Meet Firefox 4.0.1

[strelok1911]

:)

[Chasethebase Veteran]

The theme is still far from finished by the looks of things. If you compare the screenshot above to this, it shows. Also there's a load of PSD's on there if someone wants to recreate the theme exactly to specification.

http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/page/2/

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Please forgive my lack of knowledge and the lack of time I have for research... what is D2D and what will it provide me with in terms of 'nicety'? :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct2D

You'll get nicer fonts for one with D2D.

[Chasethebase Veteran]

Does it make a difference if you have GDIPP installed already? As I do I presume D2D isn't necessary.

[sudo]

When I close a tab, it still is there and won't close no matter what, and worse, I can't use it anymore. Anyone having this issue?

Never mind, it's my fail script. All working fine.

[torrentthief]

i presume font quality will be equal to the quality of beta 3 by beta5 or will d2d always be blurry?

Still annoyed that aero glass is turned on by default, with a black background on win7 you can't see your tabs as they are grey and the text is black:(

[tinaun]

The problem I have when enabling D2D is that the pages load, but sometimes the rendered page isn't shown, just a blank one. If I minimize and then maximize Firefox, the page appears.

Running Vista with a DirectX 10 card.

I'm Also running vista, and this happens to me to. Also, the blank page has images of all the flash objects that were in the window, so if i was watching youtube, the page would have a frame from the youtube video on it. Does anyone know of this happening in windows 7?

[Brandon H Supervisor]

how do you activate the tab candy and that?

[adiopse]

how do you activate the tab candy and that?

Hit the "panorama" button, which is next to the dropdown on the right of your tab bar.

It probably isn't there if you have an existing profile, so you can add it using rightclick/customize and choosing "tab groups". Put it wherever you want, but I believe it belongs between the "new tab" button and the "tab list dropdown" button.

Alt-view / group your tabs also brings it up.

[Kyang]

how do you activate the tab candy and that?

Ctrl+Space should work.

[Brandon H Supervisor]

ah that's why the button wasn't there

[LiquidSolstice]

Has anyone experienced that maddening issue when something with a Flash video you're using causes the whole Firefox window to turn into some sort of bastardized Aero Basic?

[Kyang]

Has anyone experienced that maddening issue when something with a Flash video you're using causes the whole Firefox window to turn into some sort of bastardized Aero Basic?

Happens every now and then to me in Firefox 3.6 as well as in 4.

[LiquidSolstice]

Happens every now and then to me in Firefox 3.6 as well as in 4.

Really goddamn annoying :(. It makes it impossible to click the X (close) button on the firefox window, and the only way to exit out of Firefox is to either end the process, or use the "Firefox" button in the corner, which kills all my other windows as well.

[Udedenkz]

D2D working fantastically here, I love this thing.

0. Make sure you have the latest Adobe Flash Player version.

1. Go to pandora.com (USA only, no need to login)

2. Note constant CPU usage by plugincontainer and firefox

3. Disable D2D

4. Go to pandora.com (USA only, no need to login)

5. Note constant CPU usage by plugin container and firefox

6. Retract comment above D2D "working fantastically"

[SQ1]

0. Make sure you have the latest Adobe Flash Player version.

1. Go to pandora.com (USA only, no need to login)

2. Note constant CPU usage by plugincontainer and firefox

3. Disable D2D

4. Go to pandora.com (USA only, no need to login)

5. Note constant CPU usage by plugin container and firefox

6. Retract comment above D2D "working fantastically"

Only at pandora.com? I don't live in the USA, so i don't care. D2D Works fantastically for me too! ;)

[Calum Veteran]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct2D

You'll get nicer fonts for one with D2D.

Ah, thank you very much :) I'm going to see if I can check that out now.

[Udedenkz]

Only at pandora.com? I don't live in the USA, so i don't care. D2D Works fantastically for me too! ;)

... and all sites with similar flash content.

... use significantly more CPU power than without D2D. I would guess 3x increase in CPU usage.

[Chester0]

Delete profile? What i need to delete my Firefox profile to fix this bug?

All sorted now, it was the add on 'Download Status bar' causing the issue and disabling this has fixed it.

Download Statusbar 9.7.1.xpi Fixes this and tooltips bugs.

[Buio]

... and all sites with similar flash content.

... use significantly more CPU power than without D2D. I would guess 3x increase in CPU usage.

So that feature is already finished and it is enabled per default in the beta browser? And it's not gonna get better in later releases?

The premise of D2D is promising if they can deliver in final release. Read up on the link to the wikipage given above.

[ienhz]

I can't believe that start up bug where the entire Firefox UI is white and gray is still there.

And I guess we can't make the tab width smaller now since it freezes my tabs if I use the userchrome edit.

[_I am Reptar]

Anyone have a way of getting Modify Headers to work?

[Udedenkz]

So that feature is already finished and it is enabled per default in the beta browser? And it's not gonna get better in later releases?

The premise of D2D is promising if they can deliver in final release. Read up on the link to the wikipage given above.

D2D is enabled if (DX10 == true).

There are D2D bug reports for overall and case based perf. increase.

There are also two bug reports dealing w. bad D2D flash performance.

Whether flash D2D issues will be fixed, the answer may be "yes".

For now, I will snarl at anyone who praises FF's D2D implementation.

:)

Loading && GUI && plugin loading performance suffer with D2D.

D2D does offer scrolling perf. increases though....

Edited August 25, 2010 by Udedenkz

[Brandon H Supervisor]

how do you enable/disable D2D

i can't seem to find it in about:config

[Chester0]

how do you enable/disable D2D

i can't seem to find it in about:config

How to Turn on Direct2D & DirectWrite for Windows 7 and Windows Vista SP2 (With Platform Update):

1. Type: "about:config" in the 'AwesomeBar' and hit Enter.

- Search for "gfx.font_rendering.directwrite.enabled".

- Select "gfx.font_rendering.directwrite.enabled" and double click to set the Pref to "True"

2. In about:config still, Search for "mozilla.widget.render-mode".

- If its not there then add it. (Right Click anywhere and select "NEW" then "Integer". Add in the pref without quotes.)

- In the next Dialog type in a value of "6" without quotes.

3. Restart The Browser.

If successful, the fonts on the page and browser should be anti-aliased. Websites with large images should load faster, and any SVG examples should be much faster.

To turn it off:

In about:config, Search for "mozilla.widget.render-mode".

- If its not there then add it. (Right Click anywhere and select "NEW" then "Integer". Add in the pref without quotes.)

- In the next Dialog type in a value of "0" without quotes.

http://forums.mozill...?f=23&t=1775755