Firefox Better Than Before?
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Even with the latest release of Firefox out for OS X users, Safari and Chrome are still very much something that remains on the radar. And obviously for OS X users, Safari is never far from anyone’s mind when it comes to a strong browser right out of the gate.
As for what is making Firefox 3.5 such a hit, that is difficult to explain. On my Linux box, it’s performance is vastly improved. And on the Mac, I have also noted some improvement there as well. Firefox does seem to run a bit smoother. Enough to where I am not reaching for alternatives as often, anyway.
As to whether the new found competition with Chrome is going to eventually be an issue, I would remind everyone it is too early to know yet. Ask me again in a year or so, then I should have a better idea on this one I suspect. Because thus far, Chrome is not a threat to anyone.
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Christian
July 3rd, 2009
at 6:27pm
I love Firefox 3.5 and is the best browser I’ve seen in a long time. I hated Firefox 3.0 and thought was one of the worst web browser in the world, but I had to use it anyway, as a substitute browser to Safari. Now I feel there is a battle between the two.
Aaron Vail
July 3rd, 2009
at 6:29pm
I think its really great… its faster, they also included a “new tab” button I have been waiting for. I think safari 4 is faster then all and is very great. But since I’m a web designer and have about 5 browsers installed I have Firefox set as my default, but I still use safari for plain browsing and searching.
Martyn McFarquhar
July 3rd, 2009
at 6:38pm
Safari 4 is still everything I could want in a browser, and after a quick test of Firefox 3.5 I’d still say Safari was faster…though that is a subjective perception.
Chris Olbekson
July 3rd, 2009
at 6:52pm
3.5 is a great improvement but safari 4.0 is still the fastest for me. You can benchmark your browsers at peacekeeper.com
Kurt
July 3rd, 2009
at 7:01pm
Nope, it’s worse. It takes 2-3 minutes to load on a freshly booted XP machine. 3.0.11 *only* took 20-30 seconds to load. I uninstalled 3.5 on my laptop and desktop and went back to 3.0.11
Rambling Johnny
July 3rd, 2009
at 9:59pm
It amazingly fast on Linux this is the first time Firefox get optimized for Linux right out of the box and it show. I benchmark my Firefox on my Linux AMD 64 rig against Safari on a Mac Pro pro any day!
Eric
July 3rd, 2009
at 10:03pm
I reinstalled 3.0.11 because some of my addons were incompatible with 3.5, namely tabmixplus (which I am in love with.) Besides, 3.0.11 is EXTREMELY fast now that I found out about Fasterfox lite. I’m using windows XP and it id MUCH faster that Safari four. I also like the customization options on firefox, but safari’s new windows interface doesn’t cut it for me.