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Offline idolminds

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Firefox 3.5 released
« on: Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 07:11:26 PM »
Get it.

Is nice. HTML 5, faster Javascript, privacy mode, etc.

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Re: Firefox 3.5 released
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 08:11:27 PM »
Privacy mode?  Wow.  Interesting to see Fx take a feature from IE.

Edit: Just installed it. That video thing they have on the front page is pretty cool.  It's like Lightbox or Highslide, but with video.

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Re: Firefox 3.5 released
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 09:48:41 PM »
Faster Javascript was much needed, there is a marked speed increase now. Very nice.

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Re: Firefox 3.5 released
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday, July 01, 2009, 07:42:50 AM »
Using it now. So far so good!

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Re: Firefox 3.5 released
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday, July 01, 2009, 09:14:24 AM »
I hate firefox now, it doesn't save my logins so I have to log into a site everytime I start a new session. It doesn't sound too bad, but having to do it twenty times on twenty different sites gets really old fast.

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Re: Firefox 3.5 released
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday, July 01, 2009, 09:51:48 AM »
Do you have it set to delete cookies and other data when you close Firefox?  Or maybe you have your cookie settings too strict.

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Re: Firefox 3.5 released
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday, July 01, 2009, 10:03:51 AM »
Do you have it set to delete cookies and other data when you close Firefox?  Or maybe you have your cookie settings too strict.

I've tried every except create a new profile, I went to FF's site on how to do it but the instructions were horrible and I gave up.

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Re: Firefox 3.5 released
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday, July 01, 2009, 10:24:33 AM »
Creating a new profile is really easy, especially if you aren't concerned about losing your favorites, preferences, and history.

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Re: Firefox 3.5 released
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday, July 01, 2009, 12:01:52 PM »
I wonder if they fixed the horrendous memory leaks.

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Re: Firefox 3.5 released
« Reply #9 on: Thursday, July 02, 2009, 09:56:25 PM »
It wouldn't surprise me if they did.  The memory leak wascaused by the Javascript engine, so if they switched or reworked it then it might finally be solved.

I also just noticed they took another page from IE, this time from IE7.  They have a new tab tab.  For whatever reason I didn't see it until just now.

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Re: Firefox 3.5 released
« Reply #10 on: Saturday, July 04, 2009, 12:20:34 AM »
TweakGuides.com has the new Firefox Tweak Guide up and ready.

It's got a lot of general info. The good part starts at Tips & Tricks.

It's a prettyy good way to brief over the features of Firefox (and new features of v3.5).

EDIT:
There's a segment on Profiles on page 9, which briefly describes how to manage profiles.

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Re: Firefox 3.5 released
« Reply #11 on: Saturday, July 04, 2009, 12:25:57 PM »
I tried a new profile, still didn't work. This has been going on for a while, how could they not fix this yet?