Meet Firefox 4.0.1

[bogas04]

Tabs in titlebar on maximized state try build (latest)

Its really gr8 :D

from mozillazine forums :

[Knaarfje]

but is the titlebar still grabbable for things like aero snap?

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

If you find a bit of the titlebar that isn't obscured, then yes.

[Knaarfje]

If you find a bit of the titlebar that isn't obscured, then yes.

Is it possible to turn off the tabs in titlebar then?

[Brandon H Supervisor]

they disabled it in the latest builds again for whatever reason

Is it possible to turn off the tabs in titlebar then?

why turn it off? they left plenty of room between the tabs and the firefox button to drag the window

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

It's a try build, it's not an official nightly (It's a copy of the current branch + a custom patch a Mozilla dev wants to test)

[Kyang]

why turn it off? they left plenty of room between the tabs and the firefox button to drag the window

I would turn it off because I don't consider that space to be plenty of room at all. It's a space smaller than any button I've ever seen, in between two other big, clickable targets, and made even worse by the fact that one of them is a tab that can be dragged out of the window. I could live with having the top-left corner next to the App-button being the Aero-snap spot, because I really like how easy it is to select tabs when they're at the absolute edge. But I realize others would rather have that corner be a part of the App-button instead.

What are they planning to do?

[aznkid25]

Since I've installed beta 7, I noticed that my windows 7 jumplist doesn't update anymore. I did a clean install, & used mozbackup to backup & restore my profile. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Is there a file I can delete that can fix this problem?

[torrentthief]

Just 43 blockers left for beta 8 :) Maybe it might be out by early december, its scheduled for end of nov but can't see that happening.

[Funkatron]

Is it me or did they get rid of the drop down that was part of the forward and back buttons? Anyone know if they are bringing it back?

[Kyang]

Is it me or did they get rid of the drop down that was part of the forward and back buttons? Anyone know if they are bringing it back?

It's gone. Right click on either of the buttons to see that menu.

[max22]

argh the tab animations lag even worse on my laptop (2.0ghz core2 duo, 4gb ram, mobility hd2600) Its alright on my desktop now though as long as I don't have any flash/tabs windows open. If I have another window open with a flash video the whole UI becomes laggy. I really hope they are working on this lol.

I am having the same problem but when I have a lot of tabs open and use tab candy. Sucks.

Hope they fix it.

[Kirkburn]

It's gone. Right click on either of the buttons to see that menu.

Indeed, or click and hold. Same as Chrome and IE9.

[iwod]

Any one know what is happening to Compartment GC? It wasn't fixed or done. it seems it is taken out of beta 8 blocking.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

It's been moved to Beta 9.

From what I can see it's mostly done, the blocking bug is about turning it on.

[InPCHell]

I cant understand mozilla or firefox team, WHAT THE HELL are they doing with the UI, first the tabs on the top and eliminate the menu and title bar, later the position of stop and reload button and NOW they eliminate the status bar.

The main issue of firefox its not the UI, i like the UI and so its the mayority of those that its still using firefox 3.6 and if we can account for ie, safari and firefox users we are the mayority, if people hated the firefox interface it the first place they changed to chrome or opera or MAYBE they customize it they way they wanted it.

Why screw your loyal users in changing the UI just for the sake of the minority, i cant understand it, what its worse its that they think that copying chrome make sense... Most of the people i know that changed to chrome from firefox its because of the PERFORMANCE and SPEED, and that should be the main focus of mozilla o firefox team.

STOP messing the UI and forcing things (like the elimination of the status bar), one reason that people like firefox its because its one of the most customizable browser, and sure i can customize the thing a wanted it seems that the core functionality its force for those changes in the interface and that its so wrong.

I remember when ie moved to version 7 and people sticked with 6 it took almost two version from 6 to 8 so that the less savvy person can get used to it and now microsoft its changing it again with ie9.

Firefox dont need a change the ui, if people dont want the status bar they can disable it, but by eliminating it you dont give option to those that use it.. I think that firefox team its in the middle of identity crisis...

I feel the exact same way. I'm sick and tired of them making FF look like Chrome. I don't understand why they took out the "option" to have a status bar. If these Chrome lovers want FF to look like it, let them. But don't force me to use the new style. I love FF because of the options that no other browser allows, but it looks as if I'll go back to using IE as my main browser since FF was released.

[flexkeyboard]

Indeed, or click and hold. Same as Chrome and IE9.

Or right click on them. It's faster ;)

[Kyang]

I feel the exact same way. I'm sick and tired of them making FF look like Chrome. I don't understand why they took out the "option" to have a status bar. If these Chrome lovers want FF to look like it, let them. But don't force me to use the new style. I love FF because of the options that no other browser allows, but it looks as if I'll go back to using IE as my main browser since FF was released.

IE9 looks like it'll be pretty great. I really want to see an answer from Firefox to IE9's ability to pin sites to the taskbar. Still, I'm not sure I get why you would mention IE as a viable alternative when you say you preferred Firefox because of how customizable it is. IE's not really a competitor in that regard. For one thing, there's no status bar.

[ViperAFK]

I feel the exact same way. I'm sick and tired of them making FF look like Chrome. I don't understand why they took out the "option" to have a status bar. If these Chrome lovers want FF to look like it, let them. But don't force me to use the new style. I love FF because of the options that no other browser allows, but it looks as if I'll go back to using IE as my main browser since FF was released.

I don't think you will be very happy with ie9 then, as it removed the statusbar.

And firefox 3.6's default UI looks pretty atrocious and dated, I think a lot of people do want this change. Calling them a minority is silly.

[Steven P. Administrators]

This site stopped working for me with the latest nightly :/ http://nederland.fm

Normally I click on Radio 538 3rd image down from the left.. but instead of loading the player it redirects to http://nederland.fm/radio/radio538/radio-538-heeft-het.html now.

Having to listen via Google Chrome now.

Cookies are enabled, AdBlock Plus disabled on that site and I don't block Javascript there either. (worked until I just applied the update).

[Knaarfje]

This site stopped working for me with the latest nightly :/ http://nederland.fm

Normally I click on Radio 538 3rd image down from the left.. but instead of loading the player it redirects to http://nederland.fm/radio/radio538/radio-538-heeft-het.html now.

Having to listen via Google Chrome now.

Cookies are enabled, AdBlock Plus disabled on that site and I don't block Javascript there either. (worked until I just applied the update).

that's what you get for listening to Radio 538 :p

isn't there some kind of flash player on the station's official website?

the latest x64 nightlies are giving me loads of flash-related problems. it crashes like 9 out of 10 times.

That's what I get for running x64 I guess..

[InPCHell]

I don't think you will be very happy with ie9 then, as it removed the statusbar.

And firefox 3.6's default UI looks pretty atrocious and dated, I think a lot of people do want this change. Calling them a minority is silly.

No statusbar? Looks like it'll be suicide for me then.

:(

[Kirkburn]

No statusbar? Looks like it'll be suicide for me then.

Why? The intention is that the functionality is available elsewhere (e.g. hover link URLs appear in the address bar).

[Ci7]

beta 7 is huge upgrade performance/usability wise over beta 6

but i hope if they speed up the whole process through

under two year max they would get overwhelmed by chrome , if they stay the same way

[LittleNeutrino Veteran]

I would venture to say perhaps after the next beta/RC i will switch to using this full time rather than the current builds. However, as slow as the progression is going due to some hurdles they are overcoming i am not sure how long that will take lol.