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Firefox 4 Released!

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the building-building-building dept.

A great number of readers have written in to tell us that Mozilla has officially announced the final, official, Firefox 4.0. Congrats to all the developers who have code in the build. If you want some neat eye candy, you can watch a sweet visualization showing where the downloaders are.

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  1. How to restore the older tabs look: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Right click on the blank gray space next to the tabs and uncheck the "Tabs on Top" property. That will put the tabs back below the location bar, where they belong.

  2. Re:Awsome! by larry+bagina · · Score: 4, Informative

    Did you know subscribers can see articles in the future?

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    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

  3. Re:Do not want by DrXym · · Score: 4, Informative

    Went to Chrome... Not looking back without a good reason...

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  4. Re:Slow! -- XP user? by MetalliQaZ · · Score: 4, Informative

    Are you using Windows XP? I find that FF4 is slower than FF3.6 on my work computer (winXP) but faster on my home computer (vista). The new version renders using Direct2D on Vista and Win7, but uses software rendering on anything older. I'm sure you lose a lot in that mode of operation.

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  5. Re:Can't switch 'til delicious add-on works by izblah · · Score: 5, Informative

    Have you tried creating a new bool in Firefox's "about:config" ? - Navigate to the following page: about:config - Tell Firefox you'll be careful - Right click in empty white-space and select New -> Boolean from the context menu - Enter the following for the new value: extensions.checkCompatibility.4.0 - Set it to False - Restart Firefox... All of my extensions have worked no prob using this work-around. Until the add-on devs update their wares, this should suffice...

  6. Re:All good except DirectWrite font rendering. by testerus · · Score: 4, Informative

    Try Anti-Aliasing Tuner.