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Thread ID: 116863 2011-03-23 07:24:00 Firefox 4 Twelvevolts (5457) PC World Chat
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1188814 2011-03-24 06:38:00 But is it better or equal to IE9?

LL
WORSE - its now locked up on another site as well (technet) - the old version I had was perfectly fine today.

The older version 3.what ever - when I increased the zoom, it went on every page or tab - FF4 doesn't.
wainuitech (129)
1188815 2011-03-24 06:41:00 The older version 3.what ever - when I increased the zoom, it went on every page or tab - FF4 doesn't.

That I don't mind, not all sites need to be zoomed. But if its a feature you like, bugger
plod (107)
1188816 2011-03-24 06:47:00 Its a pain in the arse - IE and opera do continue the same size - see attachment to see what I mean - The one on the left is zoomed in to make it larger ( larger than I normally would), another Tab was opened and its obviously smaller - its a Tab pulled from the first window.

Sorry FF -- no good. :groan:
Looks like they are falling behind , it has a few "features" but they are gimmicks.
I know a few people who have to have the pages zoomed quite a bit because of failing eye sight, and it wont be any good to them or many others if they have to manually adjust every page - my recommendation will be IE or Opera.
wainuitech (129)
1188817 2011-03-24 06:57:00 They got rid of the status bar for some stupid reason Agent_24 (57)
1188818 2011-03-24 07:13:00 The zoom setting sticks across tabs and pages for me. Perhaps I am lucky :clap

I altered settings to restore tool bars etc so that it looks like I have been used to.....don't like uneccessary changes and bells and whistles.......:)

I can't get the old status bar back though, there is an Addon bar at the bottom with the DownloadHhelper and ABP logos etc at the right hand end.
Terry Porritt (14)
1188819 2011-03-24 07:18:00 I've installed an add-on called "Status-4-Evar" which brings the status bar back :D

Coupled with the "mx3" Maxthon theme it looks quite like Firefox 3 again now.


I can't say I like Firefox 4's default look very much at all!
Agent_24 (57)
1188820 2011-03-24 07:27:00 Right-o fixed the default Zoom - installed This add on (addons.mozilla.org) - now all tabs open at the level I set.

Shame Firefox has to have an add-on to do what other browsers do by default. :groan:
wainuitech (129)
1188821 2011-03-24 07:34:00 I've installed an add-on called "Status-4-Evar" which brings the status bar back :D

Coupled with the "mx3" Maxthon theme it looks quite like Firefox 3 again now.


I can't say I like Firefox 4's default look very much at all!

OK thanks, now have a status bar.
It took a little while to notice that the reload current page button had moved across to the right hand end of the address box from where it had been on the left.
Terry Porritt (14)
1188822 2011-03-24 07:55:00 Re the status bar - From Mozilla:
That feature has been removed because it caused performance issues (slow down and CPU usage). It may return in a future Firefox 4.x version, but not in 4.0. You can see a counter clockwise spinning throbber during the connection phase and a clockwise spinning throbber during the loading phase. That progression bar didn't give a real impression of the loading anyway, so it was deceiving and thus removed. cough cough "bull sh1t" cough cough.

Now we know one way how they are trying to make it faster -- remove all the previous features -- Then to get them all back a person has to install god knows how many add-ons --- thats a good plan :D
wainuitech (129)
1188823 2011-03-24 07:58:00 I just got an update that upgraded me to 3.something.

Firefox 4? Pffft, I'll wait.
--Wolf-- (128)
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