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Minefield Shows the (Really) Fast Future of Firefox
zootropole writes "If you are using Firefox 3 (or even Chrome) you should consider taking a look at Mozilla's Minefield. This browser (alpha version yet, but stable) would give a new meaning to 'fast browsing experience.' Some Firefox extensions aren't supported, but riding the fastest javascript engine on the planet definitely worth a try. Minefield's install won't affect your Firefox, so there's no risk trying it. It's fast. Really. And I'm loving it."
Reviews popping up around the web are overwhelmingly positive, calling the upcoming browser crazy fast, blisteringly fast, etc.
thanks to minefield :)
Ludwig Wittgenstein
... was it to code name a perfectly fine browser that's both fast and stable "Minefield"?????
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Another browser to test on!!!
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Which is faster, crazy or blistering??
I dont think crazy sounds all that fast - I mean most crazies I've met have had trouble moving around much without taking timeouts to wipe drool and yell at the birds.
I have spoken'eth.
Just asking.
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Nightlies shouldn't be used by those that want to use extensions...
I dunno. I use the nightlies at work... I don't use any extensions though.
+1 Missed the point but still sounded vaguely insightful?
Is crushing a suspect's child's testicles illegal?
John Yoo: "No, [if] the President thinks he needs to do that."
Well... it's 10% faster than Chrome, not than Firefox 3. So, to use your analogy, it's like you're going down the road at 35MPH when Chrome blows by doing 80, and then Minefield blows past doing 88MPH.
(Just better watch that flux capacitor...)
Program Intellivision!
Remember how they used to say that if IBM marketed Kentucky Fried Chicken, they would have called it "Warm Dead Birds".
You missed out the 'or' operator. The original statement was that IF (you want to use extensions OR you want to avoid crashes) THEN you shouldn't use nightlies. The followup said that he used the nightlies and avoided crashes just as well as with the stable release, although he didn't use extensions. So: wants to use extensions FALSE, wants to avoid crashes TRUE, and as it turns out nightlies work just fine. Hence OP's theorem is disproved by counterexample.
Really, this is basic Boolean logic. Anyone reading /. ought to understand this stuff...
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Since I am not going to RTFA, I am going to speculate that Minefield is Mozilla's answer to Microsoft by way of having a faster, more modern version of Minesweeper.
Take that Evil Empire!
i know its just a pre-beta preview, but still, its a marketing. hard. fail.
But if the entire point of the codename is to dissuade end users from trying pre-beta software, it's a marketing. hard. succeed.
No idea, especially now that no browser executes javascript faster than firefox with NoScript!
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You don't need to eliminate choice, you just need to eliminate people who would choose differently. Then socialism works beautifully.
It saddens me that every time someone on /. states that capitalism is not the end-all, there are always people that seem to think communism is the only other option. And they seem for the most part to be coming from the USA.
Does having only 2 relevant political parties make people limited in their views and reasoning or something?
I guess the simple answer is yes. Yes it does.
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