Reviews of Mozilla Firefox (v3.5) for Windows

1. 
   LakotaElf

   Reviewing 3.5.7 (Jan 6, 2010)

   I have no idea why Firefox does this, but the problem I have with it, is when I close it down, it does not close at all. I have to shut it off via the task manager. Most generally I will have to do this 3 times out of 5 or others things like ccleaner will not clean it out, thinks it is open yet and it is. This seems like a simple thing to fix, however, I am no expert, but it is becoming now a annoyance as it has been going on for several update they have made. Anyone have any idea why?
   
   This is the only browser that I have experienced this phenomena with.
   
   So I can only give it a three star rating. I am not sure it even deserves that, but I do like Firefox. I must say, Flock browser is looking good these days.
2. 
   maddy143ded

   Reviewing 3.5.7 (Jan 5, 2010)

   i have been using FF lately, but only to play mafia wars or other zynga games. as most of my extentions require grease monkey. nothing else works.
   other then that my numberone browser is opera. i have about 10-15 tabs open in opera at any moment, and never have i seen it hang or crash due to that. firefox/ I.E. and even chrome use similar resources to just open one or two tabs vs. operas 10 or more tabs. i just wish that opera had better Flash and other media integration then i would remove all other crap orm my desktop.
   i have been using opera since 2000 and i will probably use till 2020. and more.
   how people can keep praising Firefox or chrome as fastest is beyond me. i have a 512k dsl connection, and most of the time i receive around 55kbps dl speed for torrent and all. in this net scenario when i open my opera with all its tabs (usually not less then 10) it not more then 40 - 50 secs to open all of them . and as for tabbed browsing opera had tabbed browsing even when there was no Firefox.
   enough about opera. its after all the best.
   Firefox 3.5.6 was the slower then 3.5.5 so will see if 3.5.7 has any improvements. other then that its actually a hassle to find and install all those add ons to just make the browser work as i want it to. if we all had so much time it would be better to design our own browser. why cant the designers of FF build it in such a way that it actually i don't have to install a add on if i want the FF optimized and use less resources. i mean if they can build a browser surely they can add the same optimizations done by Firefox optimizer?
3. 
   Zero-Point

   Reviewing 3.5.7 (Jan 5, 2010)

   Midnite12, let's not get ahead of ourselves--Firefox has NEVER crashed for you, AND you've been using it since day ONE?!
   
   In any case, I find it amusing how barebones Firefox is; you really need an addon for every feature. Case: you need an addon to give it performance. They might as well have kept it at Phoenix v0.2 (I can't remember exactly which I started using it at, 0.2 or 0.3, maybe 0.1). That really was barebones, although it was zippy--out of the box.
   
   I don't use Firefox as my primary browser (Opera), but I keep it around for rare circumstances where Opera fumbles. I am using it less and less by just going to those sites with IE, though. My main reason: addon management. If I am not going to really gain any features without addons I might as well use something already installed and widely available.
4. 
   biggman15

   Reviewing 3.5.7 (Jan 5, 2010)

   @Aegis69
   Wow! that really helped! Thank you!
   My firefox has been running sluggish lately, and I think you just saved me from having to do a clean install!
5. 
   Aegis69

   Reviewing 3.5.7 (Jan 5, 2010)

   For those of you complaining about Firefox speed, startup or whatever, try this addon;
   
   https://addons.mozilla.o...-US/firefox/addon/11198
   
   Check the 2 boxes, and hit the button, Its automatic after that.
   
   How a $50million a year company could have missed this simple optimization is beyond me.

Discuss Mozilla Firefox (v3.5) for Windows

1. Jun 17, 2009 - 5:24 PM
   URDRWHO

   If you are having a problem with extensions in an update, you need the nightly tester tools. It will allow you to force an older extension to work.
   
   You can find it here:
   
   https://addons.mozilla.o...n-US/firefox/addon/6543
2. Mar 13, 2009 - 1:09 AM
   And|

   I hope they make it better. Lately I am having huge problems with this running just okay. Been using firefox 2 since that seems to be way better.
3. Mar 12, 2009 - 11:02 PM
   methuselah

   Big speedup over currently released Firefox, on the XP machine I tried this on. While the ACID 3 test isn't perfect yet, it's much closer.
4. Mar 12, 2009 - 7:25 PM
   Sativarg

   Just think it would be nice to link to the Beta information
   http://www.mozilla.com/e...efox/3.1b3/releasenotes/
   Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 Release Notes
   
   This is the fifth development milestone and third beta release of Firefox 3.1, the upcoming version of the Firefox web browser. Please read below for more information.
   
   About this Beta
   
   Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 is the fifth development milestone and third beta release of Firefox 3.1, the next version of the Firefox web browser. While this release is considered to be stable, it is intended for developers and members of our testing community to use for early evaluation and feedback. Users of the latest released version of Firefox should not expect all of their add-ons to work properly with this beta.
   
   What’s New in Firefox 3.1 Beta 3
   
   Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 is based on the Gecko 1.9.1 rendering platform, which has been under development for the past 9 months. Firefox 3.1 is an incremental release on the previous version with significant changes to improve web compatibility, performance, and ease of use:
   
   * This beta is now available in 64 languages - get your local version.
   * Improved the new Private Browsing Mode.
   * Improvements to web worker thread support.
   * Improved performance and stability with the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine.
   * New native JSON support.
   * Improvements to the Gecko layout engine, including speculative parsing for faster content rendering.
   * Support for new web technologies such as the and elements, the W3C Geolocation API, JavaScript query selectors, CSS 2.1 and 3 properties, SVG transforms and offline applications.
   
   Developers can find out about all the changes and new features at the Mozilla Developer Center.