Firefox 4 Final Available Now

webgenius

webgenius

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FF4 is so cool. Absolutely awesome.
There is one change in FF4 that is irritating me. The developers have swapped the position of "Open link in new tab" and "open link in new window" options available on mouse button right-click. Now I'm ending up opening a new window instead of a tab :(
 
ico

ico

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webgenius said:
FF4 is so cool. Absolutely awesome.
There is one change in FF4 that is irritating me. The developers have swapped the position of "Open link in new tab" and "open link in new window" options available on mouse button right-click. Now I'm ending up opening a new window instead of a tab :(
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Why not use the middle mouse click?
 
JojoTheDragon

JojoTheDragon

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Been using it since the RC stages. Its awesome.!

However, the interface feels like its copied from Opera. :(
i mean Opera 11 already has the same interface.
 
Liverpool_fan

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For Ubuntu users:

Firefox 4 PPA for Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 users

Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 users wanting to upgrade to the latest release of Mozilla Firefox can do so by adding the Firefox Stable PPA to their system sources.

To do this, open up the Ubuntu Software Center, head to Edit > Software Sources and click the ‘Other Software’ tab. Press ‘Add’ and then paste ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable into the relevant field.

After adding the PPA you will be prompted to update your sources. Once done you can head to System > Administration > Update Manager to perform an upgrade

Alternatively you can do the above via the Terminal (Applications > Terminal). Just enter the following two commands separately, entering your password when asked: -

Code: 
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable
    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
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ico

ico

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pauldmps said:
Why is everyone copying stuff from Chrome like minimalistic UI & Tabs over the address bar ?
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Anything wrong with it?

Everyone copied Tabs and other features from Opera. Everyone copied extensions from Firefox. Nothing wrong if it gives you a better product. :)
 
pauldmps

pauldmps

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ico said:
Anything wrong with it?

Everyone copied Tabs and other features from Opera. Everyone copied extensions from Firefox. Nothing wrong if it gives you a better product. :)
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One side you claim that Chrome is useless & only achieved a market share due to Google's marketing & on the other side, you justify copying things from Chrome (from a useless browser, that is). How can it become a better product copying things from a useless product ?
 
ico

ico

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pauldmps said:
One side you claim that Chrome is useless & only achieved a market share due to Google's marketing & on the other side, you justify copying things from Chrome (from a useless browser, that is). How can it become a better product copying things from a useless product ?
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When did I ever claim Chrome is "useless" and "only" achieved a market share due to Google's marketing? :)

And I'm posting this through Chromium in Arch Linux.

PS: Chromium is my default browser.
 
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adi007

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Yes FF has borrowed from opera and Chrome.. so what ? :p
I look for the better product .. If someone else starts a browser and combines all goodness of IE,FF,Chrome and Opera ; will ditch FF .. :)
Really dont know how people will fall in love with some software/hardware products and become fan-boys :p
 
coderunknown

coderunknown

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pauldmps said:
One side you claim that Chrome is useless & only achieved a market share due to Google's marketing & on the other side, you justify copying things from Chrome (from a useless browser, that is).
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what he said earlier was Chrome is one of the fastest growing browser. not only cause its fast, but its a Google product. there is ad everywhere. Chrome is not useless but some prefer FF for the extension support & some other reasons.

pauldmps said:
How can it become a better product copying things from a useless product ?
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can IE become a better browser if it sheds the default looks & goes for something like Safari? is it rated high in TDF even after a fresh UI overhaul?

PS: using Chrome since 2yrs(since 1st release). secondary browser is Opera. last used FF in 2009.
 
ico

ico

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Sam said:
there is ad everywhere.
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This.

Google had put a small message on their search engine page and in YouTube. "Try out Google Chrome." Everyone uses these two sites extensively. Then they also own Adsense. They also published advertisement in Indian newspapers. :p (In Hindi newspapers too ;))

Can Mozilla and Opera Software do that?

Microsoft can; but IE sucks unlike Chrome so it's a completely different story.
 
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leo61611616

leo61611616

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ico said:
Google had put a small message on their search engine page and in YouTube. "Try out Google Chrome." Everyone uses these two sites extensively. Then they also own Adsense. They also published advertisement in Indian newspapers. :p (In Hindi newspapers too ;))
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Not to forget the free publicity Chrome got during one KBC episode as well.
 
rockfella

rockfella

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It has been copied straight from OPERA 11. Good though. I've started liking opera more than FF. My mom uses the speed dial feature of opera hence i don't use it or i would use it over FF now anyday.
 
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