Firefox 4.X

[Chaotic_Warlord]

I'm using it now and have to say I'm not a fan. In barebones mode it's alright, but it's not faster than 3.x was and frankly it's like Google Chrome, which I don't like very much. Are any of you using it and if so do you like it? What apps are you running on it?

[Kompresshun]

I used it for a week and un-installed it, mainly because I despise it's existence. It's trying too hard to be Google Chrome, rather than sticking to it's FF roots, FF 3.x was a good browser but a little bloated at times. I had given up on Firefox a few months ago though.

I've actually been using Google Chrome faithfully for about 6 months now, I do web design and it never really give me any issues. Plus the apps integrate much better IMHO and it's a lot less bloated. The only complaints I have about Chrome is that it's missing a couple of the must have Firefox extensions(FireFTP, Downloadthemall) and it has no "Reload Image" option when you right click an image that didn't load. Other than that, it's a good browser but it took me a while for it to grow on me.

[Jesda]

Mac version has choppy scrolling. Renders slower than Opera or Safari.

FF is great for forms and database work. I prefer it to all other browsers for that, but Opera is my #1 choice on my Mac, PC, and phone, even with its flaws.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

I'm glad you posted this. It has been bugging me to upgrade, but I'm pretty happy with the 3.xx version I'm running now. Now I know to avoid it.

[tigersharkdude]

i downloaded it......then downloaded google chrome

chrome>firefox 4.x

[szh]

We have used/tried many browsers to test code for stuff we are doing ...

Google Chrome is the clear winner, as far as we are concerned. Fast and clean.

Z

EDIT: This post was made in Firefox 4.0, but I am going back to Chrome to continue further ...

[themadscientist]

I should not have changed it. I like the old FF much better.

[OriginalWheelman]

I changed to it. It is way faster for me than 3.xx and I like the new style, once I got used to it.

[MinisterofDOOM]

I've been running firefox 4 since it was in early beta. With certain builds I've had weird hanging issues partway into loading pages. But most of the time I have no problems. I like the UI a LOT. I can't stand Chrome's UI, so the browser's excellence in other departments is unhelpful. Since a browser is something I have to interact with, the interface needs to be appealing. Browser benchmarks are always neck-and-neck except IE these days, so a little bit of speed means very little in the grand scheme of things. Firefox feels like home.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

^I completely agree.

[PEZi]

i like it. reminds me of chrome, as stated before, except without the problem i had with chrome which was freezing my browser everytime a .gif file came up. the only thing that concerns me at this point, is it seems as if my computer runs hotter... not sure if its coincidence or FF4

[Jesda]

Thats right, now I remember why I dont use Chrome and Safari. They choke on animated GIFs

[szh]

Thats right, now I remember why I dont use Chrome and Safari. They choke on animated GIFs

Really?

I don't see that in Chrome at all ... no problems with animated gif's. In fact, the OP's avatar animates just fine!

Z

[Jesda]

Its when you have a page filled with them, like a huge list of emoticons or a thread with several video-excerpted animated gifs. Drives me nuts.

The two browsers are based on Konqueror/Webcore, so they behave the same way.

[PEZi]

^ only happens to some people... haven't narrowed down why... but when i used chrome and hit a gif, it would pause for a while... if i hit a page of gifs.... game over....

[MinisterofDOOM]

From a user-experience standpoint, Firefox 3.6 and 4.0 and Opera 10 and 11 stand in a different league than Chrome and Safari. Granted user experience is probably the most subjective aspect of any piece of software.

I'm a pretty big fan of Google, but I really can't stand using chrome. I miss out on pretty fancy Android features because of it, but in the end my brower's a browser and I need it to do browser stuff first and foremost.

Of course, I'm also a nerd and a function-over-form guy when it comes to software, so I prefer a browser that does what I ask rather than a browser that assumes it shouldn't ask.

[Chaotic_Warlord]

Honestly I don't like the new tabs and the fact that some of my apps that worked on 3.6 no linger work. Hell I was even able to use FireNICO to point with 3.6 and now I can't. Meh, I have all the browsers except Opera on my PC but only use Firefox. I don't like how the tabs are at the top of the screen (have since moved them back to where they were in 3) and I really don't like that the home page are current screen shots of my 10 most visited sites. Chrome and Safari do the same thing, This is a real inconvenience since Google is on there like 6 times and my Yahoo account is not on there at all even though it's been my home page for like 15 years.

[MinisterofDOOM]

You do realize that all of those complaints are things that can be changed in the settings, right? All except firenico, which is a firenico problem, not a Firefox problem.