Firefox 3.6 minefield

any one tried it yet?

it certainly is much faster at starting up both for both cold and warm.

 

Yes its faster. But if you try 3.7 its even more faster

 

I've been using v3.6 "Namoroka" for a month and it's hasn't missed a beat, but on that note i'm downloading the v3.7 Minefield portable as i type this.

I have not read much about it, but i believe it introduces some process separation in a somewhat similar fashion to Chrome.

 

even tho I posted 3.6 in the thread title I'm actually using 3.7 my mistake.

but it is not like chrome where there is more than 1 process. There is still only 1 process.

 

It's been running great on Snow Leopard. I haven't tried it on a Windows machine yet.

 

Yeah only one "process" but it's the beginning of the process separation road in regards to plugins, content and the chrome. I'm not to sure if it will involve actual processes in task manager, or just different processes within the application.

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Roadmap

Well after taking 3.7 for a quick spin around the block, it looks quite good. Speed wise i'm not noticing it to be a "lot" faster rendering pages than 3.6, although it does feel slightly quicker on some pages.

Stability is good, no crashes or problems so far.

Here is the Firefoxe's freshly loaded and one tab open on Google in each, from the top down:

3.6 Portable
3.7 Portable
3.5.3 Installed



However the installed version has ~30 addons, custom theme and heavily modified such as using RamDisk caches so it's not a good comparison.

 

Yes that's what i notice too. Everything feels snappier, menus, options and responsiveness.
Also the content of web pages is shown faster.
Anyway they are developing for the faster and not to make Firefox slower then before.

 

any direct line to d/l the 3.6 /3.7 FF for testing?

10x

 

Here are the nightly builds (3.7):
http://www.mozilla.org/developer/#builds
English and localized builds.

 

I always opt for the portables on beta builds, both 3.6 and 3.7 can be found on this page if you want those: http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable/test

 

IMO i wouldn't use portable firefox builds if you are comparing speeds between 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7.

Heres how I test new builds.

Run -"firefox.exe -ProfileManager"
Create a new profile with 3.7 as name for example.
Exit that window without starting anything.
Download the .ZIP version of the latest build. Extract it and create a new folder like "Mozilla Firefox 3.7" and copy files inside.
Then look in your profile folder and search for the new profile name with 3.7 at the end. Something weird like "asfsdafdsf.3.7"
Create a new shortcut to the new firefox.exe, right click on it and add this to target with your own username: -profile "C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\asfsdafdsf.3.7"
It should look similar to this:"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 3.7\firefox.exe" -profile "C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\asfsdafdsf.3.7"

With this shortcut you can use different profiles without interfering each other.

Before doing this all, backup your profile you never know.

 

Thanks yes, i know how to install multiple versions/profiles. My profile for the installed version sits over in R:\ on a RAMDisk in RAM and gets saved as an image on shutdown and mounted again during boot.

There's several reasons why i run these builds as portable, in fact very little gets "installed" on my machine these days and a good 85% of of what i run exists only as a portable. Makes things very flexible, i can simply cut and paste my whole environment between machines via a flash stick and have everything available.

C:\Users\UserName i avoid where possible.

 

The tinderbox-electrolysis builds are the ones where they're working on process separation. Of course, they're still a long ways away from actually being usable. It doesn't even launch if you enable separate processes.

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/tinderbox-builds/electrolysis-win32/

 

Ah yeah that's very good. Simple way to backup and transfers things. Didn't thought of that or better i often forget why portable apps are good

 

haa 10x i was in this page and some how skip it

BTW : its blazing fast , or i just dreaming?

 

No dreaming. Its fast. If only they would release it now...

 

hehe , so its true! its fast , but all plugins are disabled (only adblock works) any idea how to overcome this matter?

10x

 

about:config

set "extensions.checkCompatibility" to false

 

@ demoneye

Look here:
http://lifehacker.com/355973/make-your-extensions-work-with-the-firefox-35
also for 3.6 etc... dont forget to restart firefox

If it still doesnt work look here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/421



I am running 3.7 here with all addons fully working.

 

well if you have all your add ons working in 3.7 I would love to know what magic trick you did to get them working.

I have added checkCompatibility and checkUpdateSecurity in the about config settings but ff still checks for Compatibility when ever I reinstall add ons. I also tried installing MR Tech Toolkit 6.0.3.4 but that also checks for
Compatibility so it won't install.








So anyone else other than rolarocka been able to have add ons working with 3.7?

 

yes its working , i use this command when 3.5.X was beta and forgot all about it

10x a lot mate for helping me out

cheers

 

me to pal me to 10x a lot

 

The correct entry is

extensions.checkCompatibility

not

checkCompatibility


also, by setting this switch, you won't need Mr Tech's toolkit.

 

Nightly Tester Tools can force extension compatibility and up to you if you want to use it.

Gave Minefield a whirl and it seems ok but can't really see much of a speed difference here?

 

Here is how it works for me:
First everything from here
Apply tweaks from Lifehacker article. Restart.
Install the MR Tech Toolkit addon. Restart.
Now install all addons again.
I use the FEBE addon to import settings from my regular 3.5 install
After that you can right click on the addons and make them "compatible". But i am not really sure if thats needed. The addons are working anyway.