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Hey guys I decided to give Firefox 4 RC (trial version before the release) a try and LOVE IT!

It's a lot faster and has a different look to it. I had to share this with all the freepers. Hope you all like it as much as I do.

Here is the link,

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/RC/

1 posted on 03/22/2011 5:57:34 AM PDT by Sprite518
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To: Sprite518

Here is that link again...

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/RC/


2 posted on 03/22/2011 5:57:58 AM PDT by Sprite518
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To: Sprite518

I’ve been using it for a few days now. Definitely faster than 3.6.15 or whatever iteration they last issued.


4 posted on 03/22/2011 6:01:54 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: Sprite518
I've used Firefox RC and also Beta versions 6 thru 12. Somewhere along the line one of them starting deleting some of my bookmarks.
Didn't delete the folders, but as an example, all the links within a folder or the bottom 10 of 20 links within a folder.
7 posted on 03/22/2011 6:07:22 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Sprite518
Hold it. Isn't today the release date of Firefox 4.0 final version?
10 posted on 03/22/2011 6:16:42 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: Sprite518

How does it compare to Chrome? I like Chrome because it is so fast, but I love Firefox extensions.


11 posted on 03/22/2011 6:17:39 AM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: Sprite518

I had to back up to 3.6.3. One of the later updates loaded a bunch of crap, flash junk, java junk, pop-ups, etc., and created havoc.

I like Firefox, but it is becoming a glutware nightmare. [Does FF 4 fix the memory problem FF has had since version 0.7? FF claims it isn’t their fault, but FF continually consumes and fails to release memory.]

I have played around some with Chrome. It is okay, but it lacks much. It does something my other browsers (FF & IE6) won’t do — it loads video from the news networks. I have always had a problem, especially with FoxNews and CBS and their videos.

I am at XPsp2. I have stopped updating most of the software I run, simply because I know XP and my computer just can’t handle it. I’ve been looking around at the Win 7 laptops/desktops, but can’t force myself to spend the money yet — since I am retired and don’t really need a high-powered processing computer.


14 posted on 03/22/2011 6:28:59 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: ShadowAce

tech ping


17 posted on 03/22/2011 6:50:31 AM PDT by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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To: Sprite518

Been using FF4 for a couple of weeks. I like it. It takes some getting used to the locations of things but it works better.


18 posted on 03/22/2011 6:51:21 AM PDT by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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To: Sprite518

Thanks for the heads up - I just upgraded to Firefox 4RC

So far so good on my XP


22 posted on 03/22/2011 7:17:45 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
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To: Sprite518

No updated IE Tab Add-on, yet . .


30 posted on 03/22/2011 9:00:35 AM PDT by cornelis
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To: Sprite518

I’m pretty much an Opera guy. Fast, easy to use, and intuitive.


33 posted on 03/22/2011 11:51:34 AM PDT by Free Vulcan (Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead.)
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To: Sprite518

I downloaded yesterday. Still adjusting to the changes, but will get there.


50 posted on 03/23/2011 6:11:09 AM PDT by EDINVA
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To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...

56 posted on 03/24/2011 3:08:56 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Sprite518

Been using since about 4.0b6 or so. Very fast, very easy to use, handles lots of tabs open without any problems. Lots of nice features. Good rendering. It’s a solid effort.


57 posted on 03/24/2011 4:53:30 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten (Welcome to the USA - where every day is Backwards Day!)
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I hate it. Tried to check vanguard funds - Vanguard wouldn’t let me in because it said I had to enable javascript - - I checked it - fine. Still couldn’t get in - had to use Google Chrome. Where do I get my old version back?


59 posted on 03/24/2011 7:09:31 PM PDT by GOPJ (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php - It's only uncivil when someone on the right does it.- Laz)
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To: Sprite518
I've been using it for three days. I like it and think it's an improvement.

So far, anyway :-)

67 posted on 03/25/2011 9:39:57 AM PDT by Tribune7 (The Democrat Party is not a political organization but a religious cult.)
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