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Firefox 4 Beta 9 Out, Now With IndexedDB and Tabs On Titlebar

Posted by timothy on from the let-us-now-praise-famous-foxes dept.

surveyork writes "''Mozilla today officially released Firefox 4 Beta 9 and it's a big improvement over previous betas and a parsec beyond the Firefox 3.6.x experience. At this stage, after months of development, Mozilla developers are clearly nearing the end of this development marathon.' After Firefox beta 9, a beta 10 and a single RC are scheduled (this road map can change, of course). The main features of Firefox beta 9 are IndexedDB and tabs on titlebar (just like Chrome and Opera). IndexedDB allows sites to store data on your computer (with your prior authorization). Tabs on titlebar is self-explanatory. Old-schoolers can always turn on the 'show menu bar' to get their familiar GUI back. Oh, and Fx beta 9 is fast and starts fast. Firefox beta 9 available here and in lots of official mirrors."

8 of 537 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Status Bar??? by IB4Student · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes, although it's moved to a more logical spot (the URL bar)

  2. Re:I thought the final would be out now. by asa · · Score: 5, Informative

    The plan you're talking about is Mozilla's post Firefox 4 plan.

  3. Re:Status Bar??? by shadowthunder · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've actually found the lack of the status bar quite nice. I only ever used it to see the target link and change NoScript settings. I'm liking the former being done in the remainder of the location bar, and NoScript is handled well through the context menu.

  4. Re:Status Bar??? by gfody · · Score: 5, Informative

    there's already an extension to add the status bar functionality back

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  5. Re:Status Bar??? by igreaterthanu · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes.

    Right click the panel in which the address bar sits, Customize, then drag whatever you want (such as Activity Indicator) to the Status Bar, then press OK.

    Personally I find the status bar to be annoying and like the new design, however.

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  6. Firefox Portable 4.0 Beta 9 - Easy Way To Try It by CritterNYC · · Score: 4, Informative

    As always, we've packaged it for portable use (USB, cloud drive, etc) which also lets you try it out right on your desktop without installing it and impacting your local Firefox install at all.
    http://portableapps.com/news/2011-01-14_-_firefox_portable_4.0_beta_9

    And it really is noticeably faster than previous released.

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  7. Re:Status Bar??? by nospam007 · · Score: 4, Informative

    If I need more viewing space, I just press F11.

  8. Re:Status Bar??? by Joce640k · · Score: 5, Informative

    1) You can hide it with two mouse clicks in the current version.

    2) It's impossible to get in the new version.

    Which of those options makes any sense to you...?

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