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[ishan_rulz]

If you are a Mozilla Firefox fan, mark June 30 in your calendar. Mozilla is going to release the final version of its much awaited web browser Firefox 3.5 on Tuesday, June 30.

[razz]

ishan_rulz, on Jun 28 2009, 08:20 AM, said:

If you are a Mozilla Firefox fan, mark June 30 in your calendar. Mozilla is going to release the final version of its much awaited web browser Firefox 3.5 on Tuesday, June 30.

Big Firefox fan here!

[aqua]

yeah is an excellent browser with a lot of support.

[Icedrake]

I'm a fan of Firefox, Opera, and Chromium. So I'll watch for 3.5.

[Matt_]

3.5 is so fast, it's almost hard to believe.

Most of my 42 extensions aren't compatible, but the forced compatibility works fine.

The spell checking thingy of Google Toolbar doesn't seem to like it, though.

[Corona]

Matt_, on Jun 30 2009, 11:05 AM, said:

Most of my 42 extensions aren't compatible, but the forced compatibility works fine.

That's just the thing I didn't want to hear. Is there a list anywhere of popular add-ons that do work with 3.5?

[Andavari]

Matt_, on Jun 30 2009, 10:05 AM, said:

Most of my 42 extensions aren't compatible, but the forced compatibility works fine.

Can you elaborate or link to some info on how to force compatibility? I'm really missing the Elementary Theme which isn't compatible.

[Corona]

It's like love. If someone doesn't love you, you force them to.
I'm sticking with 3.0.11 till I hear better news.

[Matt_]

Andavari, on Jun 30 2009, 01:26 PM, said:

Can you elaborate or link to some info on how to force compatibility? I'm really missing the Elementary Theme which isn't compatible.

Comes bundled with the Nighly Tester Tools, but I'm sure there has to be a stand-alone extension that does the same.

All my extensions work fine. Didn't notice any difference with the previous other than the extreme responsiveness & speed.

Only thing I had to do is reinstall Google Toolbar.

[DennisD]

Andavari, on Jun 30 2009, 06:26 PM, said:

Can you elaborate or link to some info on how to force compatibility? I'm really missing the Elementary Theme which isn't compatible.

If you can't get that theme working, you might like this one. The Winestripe I was using isn't being updated for V 3.5, but this one is very close.

I was gonna post a screenshot, but pasting the thumbnail link from PixPipeline leaves just a blank space in the post. Damn, that's weird, I can't show a screenshot at all with 3.5.

https://addons.mozil...efox/addon/9172


EDIT: 3.5 for me is noticeably faster.

EDIT2: Using the "Nightly Testing Tools" extension, I've just made my Winestripe 3.2 theme compatible. Nice one guys, thanks for that.

[Andavari]

Matt_, on Jun 30 2009, 02:41 PM, said:

Comes bundled with the Nighly Tester Tools, but I'm sure there has to be a stand-alone extension that does the same.

It works very good, finally I'm using my favourite theme now.

[Matt_]

DennisD, on Jun 30 2009, 04:48 PM, said:

EDIT2: Using the "Nightly Testing Tools" extension, I've just made my Winestripe 3.2 theme compatible. Nice one guys, thanks for that.

I can't live without that theme either.

[Icedrake]

Can you guys give me a link to that theme? Can't find it at the FF theme section of Mozilla.

[Matt_]

For those using Tab Mix Plus, the dev build is 100% compatible with 3.5.

@Icedrake DennisD uses Winstripe Realfox. I use Winstripe Modern. Both are similar, though.

[Corona]

Matt_, on Jun 30 2009, 07:51 PM, said:

For those using Tab Mix Plus, the dev build is 100% compatible with 3.5.

@Icedrake DennisD uses Winstripe Realfox. I use Winstripe Modern. Both are similar, though.

Thanks for the tip about Tab Mix Plus, though I'm still certain that add-on adds a strain to FF's speed. I'll keep it in my add-on box just the same.

[Tom AZ]

DennisD, on Jun 30 2009, 02:48 PM, said:

EDIT: 3.5 for me is noticeably faster.

Specifically, in what way, Dennis?

[metalj]

DennisD, on Jun 30 2009, 05:48 PM, said:

EDIT: 3.5 for me is noticeably faster.

For me, it uses 3 times more memory than Safari,
and uses a lot of the processor usage when viewing firefox theme previews.

But it is slightly faster.

[umbildee]

"faster" makes me feel good!
I just also hope that they've included some fix on firefox slow start.
other than that, I like it a lot!

[Icedrake]

Thanks for the link to Winstripe Modern Matt. Great theme, but it's missing the new tab button.

[razz]

Corona, on Jun 30 2009, 02:03 PM, said:

I'm sticking with 3.0.11 till I hear better news.

3.5 works great for me