Reviews of Mozilla Firefox (Beta)

1. 
   robmanic44

   Reviewing 21.0 Beta 5 (Apr 30, 2013)

   This is a definite resource eater. Other than that it's just fine.
2. 
   Music4Ever

   Reviewing 21.0 Beta 5 (Apr 26, 2013)

   I really don't like saying this but still it's with FF eventually or the next version FF will be faster.
3. 
   Artem S. Tashkinov

   Reviewing 21.0 Beta 1 (Apr 3, 2013)

   An almost perfect web browser.
4. 
   Tallpaultn

   Reviewing 20.0 Beta 7 (Mar 27, 2013)

   Mozilla Firefox 20.0b7 is performing great for me on WinVista SP-2. Kudos!!--keep up the good work!! Looking forward to the next version.....
5. 
   robmanic44

   Reviewing 20.0 Beta 5 (Mar 16, 2013)

   I'm very impressed with this version. If it's indicative of things to come, I'll be a happy camper.
6. 
   Monkey_Punch

   Reviewing 20.0 Beta 4 (Mar 11, 2013)

   A marked improvement in speed with this version over 19.x and earlier releases. A lot of performance boosting work from the Snappy project (https://wiki.mozilla.org/Performance/Snappy) is really making Firefox faster and use less memory with each release. Why is there no native 64-bit release? See http://goo.gl/lL9sy. 32-bit browsers on 64-bit OSes aren't going to hit that 4GB ceiling any time soon.
7. 
   Music4Ever

   Reviewing 20.0 Beta 2 (Mar 1, 2013)

   Agree 100% with -Lord- Stop this silly quick release monthly beta system & get the program sorted, always something good coming in some future version, at this rate we are going to be at version 32 in a year.
   
   As regards the comments from Bala which are fair enough but 99.99% of users don't know about ESR & those are the people who get their Firefox updated on a monthly basis whether they like it or not as they will also have ended up with the maintenance system too.
8. 
   egg83

   Reviewing 20.0 Beta 2 (Feb 28, 2013)

   So far so good! Noticed download dialog is different now, and a few other changes. Cannot wait for the next version!
9. 
   -Lord-

   Reviewing 19.0 Beta 6 (Feb 14, 2013)

   shouldn't you idiots be fixing version 18???
   
   And seriously, other browsers are only up to like versions 9 or 10... and they've been around longer. Maybe you guys should fully develop ONE version and actually get it to the point where it's actually freaking working properly... in addition, where's the 64 bit support? That little tidbit right there puts Firefox BEHIND THE TIMES.
   
   Used to be good, turned into a loser in the market.
10. 
    robmanic44

    Reviewing 19.0 Beta 5 (Feb 11, 2013)

    This is a bit of a resource hog. I'll probably go back to an older version.
11. 
    Zootopia3001

    Reviewing 19.0 Beta 5 (Feb 8, 2013)

    @Bala7, thanks for the heads up on the ESR releases. Much appreciated. Didn't even know there was such a thing established by Mozilla, which is why our frustrations actually weren't really all of our own making. Without knowledge of the ESR's, we were stuck with unsecure older versions when not wanting the latest and so-called greatest(and this time, buggy) version. Hence, I am now updated to Firefox 17.0.2.
    Back to 5 stars, thanks to Bala7. Woohoo!!!
12. 
    Bala7

    Reviewing 19.0 Beta 5 (Feb 7, 2013)

    @LakotaElf and @Music4Ever
    
    There is NO reason to upgrade every single new release. Your frustrations are all of your own making. I would suggest the ESR > branch which is stable and solid enough for enterprise use.
    
    dl directly from Mozilla
    http://www.mozilla.org/e.../organizations/all.html
13. 
    LakotaElf

    Reviewing 19.0 Beta 4 (Jan 31, 2013)

    ufff another beta update, this is getting boring and I am now growing tired of this. I am also in process of looking at other browsers, this is getting old now and I also do not like the fact that they can turn things on and off at will. If I want something turned off I can do it myself. I do not like other controlling what I use and I cold care less their reasoning.
14. 
    Music4Ever

    Reviewing 19.0 Beta 2 (Jan 18, 2013)

    Beta's now just for the sake of it, proper beta testing requires an unknown time frame, if there is a speed improvement coming in version 20 (though it's always in some future version that things will get much better) why faff about with silly insignificant changes & get on with it - Firefox is losing users by the droves with this so called rapid release cycle - Mozilla has now IMHO lost the plot ~
    
    I would like to give it more than 3 but I can't ~
15. 
    Zootopia3001

    Reviewing 19.0 Beta 2 (Jan 17, 2013)

