Meet Firefox 4.0.1

[tinaun]

does any body know what their ideas are for the "library", because right now i see no difference between it and firefox 3.6

running nightlies.

[Chaltalian]

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does any body know what their ideas are for the "library", because right now i see no difference between it and firefox 3.6

running nightlies.

I was wondering the exact same thing.

I'm pretty sure the UI of the library will be changed. It probably just hasn't gotten any attention yet like the Options menu.

[flexkeyboard]

b8 nightlies are now so stable that I find myself using it more than 3.6. They just need to finish and optimize those fancy UI feature and it's ready for B9 and RC.

[Chaltalian]

b8 nightlies are now so stable that I find myself using it more than 3.6. They just need to finish and optimize those fancy UI feature and it's ready for B9 and RC.

Still many bugs to be fixed. I agree it is stable, but still so much to be done. Especially with the UI.

[bogas04]

Still many bugs to be fixed. I agree it is stable, but still so much to be done. Especially with the UI.

how awesome it is , its still far from being finished and its still very much complete (to me at least)

[vajlent]

how awesome it is , its still far from being finished and its still very much complete (to me at least)

Show you setup ;)

[Steven P. Administrators]

When is the Unsorted Bookmarks menu option going to be fixed in the Bookmarks menu? :unsure:

[bogas04]

Show you setup ;)

I agree i am using stylish tweaks , but still its pretty much final to use (exclude tabs in titlebar)

[SoapyHamHocks Member]

When is the Unsorted Bookmarks menu option going to be fixed in the Bookmarks menu? :unsure:

Works fine for me.

[Kyang]

Works fine for me.

He might be asking about when is it going to be a menu again. In which case, I thought it was the way it is now by design. Right?

[SoapyHamHocks Member]

He might be asking about when is it going to be a menu again. In which case, I thought it was the way it is now by design. Right?

Yes the current way is by design.

A quote from Alex Faaborg; Firefox UX team.

The reason this is the intended behavior is that the unsorted bookmarks folder is intended to hold potentially thousands of items (since you can now create a bookmark with a single click on the star icon). Menus don't handle overflow very well when they are populated with a large number of items (hard to scroll, etc.)

[Kyang]

When is the Unsorted Bookmarks menu option going to be fixed in the Bookmarks menu? :unsure:

By the way, if you're missing the unsorted menu, you can make a smart bookmark that unsorted items.

[Littlemutt]

By the way, if you're missing the unsorted menu, you can make a smart bookmark that unsorted items.

So what's the problem - just drag the unsorted folder up toward the top of the Bookmarks Menu...

[bogas04]

w00t!

I won Firefox TShirt :D Waiting for it to arrive now :laugh:

[torrentthief]

16 bugs left, maybe we'll have beta 8 by mid-dec :)

[Guest mattburles]

with beta 8 not showing up till mid to end of december how are we gonna get a rc in january?

there is still beta 9, 10 to go before that can be accomplished.

[Brandon H Supervisor]

we're probably not going to get RC in January

but hey, what's waiting a little longer if it's for a faster and more stable browse? :)

[Guest mattburles]

when do you think we will see final at the earliest based on how things are going?

[bogas04]

when do you think we will see final at the earliest based on how things are going?

we expect it to arrive most stable @ earliest , if Mozilla follows policy of other browsers , then Beta 6 would have been Firefox 4 and beta 7 4.5

[iwod]

we expect it to arrive most stable @ earliest , if Mozilla follows policy of other browsers , then Beta 6 would have been Firefox 4 and beta 7 4.5

They should have release early, release often. Too many features cramp into version 4.

[Guest mattburles]

They should have release early, release often. Too many features cramp into version 4.

and there is still 722 blockers :sleep:

[LittleNeutrino Veteran]

I am starting to wonder if they should not have just released several updates with some of these features and then just finish out with 4 as the final update.

[Guest mattburles]

I am starting to wonder if they should not have just released several updates with some of these features and then just finish out with 4 as the final update.

+1

I think we will be lucky enough to even get beta 8 by the end of the year especially with how things are going.. still 15 blockers.. no way its out on dec 7 like previously mentioned.

[Rudy]

Well the original plan was for 3.7 then 4.0...maybe this way is easier to maintain for them?

[adiopse]

Well the original plan was for 3.7 then 4.0...maybe this way is easier to maintain for them?

It's always easier to wait to release until you've finished everything. Then you can scrap code you don't want and just wait until the new code is done before releasing. Unfortunately it means the users are stuck with the old version while you build all the new features into a browser they won't see for years. I think a lot of the features in Fx4 definitely would have been appreciated in 3.x, while we wait for this major code revamp. On the other hand, this will probably lead to quicker Fx4 release.