Firefox 2 rocks (it’s way faster)

October 8, 2006 By

I’m boring, but Firefox 2 Release Candidate 2, released yesterday, isn’t (TechMeme has the details). It’s way faster and I like its UI a lot better too (it has the improved tabs that IE 7 has, where the close box is on the tab itself, much nicer).

But, really, this sucker is just faster everywhere I poke. Very nice.

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  • http://nosugrefneb.wordpress.com/ nosugrefneb

    Still not as fast as OmniWeb…

  • http://www.rogerkondrat.com/ Roger Kondrat

    @diego,

    Yes IE7 and Safari had those style of tabs first, but no one is saying anything towards them. No one is saying who was first. Besides I think Opera was the first, and props to them for that.

  • http://prof.rogerkondrat.com Roger Kondrat

    @diego,

    Yes IE7 and Safari had those style of tabs first, but no one is saying anything towards them. No one is saying who was first. Besides I think Opera was the first, and props to them for that.

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  • http://people.opera.com/rijk/ Rijk

    There might have been other browser before with close buttons on tabs, but Safari introduced them in its version 1.x. Opera added them in Opera 8 (with the option to revert to the real MDI buttons like it always had had). The Firefox team is the only one that did some serious usability research some time ago, and the change in Firefox 2 is the result of this research.

    Saved sessions (autorestore after crash, or always if you want) have been with Opera since Opera 4 or 5. Omniweb on Mac also has extensive session features. Firefox 2 is now getting some – and IE7 doesn’t have them, nor Safari, IIANM.

  • http://people.opera.com/rijk/ Rijk

    There might have been other browser before with close buttons on tabs, but Safari introduced them in its version 1.x. Opera added them in Opera 8 (with the option to revert to the real MDI buttons like it always had had). The Firefox team is the only one that did some serious usability research some time ago, and the change in Firefox 2 is the result of this research.

    Saved sessions (autorestore after crash, or always if you want) have been with Opera since Opera 4 or 5. Omniweb on Mac also has extensive session features. Firefox 2 is now getting some – and IE7 doesn’t have them, nor Safari, IIANM.

  • http://benbristowsblog.wordpress.com/ bristowboy

    Hey,Opera is faster.
    Opera 9 doesn’t have any banners anymore and it just rocks with the ease of use. Firefox with the ‘fasterfox’ extension is very good though.

  • http://benbristowsblog.wordpress.com/ bristowboy

    Hey,Opera is faster.
    Opera 9 doesn’t have any banners anymore and it just rocks with the ease of use. Firefox with the ‘fasterfox’ extension is very good though.

  • Neville

    I’ve recently converted to Firefox after years on Internet Explorer, and I’m very pleased with the browser so far. I haven’t downloaded any addons yet, but I may do one day.

  • Neville

    I’ve recently converted to Firefox after years on Internet Explorer, and I’m very pleased with the browser so far. I haven’t downloaded any addons yet, but I may do one day.

  • http://www.gbarnett.org/ Granville Barnett

    Can’t wait for FF 2.0 to come out FF 1.0 + and above has been so good :)

  • http://www.gbarnett.org Granville Barnett

    Can’t wait for FF 2.0 to come out FF 1.0 + and above has been so good :)

  • http://sentinel316.wordpress.com/ sentinel316

    should check out avant browser, actually an overlay for IE6 & is faster. almost on par. W. Firefox.

  • http://sentinel316.wordpress.com/ sentinel316

    should check out avant browser, actually an overlay for IE6 & is faster. almost on par. W. Firefox.

  • http://foolswisdom.com/~lloyd foolswisdom

    Find working in the text area (form fields) is the single most important feature in Firefox 2 for me. It really is the little things.

  • http://foolswisdom.com/~lloyd foolswisdom

    Find working in the text area (form fields) is the single most important feature in Firefox 2 for me. It really is the little things.

  • http://www.greendale.tk/ Eric

    BlueQute is a very nice skin, much better than the default one (though that’s not that hard to do).

    https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1789/

  • http://www.greendale.tk Eric

    BlueQute is a very nice skin, much better than the default one (though that’s not that hard to do).

    https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1789/

  • http://arabianfox.wordpress.com/ arabianfox

    anyone know of a link to a screenshot?
    i think they have incorporated a lot of netscape 8′s tweaks which was based on firefox.

  • http://arabianfox.wordpress.com/ arabianfox

    anyone know of a link to a screenshot?
    i think they have incorporated a lot of netscape 8′s tweaks which was based on firefox.

  • http://dnbl.wordpress.com/ Daniel

    I’d like very much this beta 2 !very best tan 1.the “bon echo” was horrible

  • http://dnbl.wordpress.com/ Daniel

    I’d like very much this beta 2 !very best tan 1.the “bon echo” was horrible

  • http://bsamanth.wordpress.com/ bsamanth

    tested the beta FF 2.0. its a memory hog.. downgrades my systems performance completely! any ideas to get over this?

  • http://bsamanth.wordpress.com/ bsamanth

    tested the beta FF 2.0. its a memory hog.. downgrades my systems performance completely! any ideas to get over this?

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  • http://petsim.blogspot.com/2006/10/firefox-20.html Peter

    [...]Earlier this week I installed Firefox 2.0 RC2, basically initiated by a post that Robert Scoble made about it.[...]

  • http://petsim.blogspot.com/2006/10/firefox-20.html Peter

    [...]Earlier this week I installed Firefox 2.0 RC2, basically initiated by a post that Robert Scoble made about it.[...]

  • http://websitemonitoring.wordpress.com/ Alex Bogoslav

    Just installed. Looks really nice!
    Anybody knows the final release date?

  • http://websitemonitoring.wordpress.com/ Alex Bogoslav

    Just installed. Looks really nice!
    Anybody knows the final release date?

  • Mariam

    I am just trying out the new release of IE7, and find it interesting all the debate about this release versus the Firefox download. One of the most interesting aspects of the IE vs. Firefox battle is the development of the ecosystem of extensions or add-ons. It’s not just about bugs and features. Right now Firefox had a great advantage in this space but you can see Microsoft trying to catch up.
    I noticed an interesting extension called Trailfire, set up as a recommended download for IE7. See link:

    http://www.ieaddons.com/SearchResults.aspx?keywords=trailfire

    I think the ecosystem for Firefox and IE will decide who wins this battle. What do you think?

  • Mariam

    I am just trying out the new release of IE7, and find it interesting all the debate about this release versus the Firefox download. One of the most interesting aspects of the IE vs. Firefox battle is the development of the ecosystem of extensions or add-ons. It’s not just about bugs and features. Right now Firefox had a great advantage in this space but you can see Microsoft trying to catch up.
    I noticed an interesting extension called Trailfire, set up as a recommended download for IE7. See link:

    http://www.ieaddons.com/SearchResults.aspx?keywords=trailfire

    I think the ecosystem for Firefox and IE will decide who wins this battle. What do you think?

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