Get FireFox 4 now....
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I use FF4 and it is much faster than its predecessors - I like it...
There are some minor annoyances - my favorite theme and some of my favorite add-ons are not compatible [yet]... but these will come along shortly I'm sure.
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I have been a fan of FF for years. I am looking forward to using this upgrade but there are already a couple things that are odd.
One the SketchUcation board index is different now. It is more stretched out. Almost like FF is using a different font that has a larger distance between lines of text.
If it is so smart, why not detect what font I had... I don't remember that. 
The biggest thing I see that bugs the crap out of me (and this happens with many programs) is the Getting Started introductions, specifically the Meet Firefox page. Look at the attached image. My browser window does not look like the one they show. WTF? I just installed it, why the difference?
The Firefox Menu Button and Bookmarks Button are not there. I am sure I can configure them to look like that but why show something that does not install right out of the box?End of Rant.
Honestly, I am looking forward to the upgrade.
And thanks Rich.
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Here's a good article by the guys at lifehacker...
Lifehacker | Do everything better
Lifehacker is the ultimate authority on optimizing every aspect of your life. Do everything better.
Lifehacker (lifehacker.com)
Watch the 'Tabs, Tabs, Tabs' video
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Thanks for the heads-up.
But to my shame I admit that I´ve downgraded to previous version for the same reasons Gaieus mentioned. -
@unknownuser said:
Here's a good article by the guys at lifehacker...
Lifehacker | Do everything better
Lifehacker is the ultimate authority on optimizing every aspect of your life. Do everything better.
Lifehacker (lifehacker.com)
Watch the 'Tabs, Tabs, Tabs' video
Ooh - now I can make a group for Sketchucation, Twilight and Thea! Nice tip.
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Hey Antoine,
You're keeping quiet these days. Must be to do with turning four-o
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Lifehacker -
@unknownuser said:
One of the biggest complaints people make about Firefox is, luckily, one of the biggest improvements in Firefox 4: its speed.
which should then continue:
@unknownuser said:
Until you load a new design Gawker site, then the speed gain is negated by our site design. (If it indeed loads for you at all.)
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@unknownuser said:
Hey Antoine,
You're keeping quiet these days. Must be to do with turning four-o
LOL - yeah you right!;) I've been swamped with work and organizing a New Beetle show in Roswell, NM for this summer...so not much time to enjoy the forums and extra stuff.
Had a couple days where I wasn't swamped and it has been nice checking out the forums again.
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I tried out FF RC2 recently and was disappointed to find some of my fave extensions were not compatible, but I guess they will be updated in time.
In the end though I completely uninstalled it - something I thought I would never do as I was a confirmed FF addict. What put me off was not the new UI or anything but simply that in a direct comparison with Chrome to load the same website, one I visit quite often, it was unbelievably slow . Chrome had the site rendered in no time at all yet FF took ages. I know this was still just RC2 but it was near enough the finished version. I have been looking forward to FF4 for a while but have been disappointed with it`s performance. So Chrome it is for now. -
I used fire fox to 7 years
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I installed it last night. Similar problems with incompatible add-ons, but so what. Opened it up... nothing, no internet connection. IE connected, Chrome connected, but not FF4! I tried rebooting. Nothing. I tried a suggestion I found online about proxy settings. Nothing.
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@ledisnomad said:
Opened it up... nothing, no internet connection.
Well, maybe this is why FF4 is so fast!! Because it doesn't need internet connection
everything you want is on localhost 
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given up on this version for now..
the Fuzzy Fonts is an eye killer. -
@khai said:
given up on this version for now..
the Fuzzy Fonts is an eye killer.Get another theme - I use MX3 2.6.7... No fuzz...
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@khai said:
ok that worked thanks...
but killed the persona... daaaamn lol
I have yet to find a persona I like without the fuzz...
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ok that worked thanks...
but killed the persona... daaaamn lol
edit - nope. restarted it without persona's...and the font's fuzzy again. sigh back to FF3.
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@khai said:
given up on this version for now..
the Fuzzy Fonts is an eye killer.Any relation to Happy Days Fonz?
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MX3 is a nice one TIG, thanks.
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@unknownuser said:
The easiest way to fix blurry fonts in Firefox 4 is to install the Anti-Aliasing Tuner add-on. From there, you should just be able to turn on ClearType rendering for all fonts and fix the problrem.
Have you tried this?
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yup. I did the even easier fix.
use Firefox 3 or Chrome - which has hardware acceleration but no issues with simple font rendering.
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