Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 [Archive]

err0r

01-20-2009, 10:08 AM

I seriously recommend this, if you haven't tried it out yet. It's a new beta with tracemonkey. Google it...

The speed is surprisingly fast compared with FF3, it's so sexy :eek:

It's only a beta atm, but just give it a try.

EDIT: In terms of speed, memory and a total kickass web-browser, I'd say in this order:
1. FF 3.1 Beta
2. Chrome
3. FF 3
4. Opera/Safari
5. IE (If you're using this, fuck you :mad:)

D̉̋ilẻ̡̓t͓tant͖͑̓e

01-20-2009, 10:15 AM

Wow, seriously, it's out ?
Darn, on my way then

err0r

01-20-2009, 10:29 AM

Yeah, just make sure it's Beta 2, not 1 :p

I should have just put a link http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.1b2/releasenotes/

Done :D

pygar

01-20-2009, 11:13 PM

Hows the memory usage? Is it still the electronic equivalent of 10,000 tonnes?

Haiti's Space Agency

01-21-2009, 04:46 AM

Is it still a huge pile of fat fucking memory hog?

MunkeyQ

01-21-2009, 08:33 AM

Thanks for the heads up, just installed it.

Is anyone else having problems with it crashing when you close it with tabs still loading though? Or is it just me.

k4aic

01-21-2009, 08:35 AM

Thanks for the heads up, just installed it.

Is anyone else having problems with it crashing when you close it with tabs still loading though? Or is it just me.

ive had trouble with that since FF came out ALL versions of the fucker..I switched to opera..

I couldnt handle FF crashing and the thing hiccupping

Jordan

01-21-2009, 06:09 PM

I pretty happy with the current stable build 3.0.5. Even with 512MB of RAM I don't really have an issue with slowing up or delays.

err0r

01-22-2009, 12:37 PM

ive had trouble with that since FF came out ALL versions of the fucker..I switched to opera..

I couldnt handle FF crashing and the thing hiccupping

Never had this before, although it crashed once on the beta version, which I reported.

pygar

01-25-2009, 04:31 AM

well i've had it running for a few days now and these are the things i've noticed:

> the UI is more snappy (there was an artificial delay in prior versions)
> pages load even if they are not fully ready (this is what opera does to make things faster)
> a quick glance reveals that it does use a bit more memory that firefox 3.0.5
>javascript loads much faster, no doubt due to tracemonkey.

overall, most people wont notice the difference.

matt110

01-25-2009, 11:05 AM

The fucking thing decided to make itself the default browser without telling me. Therefore, I uninstalled it.

Back to Chrome for me.