Firefox 8 Release Candidate Published for Download
Mozilla has elevated the most recent Firefox 8 Beta to release candidate status.
A new version of Firefox is on the way. Version 8, the fifth new release of the browser this year, will be released next Monday and is now available as a release candidate build (Mozilla now considers its final beta builds release candidates).
With no more changes, except critical bug fixes, to be expected, the latest Firefox will arrive with Twitter search, tab tweaks and greater restrictions for third-party add-ons, which will make Firefox 8 a must-upgrade.
In Firefox 8, restored tabs will only load the active tab in a new session. All other tabs will be loaded when viewed by the user. Tab dragging is now represented by an animated tabbed and not just a simple line. Third party add-ons such as toolbars will be much more guarded in Firefox 8 as they cannot run without the user's explicit permission anymore. This should prevent at least some breakage in the browser that is caused by outdated or unwanted add-ons.
Not included in this version is the much anticipated silent upgrade feature in Firefox that will work similarly to the process Google is using with Chrome. Mozilla expects this feature to be available in Firefox 10.
I bet you can't even notice the speed difference in a real world performance, but you saw some benchmark with milliseconds of a difference and now you're saying that Chrome is "SO" much faster.
Please, make the internet a favor and smash your router for good.
Exactly.
I bet you can't even notice the speed difference in a real world performance, but you saw some benchmark with milliseconds of a difference and now you're saying that Chrome is "SO" much faster.
Please, make the internet a favor and smash your router for good.
Exactly.
I pretty much live off Firefox right now, coming off of Chrome... Chrome was too buggy with gmail and google docs. I think Google revamping their gmail page may help with that, so I may be going back to Chrome... (So ironic that Google Chrome caused such a problem with Google Mail and Google Docs... Its like Google never even bothered to test their own pages with their own browser...).
And at work: I use all browsers... From IE to Safari to Opera to FF to Chrome and sometimes beyond... Certain pages only work with certain browsers, period...
You are so right that's why Chrome got removed I'm NOT having services running on the system for noting plus Task Scheduler loaded ether for a stupid update I let you know when I ready to update. Keep this up and I'll just use IE as you can see is still the most used browser. http://www.netmarketshare.com/
32bit is a dying breed.
Absolutely true, except what would the benefit be? It wouldn't be any faster, and probably a little slower. Probably take a little more memory. Probably wouldn't benefit at all from seeing more than 3.5 gbs.
Tell me again what benefit there is for it go to 64-bit? I missed it the first time.
Sure, every machine you'll see in stores is 64-bit now, and anything made within the past 5 years can run a 64-bit OS, but many older machines (like in the Vista days) shipped with a 32-bit one. The main issue with a 64-bit browser is that Adobe Flash was, the last time I checked, 32-bit only (there was a 64-bit beta available though). It's only a matter of time though. And remember, with a web browser, you probably don't need more than 2GB of RAM just for that. But given that many browsers (ie, chrome, but not ff) put tabs in different processes, I think it helps to get around that 2GB limit.
They were doing that and some people were saying they were being left behind (even though they weren't), so they decided to follow the guide that Google set with Chrome and give each tiny little update it's own version number, so now people say they are going too fast. They just can't win.
People were complaining that they were being left behind in development, not in version numbers. You can do .1 increments for each of these new versions no problem. You would have same product just without reaching version 100 by the end of next year...
Most netbooks ship with a 32 bit os.