Firefox 4 Beta

[op2rules]

Just sharing more news anyone inclined already knows, but if you're interested and haven't already, I present you:

 

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

 

A download the the Firefox 4 Beta.

 

Enjoy!

[»Purge]

Not much of a performance improvement on my end. Hopefully the final product will be better.

[L.C.]

Firefox would be soo much better if they implemented functions to lock down parts of the browser and for its configuration to be remote controllable/managed by a Class C IP address. This would work very well in a corporate/business environment, with these plugins (with the exception of NoScript)

[»Xog]

Error 403

We're sorry, but we could not fulfill your request for /2010/04/securing-your-network-and-browsing-experience/ on this server.

 

You do not have permission to access this server. Before trying again, run anti-virus and anti-spyware software and remove any viruses and spyware from your computer.

 

Your technical support key is: 2675-c883-2b02-1b1f

 

You can use this key to fix this problem yourself.

 

If you are unable to fix the problem yourself, please contact admin at joyunbound.com and be sure to provide the technical support key shown above.

 

 

 

 

I tried accessing that from this law firm I work at.

 

I clicked the "fix this problem yourself" and see:

 

 

Technical Support

Your request was intercepted by Bad Behavior, security software which protects the Web site you visited from malicious activity, such as hackers, spam and viruses. We apologize for the inconvenience, but your request matched a profile of suspicious activity. This problem is usually quite easy to fix.

 

Your computer's IP address was determined to have recently sent spam or engaged in malicious activity as reported by the Project Honey Pot monitoring service. This means your computer is most likely infected with viruses or other malicious software. See below for more information.

 

document.write('Project Honey Pot listing for IP address 38.117.200.131

 

');Project Honey Pot listing for IP address 38.117.200.131

 

This problem may be caused by viruses or spyware on your computer, or by malicious software that pretends to be anti-virus or anti-spyware software. Ensure that you have REAL anti-virus and anti-spyware software on your computer, that they are kept up-to-date, and that you have run a full system scan using each tool. Once your system is cleaned of viruses and spyware, please try your request again.

 

The free Microsoft Security Essentials provides reasonable protection against a wide variety of malicious software.

 

If the above suggestions fail to resolve the problem, click Back and contact the e-mail address you were given for further assistance.

Edited July 8, 2010 by Xog

[»Lynx]

I can't stand firefox as a permanent browser, I only use it for noScript

[op2rules]

I use chrome, mainly for the ram and speed > over firefox.

 

Only things I miss are about:config and thats about it.

Edited July 8, 2010 by op2rules

[L.C.]

@Xog

 

Haha you suck. Go clean your computer. =P

[Hakaku]

So... What exactly is new in 4.0?

[JoWie]

Beyond interface changes, some stuff that I find interesting (not all of them are in the first beta):

 

SCP (HTTP header which tells from what domains you may load specific content (images, script, flash, etc) to prevent XSS)

Account Manager (better integration with pages and the password manger, page delivers own rules)

A lot of performance optimizations in the javascript engine, not all of them in beta 1

CSS3 Transitions

CSS3 -moz-any (i wish this was supported a lot sooner, would have saved me a ton of code)

WebGL(OpenGL)

WebM video format

Direct2D for windows vista etc

WebSockets

HTML 5 forms

HTML 5 SVG & MathML

lazy frame construction (changes to the DOM are delayed until they are actually needed, major speed improvement in my own applications)

CSS3 calc: width: calc(50% + 5px);

-moz-image-rect, great for having all your interface components in one image.

File API url (unique identifier to preview images that are about to upload)

ForceTLS (noscript already had it)

 

I personally noticed a huge performance increase in beta 1 in our very heavy web application.

Edited July 8, 2010 by JoWie

[»Xog]

@Xog

 

Haha you suck. Go clean your computer. =P

 

 

It's not my computer, it's the firm's computer. And the reason I was getting that message is because our mail server was hacked within the past month and was used to send massive spam.

[L.C.]

CSS3 calc: width: calc(50% + 5px);

Whoa. This will be full of win.

[Dav]

does anyone else find it renders pages slightly slower then 3.6?

[»Purge]

Actually, I retract my last statement. It seems to have improved automagically somehow.