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Topic: Firefox v3.5 Released!
trog
AGN Admin
Posts: 27324
Location: Brisbane, Queensland

As pointed out by SUPERBOSS, Firefox v3.5 has now been released! Here's the full list of release highlights:
Firefox 3.5 is based on the Gecko 1.9.1 rendering platform, which has been under development for the past year. Firefox 3.5 offers many changes over the previous version, supporting new web technologies, improving performance and ease of use. Some of the notable features are:

* Available in more than 70 languages. (Get your local version!)
* Support for the HTML5 video and audio elements including native support for Ogg Theora encoded video and Vorbis encoded audio.
* Improved tools for controlling your private data, including a Private Browsing Mode.
* Better web application performance using the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine.
* The ability to share your location with websites using Location Aware Browsing.
* Support for native JSON, and web worker threads.
* Improvements to the Gecko layout engine, including speculative parsing for faster content rendering.
* Support for new web technologies such as: downloadable fonts, CSS media queries, new transformations and properties, JavaScript query selectors, HTML5 local storage and offline application storage, canvas text, ICC profiles, and SVG transforms.
You can wait for the automatic update or you can download it now for Windows, locally from AusGamers!
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trog
AGN Admin
Posts: 27327
Location: Brisbane, Queensland

Noticeably faster for me
Chucky
Posts: 31
Location: Brisbane, Queensland

installing now :)
Carson
Posts: 124
Location: Gippsland, Victoria

Automatic update hasn't kicked in for me yet.
greazy
Posts: 1215
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
carson: help > check for updates
Winston
Posts: 280
Location: Melbourne, Victoria

definitely quicker.
Pinky
Posts: 1845
Location: Melbourne, Victoria

Private mode is a winner.

Not that I would ever need it of course.

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Jabroney
Posts: 1083
Location: Queensland
this update is the first update i've actually noticed a major performance improvement

infi
Posts: 12707
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Jumping on the Pron mode bandwagon. This version is damn good. Also I have switched to bing search. By jeeves it craps on google.
deadlyf
Posts: 353
Location: Queensland
X-Forward-For Spoofer addon doesn't work with 3.5.
Opec
Posts: 5792
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Yeah this version kicks arse. Also I find Bing is better than Google in some searches I used it as primary search for a while just to test it out and was quite surprised at how good it was. I'm back using the big bad G again now though.
Pinky
Posts: 1846
Location: Melbourne, Victoria

X-Forward-For Spoofer addon doesn't work with 3.5.

Did you find the xpi, rename to zip, extract, edit manifest to change version support, zip it all back up and rename back to xpi?

That trick hasn't failed me since Firefox 1 alpha... :-P
tequila
Posts: 2590
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
do like, i love being able to pull tabs out
i can now have 3 or 4 youporn links all lined up on one screen
trog
AGN Admin
Posts: 27335
Location: Brisbane, Queensland

Did you find the xpi, rename to zip, extract, edit manifest to change version support, zip it all back up and rename back to xpi?
That is the old lame method of doing it! The new hotness is downloading the nightly tester tools and just clicking 'override compatibility'!
Midda
Posts: 3696
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I've got it. It seems to be a little quicker, but I haven't really done a comparison.
Pinky
Posts: 1850
Location: Melbourne, Victoria

That is the old lame method of doing it! The new hotness is downloading the nightly tester tools and just clicking 'override compatibility'!

Pro-tip. I'm on it.


do like, i love being able to pull tabs out

Hmm, what's this about? I use Tab Kit addon. Sounds like I need to read what's new in 3.5, this sounds good.
whoop
Posts: 14150
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I got a warning saying a bunch of my favourite addons will break. Do not want.
tequila
Posts: 2592
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
you can just drag a tab and it will open in its own window
Pinky
Posts: 1851
Location: Melbourne, Victoria

I got a warning saying a bunch of my favourite addons will break. Do not want.

I had that msg, but none of mine broke. Use trog's tip.
Skitza
Posts: 8789
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Seems to be the same speed. I'm liking Safari right now, awesome.
Triamks
Posts: 2208
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Downloading now.
Dazhel
Posts: 364
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
Found a few quite bad rendering issues on Slashdot, QGL seems fine though. Three quarters of the extensions I had are broken. I might try dumping the old profile and starting from scratch but no likey so far :(

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