    What’s New
    Built-in PDF viewer(now supposedly being scrapped or changed to a different PDF viewer)
    Firefox will offer to reset the Awesomebar search provider
    WOW!!! AMAZING!!!!! I can't wait for version 19. It will be oh so AWESOME!!!!
    What a bunch of nonsense. This is what passes for a new version number now?
    3 stars for Mozilla stupidity.
    BTW, version 18 was a big letdown. No real improvement in speed at all. Now they say version 20. Yea right, sure sure. Me, I went back to Firefox version 17.0.1. Same goes for Adobe Flash... went back to v11.2 because 11.5 crashed and burned on me and saw no real improvement since Flash version 11.2 anyway. I'm tired of the constant updates. I'm a savvy internet user, I really, really doubt I'll have security issues. Only MS security updates from now on. I've got other things protecting me anyway, including OpenDNS.
16. 
    LakotaElf

    Reviewing 19.0 Beta 1 (Jan 9, 2013)

    While I have always regarded Firefox as one of the better browsers that for the most part works well for me as does Pale Moon. But now I think I am growing tired of their incessant updates. I no more get updated and they have a new beta or something else. I know they have good plugins and extensions and all that, but enough is enough.. I am going to start looking at other browsers now...There is more to life than computers and updating software daily.
17. 
    robmanic44

    Reviewing 18.0 Beta 6 (Jan 1, 2013)

    Speed is not the problem, but the future of Firefox is a major concern. Where is it going?
18. 
    finnlayer

    Reviewing 18.0 Beta 6 (Dec 29, 2012)

    I like this version, it is faster than some other release betas.
    
    I have had some issues with firefox before, webpage not loading, i had to go back 1 page and then forwards 1 page for the web page to load properly. Never new the cause of this issue, is ok with this release.
    
    I would like to see a internet optimizer built into firefox and a speedy little monitor bandwidth built in. I know you can download appz,
    
    just what about implementing them into a browser ?
19. 
    smanofsteel76

    Reviewing 18.0 Beta 5 (Dec 20, 2012)

    I am really loving this release and its speed boost. If there is a decent 64 bit version, I may switch. One thing that I would still love to see is each tab in its own process to boost speed more. Why will they not implement this and release an official 64 bit release? This is what it needs to beat Chrome!
20. 
    pdail

    Reviewing 18.0 Beta 5 (Dec 20, 2012)

    Works absolutely wonderful. Never misses a beat. The speed is just what the Doctor ordered. All Exstensions work great.
21. 
    Music4Ever

    Reviewing 18.0 Beta 5 (Dec 20, 2012)

    I'm really getting fed up with this rapid release cycle & the never ending breaking of extensions etc. Firefox is getting more like Chrome as time goes by - Ditching Firefox on this & all PC's I maintain. I'm not going to continue to defend this system.
    
    @smanofsteel76 - Mozilla have suspended work on the 64 Bit Firefox which put's unnecessary limits on Firefox because of the ancient inherent memory limitations of a 32 bit system - Not a good idea from my point of view as just about all installs are now 64 bit.
    
    There is however Pale Moon which is a modified Firefox clone & there is a 64 bit version:
    
    http://www.palemoon.org/palemoon-x64.shtml
22. 
    some guy

    Reviewing 18.0 Beta 3 (Dec 10, 2012)

    I to notice a snappy speed increase version 18 :)
23. 
    robmanic44

    Reviewing 18.0 Beta 2 (Dec 1, 2012)

    This is the first Firefox that has shown a significant increase in speed. It's the fastest Firefox I can remember.
24. 
    Andy Dean

    Reviewing 17.0 Beta 6 (Nov 14, 2012)

    For me Firefox continues to improve with every release, Since version 16 I can find very little wrong with it, speed is much improved over earlier releases.
25. 
    Monkey_Punch

    Reviewing 17.0 Beta 4 (Nov 1, 2012)

    Seems like a minor update over 16.x but launching seems a bit faster on my old D610. Page load and rendering is about the same as 16.x. Some new speed and performance goodies are coming in 18.0 so I look forward to that version.
26. 
    Zootopia3001

    Reviewing 17.0 Beta 2 (Oct 18, 2012)

    I doubt the 'Social Integration' being introduced in Firefox 17 will be optional. The extra bells and whistles will most likely be a step back in overall performance for Firefox. The only improvement that matters at this point is the new javascript being introduced in Firefox 18. I don't do betas, so if I end up hating the 'Social Integration' in Firefox 17 final, I might just give Chrome a try again. If the installation isn't optional, hopefully there are options either in the options menu or about:config to disable the social integration 'features'.
    
    This new 'introduction' rates 4 stars currently. That might change to 3 stars.
27. 
    jorgosch

    Reviewing 17.0 Beta 2 (Oct 18, 2012)

    Why isn't this distributed via in-browser update in a timely manner? The ones that already have the beta installed are the ones you're interested in, right?

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