Comments on: Firefox 3 Gripes and Cheers http://www.thynctank.com/software/2008/04/firefox-3-gripes-and-cheers/ The Science of Thynctank. Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:25:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: thynctank http://www.thynctank.com/software/2008/04/firefox-3-gripes-and-cheers/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 thynctank Sat, 24 May 2008 00:26:43 +0000 http://www.thynctank.com/?p=71#comment-1248 <p>Also, I wanted to note that (at least in current versions I've played with, 3b4 and RC1) the dragging-between-monitors problem is not so much a problem as it is a case of one screen being wider than the other. My laptop's screen has a higher resolution than that of the Cinema display and this may be what the issue was all along. However, FF2 never had this "problem" that I'm aware.</p> Also, I wanted to note that (at least in current versions I’ve played with, 3b4 and RC1) the dragging-between-monitors problem is not so much a problem as it is a case of one screen being wider than the other. My laptop’s screen has a higher resolution than that of the Cinema display and this may be what the issue was all along. However, FF2 never had this “problem” that I’m aware.

]]> By: David Rivers http://www.thynctank.com/software/2008/04/firefox-3-gripes-and-cheers/comment-page-1/#comment-1147 David Rivers Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:27:57 +0000 http://www.thynctank.com/?p=71#comment-1147 <p>I'd also like to switch to the newish FF3 if only plexons (plugins-extensions-addons) functioned properly in it, tell you what (you colloquialism-jacker!)!</p> I’d also like to switch to the newish FF3 if only plexons (plugins-extensions-addons) functioned properly in it, tell you what (you colloquialism-jacker!)!

]]> By: thynctank http://www.thynctank.com/software/2008/04/firefox-3-gripes-and-cheers/comment-page-1/#comment-1114 thynctank Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:57:57 +0000 http://www.thynctank.com/?p=71#comment-1114 <p>Guess I should also clarify that Asa had a lot to do with Firefox blowing up. Haha. [insert awkward pause] My bad.</p> Guess I should also clarify that Asa had a lot to do with Firefox blowing up. Haha. [insert awkward pause] My bad.

]]> By: Nick Carter http://www.thynctank.com/software/2008/04/firefox-3-gripes-and-cheers/comment-page-1/#comment-1113 Nick Carter Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:37:17 +0000 http://www.thynctank.com/?p=71#comment-1113 <p>Wow, a Mozilla team member on my blog! Radness!</p> <p>Thanks for the clarification. I did read recently the Oct 13, 2006 article by Eich (http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roadmap/archives/2006/10/mozilla_2.html) that included a lot of interesting information regarding the massive bug fixes. Lot of cobwebs to clear out from the old days. Just thought perhaps the native controls might've had /something/ to do with it.</p> <p>Played with the config hack last night/earl this morning and found it slowed down my FF3 terribly. I was able to get 9/10 extensions working. I must say I'm still confounded by the naming of things. What's an Add-on? What's an extension? What's a plugin? I'll admit I'm a terrible abuser of the terminology. Extensions are XUL and Plugs are native code for handling binary data, correct? Both are Add-ons.</p> <p>I run two different MacBook Pros, one a 17" and the other a 15". I run two monitors side by side at work and one above the other at home. (the cinema display is crammed between to reference monitor speakers) The 17" runs Tiger and the 15" runs Leopard. I believe I was on the 15". Not sure what I'm looking for to identify the machine as a Rev D...</p> Wow, a Mozilla team member on my blog! Radness!

Thanks for the clarification. I did read recently the Oct 13, 2006 article by Eich (http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roadmap/archives/2006/10/mozilla_2.html) that included a lot of interesting information regarding the massive bug fixes. Lot of cobwebs to clear out from the old days. Just thought perhaps the native controls might’ve had /something/ to do with it.

Played with the config hack last night/earl this morning and found it slowed down my FF3 terribly. I was able to get 9/10 extensions working. I must say I’m still confounded by the naming of things. What’s an Add-on? What’s an extension? What’s a plugin? I’ll admit I’m a terrible abuser of the terminology. Extensions are XUL and Plugs are native code for handling binary data, correct? Both are Add-ons.

I run two different MacBook Pros, one a 17″ and the other a 15″. I run two monitors side by side at work and one above the other at home. (the cinema display is crammed between to reference monitor speakers) The 17″ runs Tiger and the 15″ runs Leopard. I believe I was on the 15″. Not sure what I’m looking for to identify the machine as a Rev D…

]]> By: Asa Dotzler http://www.thynctank.com/software/2008/04/firefox-3-gripes-and-cheers/comment-page-1/#comment-1110 Asa Dotzler Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:07:57 +0000 http://www.thynctank.com/?p=71#comment-1110 <p>"Firefox 3 runs immensely faster than FF2. Startup time, page load time, JS execution time, all seem much faster. I credit much of this to Mozilla handing off much of the work of the browser to native API for drawing form controls and for similar tasks."</p> <p>Actually, that had absolutely no positive impact on our performance and memory usage. We did, however, spend more than two years fixing bugs, optimizing memory and tuning for performance in JavaScript, image rendering, and more. </p> <p>Add-ons compatibility is moving really fast too. We're up to about 60% of the most used addons being compatible and we think that'll be a lot better as we get closer to shipping. </p> <p>The screen problem is interesting to me. I always run with an external monitor and can easily drag Firefox or any Firefox sub-window (bookmarks organizer, preferences, etc.) between my two screens without any difficulty. </p> <p>What generation MacBook do you have? I know that they revved the graphics sub-system in Rev D MacBooks so maybe if you're on one that's not the same as mine, that could be related. </p> <ul> <li>A</li> </ul> “Firefox 3 runs immensely faster than FF2. Startup time, page load time, JS execution time, all seem much faster. I credit much of this to Mozilla handing off much of the work of the browser to native API for drawing form controls and for similar tasks.”

Actually, that had absolutely no positive impact on our performance and memory usage. We did, however, spend more than two years fixing bugs, optimizing memory and tuning for performance in JavaScript, image rendering, and more.

Add-ons compatibility is moving really fast too. We’re up to about 60% of the most used addons being compatible and we think that’ll be a lot better as we get closer to shipping.

The screen problem is interesting to me. I always run with an external monitor and can easily drag Firefox or any Firefox sub-window (bookmarks organizer, preferences, etc.) between my two screens without any difficulty.

What generation MacBook do you have? I know that they revved the graphics sub-system in Rev D MacBooks so maybe if you’re on one that’s not the same as mine, that could be related.

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