Meet Firefox 4.0.1

[Motoko.]

Since when do we abbreviate things that way? Microsoft is Mt? No, it's MS. Does anyone call Neowin Nn? Apple Ae?

Yeah really, we don't abbreviate in the scheme of the periodic table of elements :laugh:

[wahoospa]

Looks like FF would = Firefox

Looks like Fx would = Fox

[Lee G. Veteran]

To clear this up:

8.How do I capitalize Firefox? How do I abbreviate it?

Only the first letter is capitalized (so it's Firefox, not FireFox.) The preferred abbreviation is "Fx" or "fx".

Source

But this is from the Firefox 1.5 release notes, early in the development of Firefox. Note that it says preferred. Regardless, it does not matter what the abbreviation for Firefox is.

Anyway, thanks for the heads up. I updated through the software update.

[bjoswald]

It has, it is and always will be "FF". Sorry.

[amon91]

And going back to the topic, just installed it. They promised UI changes I still fail to see right now but I love the browser. Too bad I don't have a multi-touch monitor to test their multi-touch stuff on Windows 7.

[ObiWanToby]

Touch has worked well in FF for a while. unless something new that I didn't know about was just implemented. That is entirely possible. Chrome has about the worst support for touch out of all browsers.

[Darrian]

It has, it is and always will be "FF". Sorry.

Wrong. It has been "Fx" since the name was changed to Firefox, at least among the community here and in the Mozilla community. Before that it was "Px" and "Fb" when the names were Phoenix and Firebird, respectively. As far as "always will be," they've changed the name twice before so I wouldn't be so quick to claim that with such certainty.

[KoL Veteran]

Ah hell they added favicons and folder icons to the bookmark toolbar in OS X. I liked it without them. I wanted Chrome without them and now the icons are in FF too. :(

[Xenomorph]

Someone needs to teach the FF people how to abbreviate.

I'll start calling Firefox "Fx" when people call Microsoft "Mt".

[Darrian]

You should be calling Firefox... Firefox. Your analogy reminds me of the people who actually use "LOL" as a word in spoken conversation.

Ah hell they added favicons and folder icons to the bookmark toolbar in OS X. I liked it without them. I wanted Chrome without them and now the icons are in FF too. :(

You should be able to use the same script we Windows users use in Stylish or in your userChrome.css to remove them.

[Eric Veteran]

Just call it "F" then since it's one word. Please stick to the topic of the Beta 3 release.

[Unknown_97784568745]

Has anyone noticed that images don't seem to display until they're fully loaded? I don't remember it happening with beta 2.

Yep, was already present in the nightlies.

[lordtinuviel]

after the update Stylish and adblock are not working, any updates?

[aznkid25]

after the update Stylish and adblock are not working, any updates?

For me in the add-ons manager, it says that Stylish 1.0.11 is incompatible with 4.0b3, but all my stylish codes still work. Do you have the Add-on Compatibility Reporter installed?

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Has anyone noticed that images don't seem to display until they're fully loaded? I don't remember it happening with beta 2.

It's a known bug, there's a fix for it that's waiting to land.

[bjoswald]

Installed but haven't noticed anything new.

[lordtinuviel]

For me in the add-ons manager, it says that Stylish 1.0.11 is incompatible with 4.0b3, but all my stylish codes still work. Do you have the Add-on Compatibility Reporter installed?

no i dont

installed, it works now, thkz!

[ObiWanToby]

Touch has worked well in FF for a while. unless something new that I didn't know about was just implemented. That is entirely possible. Chrome has about the worst support for touch out of all browsers.

Apparently I missed it, but multitouch features have been added. Nice demo they had. Digging FF4 beta 3. Looks great, quite speedy.

[Unrealistic]

Is anyone having problems clicking on the "go to newest post" in the forums with the latest nightly? Every time I press the little arrow, I get a blank page.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Disable AdBlock, it's broken.

[Unrealistic]

I just noticed this. Disabled it completely as it killed almost every single website. :/

[Darrian]

I got an email from Mozilla about a Test day that is occuring this Friday, the 13th. Looks like Tab Candy should be ready by the end of this week.

I'm not sure I believe that, or at the very least they'd have to have a much looser definition of ready than I do, because the build I tried from just a few days ago STILL had a black wherever there was supposed to be glass. However, if they manage to fix that and release it by Friday there will be much rejoicing.

[Darrian]

Just call it "F" then since it's one word. Please stick to the topic of the Beta 3 release.

This thread is redundant, anyway. You might consider merging it with the Firefox 4.0 beta thread that's been ongoing for weeks @ https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/896934-meet-firefox-40-beta-3/page__pid__593019490__st__1440entry593019490

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Using any custom themes or such? The main issues with Aero Glass got fixed before Beta 1 branched.

Edit: I actually think there is some issue with Direct3D Layers and Aero Glass, but nobody's currently using that since it involves setting environment variables before you launch Firefox.

[Darrian]

Using the default theme with stylish disabled it still happens. I'm not terribly concerned about it, though; I'm sure they'll get it sorted eventually.