Firefox 3.5 RC released

jw12345 said:

I was hoping by now they would at least catch up with chrome and ie8 on launching, and chrome on rendering. It's still not even close . Firefox is such a pain for me on Windows because of how slow it can be just to launch. (Not an issue on OS X though, since apps only have to load once)

I've got your solution right here; Firefox Preloader. My FF (well, Minefield actually) now launches faster than IE and about as fast as Chrome.

Anyone here use the Minefield nightly builds? IT'S FAST.

Master Chief said:

I've got your solution right here; Firefox Preloader. My FF (well, Minefield actually) now launches faster than IE and about as fast as Chrome.

Anyone here use the Minefield nightly builds? IT'S FAST.

Thanks, I'll probably be sticking with Chrome because of how elegantly it handles tab tearing and private browsing, but now if Firefox comes back with a killer feature, I don't have to worry about it being a slug.

jasper said:

had it a few hours back :P

Had it a few days back.

More details about this update can be found here.Firefox 3.5 beta users will receive update to early release candidate :: The Mozilla Blog

jw12345 said:

Firefox is such a pain for me on Windows because of how slow it can be just to launch. (Not an issue on OS X though, since apps only have to load once)

Huh? I'm not using any supercomputer and it opens, with many plugins and custom skin, before I can even realize I've lifted my finger off the quick launch.

DarkNovaGundam said:

Aquatint Black Gloss

I like it too

torrentg said:

Huh? I'm not using any supercomputer and it opens, with many plugins and custom skin, before I can even realize I've lifted my finger off the quick launch.

It's not a long wait, just a half second to a second, but half seconds feel awkward and seconds break trains of thought and make the system feel less responsive. And during any mdoerate disk activity, firefox crawls to launch. I've noticed it on pretty much every computer I've use recent versions of firefox on. It's not horrible, but after using chrome for so long, it's pretty annoying and definitely noticeable. On my system (q6600, 8gb ram, pretty new harddrive) there's a clear difference that goes: Chrome >>> IE8 > Firefox. This is the latest version with no extensions or plugins or anything.