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Firefox 3.5 Reviewed; Draws Praise For HTML5, Speed

Posted by timothy on from the new-improved-dragon dept.

johndmartiniii writes "Farhad Manjoo has a review of Firefox 3.5 at Slate.com this week. From the article: 'Lately I've been worried about Firefox. Ever since its debut in 2004, the open-source Web browser has won acclaim for its speed, stability, and customizability. It eventually captured nearly a quarter of the market, an astonishing achievement for a project run by a nonprofit foundation. But recently Firefox seemed to go soft.' The worried tone in the beginning of the review gives way to excitement over the HTML5 features being implemented, saying that thus far Firefox 3.5 'offers the best implementation of the standard — and because it's the second-most-popular Web browser in the world, the new release is sure to prompt Web designers to create pages tailored to the Web's new language.'" The final version could be here at any time; Firefox 3.5 is still shown as a release candidate at Mozilla's home page. Update: 06/30 15:31 GMT by T : No longer marked as RC; the Firefox upgrade page now says 3.5 has arrived.

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  1. FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP! :D

  2. Serious question for liberals by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm not trying to be an ass. I'm asking a serious question of liberals. Why do you flee states like CA and NY where you kept voting yourselves tax increases until your eyes were popping out and no one could afford to live or do business in your state any more, only to land in a much more affordable state and repeat the process all over again? Why do you keep doing the same things and expecting different results? Isn't that the definition of insanity? Could you please stop wrecking the quality of life for people who have modest means but still like to enjoy having a little disposable income? For God's sake, you're like a plague of locusts: once you've devoured all of the tax revenue of one region, you move on to the next, with little thought to the devastation you leave in your wake. You leave behind empty, crime-ridden cities with trashed real-estate markets, crushing taxes on the few producers that decide to stick around for some insane reason, and huge social programs well beyond the state's means to pay for them. But of course those social programs are vital to keep the majority of folks from starving and losing their shelter once you've finished your handiwork.

    1. Re:Serious question for liberals by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      See, now that's what I'm talking about. You liberals just want everyone to follow your agenda without asking any questions, and just trust that you know what's best for us and our families better than we do. Any attempt to question your policies is met with an attempt to silence it through ridicule or intimidation. Gee, I always wanted to know what it was like to live in early 1930s Germany. Thanks for showing me, libs.

  3. Re:As usual with new Firefox releases... by Mercodus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    > Not everybody is using a dual core with 4Gb of RAM you know.

    you're right... I'm using a quad core with 8Gb of RAM :D

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  4. Re:As usual with new Firefox releases... by VGPowerlord · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...that's what my home machine has.

    At work, I'm stuck on a Dual-core with 3GB of RAM. :(

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