Firefox 4.0 Final Launch on March 22

EchoX860 · 16 Mar 2011

How about you fix the text rendering issue before releasing it.

Lebon14 · 16 Mar 2011

I read in the other thread that it's not actually Mozilla's fault on the text rendering issue... But maybe I read wrong...

rvbfan · 16 Mar 2011

EchoX860 said:

How about you fix the text rendering issue before releasing it.

No kidding, had to stop using it. It was
headache inducing.

Fayla · 16 Mar 2011

The RC has been running perfect for me, no crashes and no bugs encountered. But back when they were still working on their new jaeger monkey Javascript drive, I was experiencing whole browser crashes, thankfully they have moved on a long way on since then. The sooner this goes final, the better, it'd be one less update I'd have to keep track off. :)

darkfriday · 16 Mar 2011

rvbfan said:

EchoX860 said:

How about you fix the text rendering issue before releasing it.

No kidding, had to stop using it. It was
headache inducing.

I had to go back to 3.6.15. Mine was running dog slow and it just didn't seem right......I'm not tech smart enuff

yowanvista · 16 Mar 2011

EchoX860 said:

How about you fix the text rendering issue before releasing it.

This is due to an issue in MS Direct Write which must be fixed by MS and not Mozilla, it also affects IE9 btw

24c · 16 Mar 2011

I have been using FF for several years, currently have 3.6.15 installed. TBH, I find myself using IE9 almost exclusivley now. The FF 4 versions I installed were uninstalled very quickly.

It is good to have choices.

pparks1 · 16 Mar 2011

yowanvista said:

EchoX860 said:

How about you fix the text rendering issue before releasing it.

This is due to an issue in MS Direct Write which must be fixed by MS and not Mozilla, it also affects IE9 btw

Yes, this is correct. On my work machine and on my laptop, I don't have a problem with either FF4 RC or IE9. On my home computer though, with an Nvidia card, and a 23" Acer monitor, both IE9 and FF4 RC have font issues. It looks like ass, it's really faded and inconsistent. If I turn off hardware acceleration on FF or turn compatibility view on in IE, the problem goes away.

But I've only seen the issue on 1 in 3 computers.

smiths22 · 16 Mar 2011

yowanvista said:

Mozilla is preparing to release the next major iteration of its open source browser, with the launch possibly happening in less than a week.

Nothing is set in stone at this point in time, but if everything goes well, Firefox 4.0 Final could be released to the public as soon as March 22nd, 2011.

Essentially, what Mozilla is trying to determine at this point in time is whether there will be a need to provide a second Release Candidate for Firefox 4.0.

Firefox 4.0 Final Launch on March 22 - Softpedia

Great!