Reviews of Mozilla Firefox (v3.5) for Windows

1. 
   jendal

   Reviewing 3.5.5 (Nov 6, 2009)

   Firefox 5/5
   Internet Explorer 2/5
   Chrome 5/5
   Opera: 3/5
2. 
   Virtual_ManPL

   Reviewing 3.5.5 (Nov 6, 2009)

   @ Blaxima - a looser you are...
   or simply Opera troll, giving 5/5 for Opera and only 1/5 for Fx, funny...
   
   Opera is slower than Fx and use more ram... Chromium now is the fastest and Opera is only faster than IE...
   stop f**ging about it, its true...
   look test etc, even betanews have it...
   http://dotnetperls.com/chrome-memory
   http://arstechnica.com/o...y-than-ie-and-opera.ars
   http://avencius.nl/conte...-opera-950-memory-usage
   
   Fx like Opera or even Chromium is the same secure...
   
   but whatever I will told you you will still give 1/5, because you are Opera fanboy...
   
   @ roj - so report bug on bugzilla, lulz...
3. 
   KayNine

   Reviewing 3.5.5 (Nov 6, 2009)

   Well... I used Opera even before it was free, and I think I'll always will. But occassionly I also fire up Firefox, as well as Safari. I'd say: if it's not Internet Explorer, it's a good browser. Well... Chrome is a different chapter... I haven't decided yet wether it is to be trusted or not. Still I gave it a try and am not convinced at all by it's usability.
   
   But for the other three (FF, Opera, Safari): they are good and on par, every one has it's advantages and disadvantages, we're not living in a perfect world. Choose by your liking, but rate fair!
4. 
   Prospero424

   Reviewing 3.5.5 (Nov 6, 2009)

   So far I haven't seen the usual obnoxious Opera fanboys who basically come here just to rate down Firefox provide a SINGLE piece of evidence that shows Opera is faster and/or more resource efficient. None. They haven't even bothered to make up the usual sort of travesty of a weighted benchmark. They must be getting desperate.
   
   You guys know that you CAN prefer one browser and still admit that another is good, right? These are web browsers, not football teams.
   
   Anyway, actual benchmarks performed by neutral parties have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that Firefox's resource usage is on par with all of the other major browsers, even though this wasn't always the case; Firefox version 2.x was a PIG. They have also shown that it's about in the middle of the pack as far as performance - below Safari and Chrome but ahead of Opera and Internet Exploder. I'm not just talking about Betanews' own browser benchmarks, I'm talking about pretty much EVERYBODY'S benchmarks. You can dismiss people who actually, you know, recognize reality all you want, but it won't change the facts, especially when you provide no evidence at all other then your personal convictions to bash this browser.
   
   I use Chrome, IE8, and Opera (under Unix) on a daily basis, but Firefox is and will probably remain for the foreseeable future my mainline browser simply because I have more control over its capabilities and because it is so widely supported by software and internet services. While I like these other browsers (yes, even IE8), I find myself missing features/add-ons of Firefox when using them and switching between one of them and FF out of convenience or frustration.
   
   But really, I don't even feel I need to convince anyone. The fact is that it's pretty darned easy to distinguish between the usual sort of measured reviews mixed with constructive criticism and the spittle-flecked rantings of single-browser fundamentalists who seem far, far less interested in actually reviewing software than they are in territorial urinating.
5. 
   roj

   Reviewing 3.5.5 (Nov 5, 2009)

   Crashes sporadically when closing with multiple tabs open, Dumbazz error - typical "memory at xxx cannot be read" even after clearing all cookies.
   
   Can you say "3.5.6"? Yes, boyz and girlz, I knew you could.
   
   ONE star for poor QA.

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.