Mozilla Firefox Portable Updates

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V3.6 Beta 3 is available. 83 Bug Fixes!

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V3.6 is available but PortableApps usually take 24-48hours to update. To let you know V3.6 RC2 is V3.6 very crafty, so those who have V3.6 RC2 there really is no need to update! But best to on the safe side.

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portableapps.com version also out now

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Firefox V4 Beta 1 - Just download and tested and I have to say it's not bad! Of course it's not Opera but its pretty close.

[joby_toss]

Nightly tester tools doesn't work anymore so I had to manually "trick" some extensions to work, but still I can't get a working speed dial.
There are also a couple other extensions I can't live without. I hate that!
I also dislike the new extensions manager or whatever it is called!
But it is also very fast compared to the 3.6.6 version.
No go at the moment!

Latest versions are here:
http://nightly.mozilla.org/

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Off-Topic: Despite Opera not having a native x64 version, I am still impressed with how quickly they test and release updates. Wonder why they don't have a x64 bit version! Do you know the answer?

[joby_toss]

There already is a 64bit version for Linux. I'm sure there will be one for Windows, too, when the demand is high enough. For now the 32bit version works very well, the 2gb RAM limit is more than enough; also the lack of 64bit flash technology for Windows plays a big role (there is x64 flash for Linux).
We'll get there!

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An example on DownloadSquad of how to change the colour of the Orange Firefox menu button, with using a little bit of CSS knowledge!

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An example on DownloadSquad of how to change the colour of the Orange Firefox menu button, with using a little bit of CSS knowledge!

What Orange Firefox menu button?

[joby_toss]

This one (uncheck Menu bar):

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Got it now, indeed an useful option done in annoying way.

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I presumed the Orange Bar was on by default, but I had to play around too. I think they should get rid of the outdated menu system.
GHacks has a good write of customising Firefox.

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Another tip from DownloadSquad on how to hide the Feedback form.

[lyx]

I've sworn to never upgrade firefox again one year ago, and just wait for a replacement browser to appear that matches my requirements. However, out of curiousity, i did a testrun - it took 10 seconds of runtime for me to delete it again.

The "userfriendly" new UI, looks not just crappy, but partially *unreadable* on my dark desktop-colorscheme. Apps that force skinning, and/or use *partial* custom coloring... thus being incapable of grasping one of the most basic rules in webdesign (never change FG- XOR BG-color - only both at the same time)... should go to hell. (Not) sorry for being so blunt, but i've developed a hate for applications that are unaware of the existence of desktop themes (yet claim "native GUI" support), and who only support users with out-of-the-box default OS settings. It's especially ridiculous for firefox, since:

1. They are aware of those issues - but they simply do not care about users who do not run the default OS desktop theme. Bugs of this kind have been closed with that explanation. "Native" to them means "looks like the default theme on an OS" - not "is compatible with the native windowmanager".

2. Firefox is a webbrowser - a webbrowser made by people who do not understand one of the most basic rules in CSS-design (the FG/BG thingie).

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It's in beta. Wait until the final until you start ranting on about the gui etc.