Firefox 3 beta 4 is out.

WolfsBane · WolfsBane #1 (**permalink**)

03-11-2008, 04:03 PM

Mozilla released Firefox 3 beta 4 last night. Over 900 improvements over the previous release? Better integration? Better memory management? Improved functionality? Reportedly 2-3 times faster than Firefox 2.

JohnTheMacGeek · JohnTheMacGeek #2 (**permalink**)

03-11-2008, 07:07 PM

Seems to be working well so far! It does seem to be faster than FF2.

jram · jram #3 (**permalink**)

03-11-2008, 07:31 PM

It runs ok, still nowhere near as fast as Camino
nightly or Webkit nightly.

Brown Study · Brown Study #4 (**permalink**)

03-11-2008, 08:27 PM

I installed it this afternoon for a couple of hours and ran the only three of the extensions I run that I could find would work. It's faster than 2.0.0.12.

It wouldn't load SmoothWheel, not because the extension is out of date for the beta but because the author hadn't included a secure update certificate. I know the site is safe because I've been using it for years. There's a newer smoothwheel-type extension by another author, but it won't load because it's good only for Beta 3.

The older SmoothWheel was loading until the newly evolved Mozilla nanny state rejected it. Someone is sure to write an extension that will bounce the nanny out the door.

cwa107 · cwa107 #5 (**permalink**)

03-11-2008, 08:43 PM

I've really enjoyed beta 3, so I was quite excited about beta 4. Unfortunately, it's just not as stable. I've been using it all day today and had FF crap out at least a half dozen times during normal use. I hope beta 5 comes out quickly.

JohnTheMacGeek · JohnTheMacGeek #6 (**permalink**)

03-11-2008, 09:01 PM

I've been using b4 all day and have had no difficulties with it at all.

WolfsBane · WolfsBane #7 (**permalink**)

03-11-2008, 10:43 PM

Non of my plug-ins are working, but this is pretty normal with any beta that I've tested. Was kind of hoping they would integrate a better cookie manager. Been using Cookieculler, but I'm not sure how up to date it is.

So far, so good with beta 4. Code freeze for beta 5 is March 18th.

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #8 (**permalink**)

03-11-2008, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwa107

I've really enjoyed beta 3, so I was quite excited about beta 4. Unfortunately, it's just not as stable. I've been using it all day today and had FF crap out at least a half dozen times during normal use. I hope beta 5 comes out quickly.

Beta 3 was doing 70 on the new Acid 3 test but Beta 4 went down to 67 for me.

The latest WebKit build is doing 90 on Acid 3 which is way better than anything else out there at this point and is VERY fast.

tmorgan1689 · tmorgan1689 #9 (**permalink**)

03-13-2008, 04:18 PM

I've had no problems with Beta 4 crashing on me, whats WebKit?

cwa107 · cwa107 #10 (**permalink**)

03-13-2008, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tmorgan1689

I've had no problems with Beta 4 crashing on me, whats WebKit?

Webkit is the rendering engine for Safari (the basis for the browser).

giulio · giulio #11 (**permalink**)

03-13-2008, 04:38 PM

I cant get beta 4 to launch. It will launch once, and i create a new profile (so that it doesn't destroy my v2.0 profile. It runs fine. I quit and relaunch, choose the v3 profile and it quits silently. How disappointing.

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #12 (**permalink**)

03-13-2008, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tmorgan1689

I've had no problems with Beta 4 crashing on me, whats WebKit?

http://webkit.org/

jram · jram #13 (**permalink**)

03-13-2008, 05:41 PM

This is easier, tells you if you need a new nightly, sometimes they have 3 in a day. Some are faster than a speeding bullet, some aren't. All are faster than FF.
http://nightly.webkit.org/start/trunk/30966

