First impressions of Firefox 3.5

Glad I'm viewing this blog with Firefox 3.5 so it doesn't take so long to load that poorly scaled 2MB 4500px × 4330px Firefox logo in this blog.

Speaking of weighing in that 2 meg image file of the FF logo means your doing it wrong.

Although I have not tried Firefox 3.5 I have recently converted all my computers that I use to 3.011. Why? Because IE7 is a joke. IE7 is the most problematic browser I have used in several years. Crashes too often, click on a link and nothing (absolutely nothing) happens, generally like they took a step back or 3.

Just checked for updates and it only shows 3.0.11??? How does one go about getting the update?

Meh. Its OK. Its better than Chrome and IE 7. IE 8 may be technically slower, but its usable. Safari 4.0 was a significant improvement over 3.x. If I weren't already a long time Firefox user, I probably would stick with Safari 4.0 and IE 8.0.

I just tested this in my virtualized gentoo partition with vmware. yes it's marginally faster and the are well improve. I still see memory leaks and this stil is not as good as opera or IE7 and definitely not better than my beta of IE8.

avg software said there is a bug in the 3.5 software and stop it from loading on my computer. please check this out and let me know what there talking about.. i have 3.0 and it works fine..

They must have fixed the logo because it's only 292px × 219px.

With this version of Firefox I've had trouble with YouTube. Firefox unexpectedly crashes whenever I try to get to certain pages on YouTube.

The best just got better! I cannot imagine going online with anything but the Fox. It's not that other software are so bad, I couldn't care less — I am with Firefox because it's so good. It's light-weight, speedy and safe, plus it just works, no nonsense. Bookmarking, session restore, password management, anti-phishing anti-malware features, plus the new Private Browsing — Firefox is a must have! But the one thing I cannot do without, the most powerful feature of Firefox — Add-ons. If you're not on Firefox you're not really online, not really connected. Firefox rocks! Go Shiretoko!

Yes, yes, yes, finally up to speed of Safari. Faster than Explorer. I am just a regular web surfer, no power surfing here, and would say that 3.5 Firefox is now my number one choice.

I have always been a fan of firefox over IE for several years... although i do enjoy a glimpse at Safari or Chrome... FF is by far my favorite browser, and I recommend it to everyone.
From functionality, to security, FF is a clear choice for me!

After using the "Upgraded" Internet Explorer 8, FireFox 3.5 is a breath of fresh air. IE8 has so many problems that it isn't even usable as a modern day browser. FireFox 3.5 allows me to use an updated browser for all the sites I previously visited using IE. Gone are the html mismatches between the browsers.

Conclusion: FireFox 3.5 is a FireFix, and IE8 is an Internet Exploder.

3.011 and it's precedents have been extreme memory hogs. For someone who is less willing to upgrade PC's (and already at the RAM max), it's a real bear. Has that also been changed in 3.5?

I've started using Chrome more often, but it just doesn't have some of the features/add-ons that FF does.

As much as I like Firefox on Windows systems, I prefer Safari on Mac OS X. Version 3.5 has not converted me.

As an IT Professional, Firefox has been a staple of customized web browsing. Version 3.5 is the sleekest and fastest Firefox yet. Every website I've tested it on works well. Even Netflix's proprietary playback works on this edition. Some add-ons are not yet converted, but expect them to update shortly. I recommend this upgrade to any current Firefox users for better performance and functionality.

Safari 4.0 is just still the best. The new FF is like a safari clone with the typical FF skin. I'll stick with Safari, something that has been by far one of the best from the start. Why switch to something trying to mimic the best, when on my macbook I already have the best.

PC version of 3.5 isn't impressing me so far. Maybe it is my machine but 3.0.11 seemed to load a lot faster. As for browsing, no noticeable improvement. But I'll still take this over IE.

Not sure how anyone can say that IE8 is anywhere near the speed of Firefox or Chrome. I prefer to use Chrome since it appears to have the fastest startup but not as feature rich as Firefox.

My only problem so far with 3.5 is I lost my Norton toolbar with the ID Safe. Hopefully either Firefox or Norton will correct this soon. But overall it does appear faster than 3.0, and I've experienced no crashes that some have reported. (including YouTube)

I have NOT used IE for so long I really don't recall. It is sometime before 1999.
I have never had any problems with Firefox and it has always offered more than IE did. Some sites demand use of IE so I put up with that for the few seconds and then I get off of it. I also have switched many a person to Firefox. Because: tab-use, the add-ons, the speed, the reliability, the security. At the time I found Firefox educational institutes were requesting staff and students to use Firefox because of all the issues with IE and it seems like even as little as a few months ago there was a huge security issue with IE. It is the default on Microsoft OS computers, otherwise others would have to choose a browser, and more-wisely they would be choosing.

I have used both IE7 and Firefox 3, and have found good and bad points for each. I recently set Firefox as my default browser, partly due to the add-on features available; in particular, the WOT feature that rates websites for how trustworthy they are. I also enjoy the feature that allows me to restore a previous session, in the event that Firefox shuts down unexpectedly. I keep IE7 on my system, as I have also run into a couple of sites that require it, although those sites are few and far between.

Now faster than ever, I love it! I've been a Firefox user ever since it first arrived. Far safer than IE, because of the fact that it won't automatically install "signed" software while visiting a web page.

Unfortunately, for some of you, it's still a memory hog. I think more now than before, even. It's using 69MB of memory right now, to view just this page and no other tabs. I have twitterfox and Ad-block Pro running along with it. It's a possibility the Ad-block is using a large amount of memory to store its filter, however.

Firefox 3.5 is worse than 3 in my VERY humble opinion. I happen to have some patience, and FF3 wasn't too slow anyhow. Nevertheless, I CANNOT RIGHT CLICK ANYTHING. The morons must have disabled it in their newer precious version.

I'm not a complete idiot either. I HAVE tried disabling Java and Javascript as well as going to the advanced options from the content and disabling context menus. I have no Google or Yahoo toolbars.
Why can't I right click anything?

These imbeciles can create computer programs and somehow just can't grasp those things called simpler features.

I havent used FF 3.5 yet and im not sure i will due the consistant problems i had with earlier verisons where ff would work fine for a bit then it would corrupt or not save favorates at all. Otherwise i would still be using it . i'm Not a big fan of IE7 but atleast it will allow you to bookman things and not corrupt them for no reason.

Liz,
I'm not sure why your right clicking isn't working but I am using FF 3.5 and right click works on everything.

FF 3.5 is a major disaster as many have posted on Mozilla's site and elsewhere it is a memory hog, using 100% of CPU power to open, which can take 10 minutes, when closing, which takes over 5 minutes to completely shut down, when you take just about any action, even when scolling a supposedly fully loaded page. It even uses CPU space when all you have open is an empty tab!

K-Meleon is much better and based on the same open source software.

My right click isn't working, either. And to be honest, it's really making me mad. I've tried everything I could think of. Messed around in the options, restarted firefox, restarted my computer, and still nothing.

Is there a way to un-update firefox back to 3.0? Or whichever version it was I had before?