[VRNews]

Mozilla Firefox users rejoice! The maker has just released the latest 3.5 version of the web browser with improved features and performance. (In short, its time to upgrade). If you are already using the Firefox web browser, just click on "Check for Updates..." under Help tab. Otherwise, you can download the web browser here.


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Mozilla Firefox 3.5 is here

[alkolkin]

For many of my clients, 3.5 is the slowest loading program ever made. For some it takes nearly 2 minutes to load initially, whether in Safe mode or regular. It seems that many are complaining about this on the Internet.

[無名]

it loads fast for me tho..

[gamerguy]

Originally Posted by alkolkin

For many of my clients, 3.5 is the slowest loading program ever made. For some it takes nearly 2 minutes to load initially, whether in Safe mode or regular. It seems that many are complaining about this on the Internet.

nearly 2 mins? what are they using, a pentium 2?
but it's true that firefox is always the slowest loading among all the 3 popular browsers out there...

[eventer]

Originally Posted by gamerguy

..but it's true that firefox is always the slowest loading among all the 3 popular browsers out there...

Nope, I have no problem with it at all.....Think its YOU guys...

[Mclairs]

Originally Posted by alkolkin

For many of my clients, 3.5 is the slowest loading program ever made. For some it takes nearly 2 minutes to load initially, whether in Safe mode or regular. It seems that many are complaining about this on the Internet.

I never had such problem with firefox. If u think IE is the best out there, den you are so wrong.

[babybearbear]

Originally Posted by alkolkin

For many of my clients, 3.5 is the slowest loading program ever made. For some it takes nearly 2 minutes to load initially, whether in Safe mode or regular. It seems that many are complaining about this on the Internet.

I dun have such problem. FYI, I am only using 1GB of RAM on a 3-year-old Mac.

My Firefox 3.5 loads very fast.

However, my IE on my April 2009 Windows notebook loads slower.

[bugga321]

No offense, but this article should be removed !! there are more bugs in this release that IE !!! I been using FF since time began.....

I have spent the day in the FF support forums reporting issues, mouse cursor disappearing, pages saying "page not found" ebay licks stalling, security issues with https logings the list goes on !! many others are complaining about the same problems and more, i am now reverting back to 3.3 until this release is fixed up.

Just a word of warning anyway guys and gals.

[babybearbear]

Originally Posted by bugga321

No offense, but this article should be removed !! there are more bugs in this release that IE !!! I been using FF since time began.....

I have spent the day in the FF support forums reporting issues, mouse cursor disappearing, pages saying "page not found" ebay licks stalling, security issues with https logings the list goes on !! many others are complaining about the same problems and more, i am now reverting back to 3.3 until this release is fixed up.

Just a word of warning anyway guys and gals.

what issues you encountered? I haven't encountered one yet.

[nubie2]

Seems pretty much the same as 3.0.11 to me, loads about the same, rock-solid as far as I can tell.

The New Tab button was a little confusing at first, I keep clicking it when I am shutting down a string of tabs, but it is useful.

Any word on improved Flash performance? That I would like to see.

[ocping]

Err, 2 mins loading time? Wot the fish Sounds more like a problem of a seriously outdated computer more than anything else.

From my experience, 3.5 uses a lot less RAM than 3.0. No idea about bugs, zero problems here.

[babybearbear]

Originally Posted by ocping

Err, 2 mins loading time? Wot the fish Sounds more like a problem of a seriously outdated computer more than anything else.

From my experience, 3.5 uses a lot less RAM than 3.0. No idea about bugs, zero problems here.

Ya, 2 min too long liao, my comp booted up in 40s...

... but after upgrade to Leopard, it boots up in 60s (why slower? )

[proyb2]

Originally Posted by alkolkin

For many of my clients, 3.5 is the slowest loading program ever made. For some it takes nearly 2 minutes to load initially, whether in Safe mode or regular. It seems that many are complaining about this on the Internet.

We don't know who your clients. You might be referring to those computers which have joined domain to Active Directory and installed with some well-known resource hog antivirus would, of course, experience a snail speed in performance. That is either Windows or AV issues, not Firefox as you make out to be.

Who care what your clients use? what has it got to do with you when you are using the Firefox youself? Just don't let other people affect you.

[syscev]

I have this problem too and don't say my system is slow.. haha.. Specs below..

There seems to some kind of problem with the session restore once you load the browser. Having many open tabs previously seems to directly related to the problem. On my home PC it just takes a while to load on my office notebook where i always open lots of tabs... after a long wait I get an error stating the previous session window cannot be restored.

I have no such problem with the previous release. FF 3.5 is certainly buggy, hope the have a patch soon for these performance problems.

[SpinFire]

Firefox 3.5 doesn't work out for me. It uses a lot more memory than 3.0.11, and the GUI is laggy at times. I've since switched back to 3.0.11.