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    when will they make firefox windows 7 friendly?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by gekk_gad, Aug 15, 2009.

  1. gekk_gad

    gekk_gad Notebook Consultant

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    ie8 was designed for win7

    chrome is already win7 friendly

    when is firefox going to do the same?
     
    gekk_gad, Aug 15, 2009
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    crash NBR Assassin

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    You mean like incorporate jump lists?
     
    crash, Aug 15, 2009
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    rflcptr Notebook Consultant

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    Technically, Win7 isn't officially released, so Mozilla is probably in no hurry.
     
    rflcptr, Aug 15, 2009
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  4. gekk_gad

    gekk_gad Notebook Consultant

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    well, sure win7 isn't officially released yet, but google managed to do it

    anyway, i'm hopeful and almost certain that they'd be able to do so before win7 goes out to the public
     
    gekk_gad, Aug 15, 2009
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    If you mean the UI, they are going to change the default UI in 3.7. Search in the forums and you find some screenshots.
     
    LLS, Aug 15, 2009
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    jump-list support i guess

    tried winfox, still buggy and still not as good as native support for them

    as for per-tab preview, i guess that's only going to be possible when firefox implements multi-process architecture like ie8 and chrome
     
    gekk_gad, Aug 15, 2009
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    It's already in the works, I believe jump lists are in the nightly builds already.
     
    st0nedpenguin, Aug 15, 2009
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    Why not just use IE8 ATM and when FF is "windows 7 compatible", switch back.

    There are alternatives for flashblock,adblock,noscript,greesemoneky and almost all popular plugin for IE8. The only IE8 lacks is the ability to fully customize the UI.
     
    jackluo923, Aug 15, 2009
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    haha i even "uninstalled" ie8 (since trident is still present in windows 7 even without ie8 and thus ietab still works)

    i'll just wait for such an update to come

    the question posted here was more of a musing than a rant.
     
    gekk_gad, Aug 15, 2009
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    What exactly is so wrong/bad with FF in Windows 7? I'm using right now but I'm not noticing anything horrible about it....

    Is it missing features or something?
     
    TheAtreidesHawk, Aug 15, 2009
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    Firefox doesn't have jumplists nor multi-tab preview - features that Chrome and IE8 have.
     
    crash, Aug 15, 2009
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  12. gekk_gad

    gekk_gad Notebook Consultant

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    jumplist, per-tab aero peek preview

    both available now for ie8 and chrome


    oops did not see post by crash :)
     
    gekk_gad, Aug 15, 2009
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    crash NBR Assassin

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    Haha no worries. I wonder if Mozilla will wait for their next major release to include these features or if they'll release it in an incremental update.
     
    crash, Aug 16, 2009
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    well, i don't think its wise for mozilla not to release an update to firefox that would put it on par with chrome or even ie8 on this front especially that oct 22 will be approaching fast; after all, the browser wars is raging on and they need all the weapons they could possibly put.

    though i'm not hopeful for the multitab preview since i think that's reliant on firefox being coded to run on multiple processes, like ie8 and chrome are already (at least that's how i see it at the moment, correct me if i'm wrong)

    btw another feature they should implement is the download status progressbar on the taskbar the same way that explorer does so.
     
    gekk_gad, Aug 16, 2009
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