilla's Web o' Wonder notifies you at the top of the page if your graphics card drivers are out of date, an essential upgrade to perform to take advantage of hardware accelerated browsing.Longtime Firefox 4 beta watchers will notice a squaring off of the browser's tabs, and for those who missed it in the last beta, the browser will now automatically pin itself to your Windows 7 taskbar if the default browser option is checked off during installation. Mozilla has also put together a series of "future-Web" demos at the company's "Web o' Wonder" site, which actually has at least one legitimate use: it warns you when your hardware drivers are out of date, an essential update for taking advantage of the hardware acceleration that most major browsers are developing to speed up Web browsing. Not updating graphics card drivers can end in any hardware accelerated browser crashing.One concern with Firefox pushing a major update is that add-on developers must update their older add-ons to work with the new browser. Instead of waiting for developers, though, Mozilla recommends that you install the Add-On Compatibility Reporter to ensure that the developers of your favorite add-ons get notified if their code is broken for Firefox 4. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oZ. Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 everyone should check out https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/startupservice/ =O! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darker_Than_Black Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 This is much faster than the Beta :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mara- Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 everyone should check out https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/startupservice/ =O!This addon actually slows down my startup. Tested startup with addon suggested on that page.Cheers ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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