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Member Since: Dec 21, 2007 Location: Treasure Valley, Idaho. US Posts: 384 Mac Specs: 20" iMac 2.4GHz w/ WD My Book 500GB HDD. MacBook Pro 2.4GHz. iPhone 5, white, 16 Gigs.	03-11-2008, 04:03 PM Mozilla released Firefox 3 beta 4 last night. Over 900 improvements over the previous release? Better integration? Better memory management? Improved functionality? Reportedly 2-3 times faster than Firefox 2. Hope Springs Eternal Welcome... to the house of Rock and Jazz!
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cwa107 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 20, 2006 Location: Middletown, Pennsylvania Posts: 25,917 Mac Specs: 15" MBP, Core i7/2GHz, 8GB RAM, 256GB Crucial M4 SSD	03-11-2008, 08:43 PM I've really enjoyed beta 3, so I was quite excited about beta 4. Unfortunately, it's just not as stable. I've been using it all day today and had FF crap out at least a half dozen times during normal use. I hope beta 5 comes out quickly. Liquid and computers don't mix. It might seem simple, but we see an incredible amount of people post here about spills. Keep drinks and other liquids away from your expensive electronics!
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Member Since: Dec 21, 2007 Location: Treasure Valley, Idaho. US Posts: 384 Mac Specs: 20" iMac 2.4GHz w/ WD My Book 500GB HDD. MacBook Pro 2.4GHz. iPhone 5, white, 16 Gigs.	03-11-2008, 10:43 PM Non of my plug-ins are working, but this is pretty normal with any beta that I've tested. Was kind of hoping they would integrate a better cookie manager. Been using Cookieculler, but I'm not sure how up to date it is. So far, so good with beta 4. Code freeze for beta 5 is March 18th. Hope Springs Eternal Welcome... to the house of Rock and Jazz!
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tmorgan1689 #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 13, 2007 Location: NC Posts: 167 Mac Specs: 2.16 Blackbook 1gb/160gb	03-13-2008, 04:18 PM I've had no problems with Beta 4 crashing on me, whats WebKit? Macbook 2.16/2gb/160gb 32gb iPhone 3GS 8gb Black iPod Nano 3rd Gen
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giulio #11 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 19, 2007 Location: NY USA Posts: 1,813 Mac Specs: iMac 5.1 \| iMac 7.1 \| iPod Touch \| iPod Nano	03-13-2008, 04:38 PM I cant get beta 4 to launch. It will launch once, and i create a new profile (so that it doesn't destroy my v2.0 profile. It runs fine. I quit and relaunch, choose the v3 profile and it quits silently. How disappointing. Freelance Web Development schweb This has to be one of the best threads ever in MF history... Cherokee This gets my vote for most innovative thread on Mac-Forums... ever.
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JohnTheMacGeek #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 05, 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 874 Mac Specs: Mid 2009 MacBook Pro  Mid 2007 iMac  4G iPod Touch  iPhone 4S  iPad	03-11-2008, 07:07 PM Seems to be working well so far! It does seem to be faster than FF2.
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Brown Study #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 11, 2004 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 1,964 Mac Specs: G4 — Tiger and OS 9	03-11-2008, 08:27 PM I installed it this afternoon for a couple of hours and ran the only three of the extensions I run that I could find would work. It's faster than 2.0.0.12. It wouldn't load SmoothWheel, not because the extension is out of date for the beta but because the author hadn't included a secure update certificate. I know the site is safe because I've been using it for years. There's a newer smoothwheel-type extension by another author, but it won't load because it's good only for Beta 3. The older SmoothWheel was loading until the newly evolved Mozilla nanny state rejected it. Someone is sure to write an extension that will bounce the nanny out the door.
	QUOTE Thanks

JohnTheMacGeek #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 05, 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 874 Mac Specs: Mid 2009 MacBook Pro  Mid 2007 iMac  4G iPod Touch  iPhone 4S  iPad	03-11-2008, 09:01 PM I've been using b4 all day and have had no difficulties with it at all.
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jram #13 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 08, 2005 Posts: 469	03-13-2008, 05:41 PM This is easier, tells you if you need a new nightly, sometimes they have 3 in a day. Some are faster than a speeding bullet, some aren't. All are faster than FF. http://nightly.webkit.org/start/trunk/30966
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