Firefox 3.5

[Skimaine]

I have been using Firefox 3.0xx for about a year and I love it. Very fast and highly compatible. I am considering upgrading to Firefox 3.5 and wondered what other had experienced with this version. I am running Windows XP Pro on a Dell Dimension 8400 that is about 3 years old.

 

[wa-loaf]

I have been using Firefox 3.0xx for about a year and I love it. Very fast and highly compatible. I am considering upgrading to Firefox 3.5 and wondered what other had experienced with this version. I am running Windows XP Pro on a Dell Dimension 8400 that is about 3 years old.

I just upgrade whenever they have an update. Never had any problems.

 

[andyzee]

My wife has it on Windows Vista 64, keeps getting runtime errors. Using 32 bit version of Firefox cause Flash doesn't come in a 64 bit version

 

[mondeo]

I haven't had any issues, it is faster.

 

[andyzee]

I upgraded to 3.5 and found that it was kind of slow opening java apps, so I tried a few other browsers I'm liking, Apple Safari and Google Chrome, real fast.

 

[wa-loaf]

Apple Safari and Google Chrome, real fast.

I tired both Safari and Chrome when they first came out, but the seemed to cause a lot of slowdowns and hangs. Might be time to revisit them.

I use Safari on my mac.

 

[hammer]

I need to install it on my netbook...IE was OK until I had the latest version installed as part of XP updates. :???:

 

[marcski]

I'm a big fan of firefox. I recently upgraded to 3.5 and have not had any issues....but I do notice it is faster.

 

[dmc]

Seems good to me... But when I'm on Windows(VM) I generally use Chrome for speed...

Safari MAC user...

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

ok, i don't know much about these new-fangled technology thing-a-ma-jigs, but will the browser make any real difference if you've already got a high-speed connection?

 

[andyzee]

ok, i don't know much about these new-fangled technology thing-a-ma-jigs, but will the browser make any real difference if you've already got a high-speed connection?

What good is a high speed connection if you browser can't keep up with it? Faster browser = less waiting.

 

[mondeo]

ok, i don't know much about these new-fangled technology thing-a-ma-jigs, but will the browser make any real difference if you've already got a high-speed connection?

What good is a high speed connection if you browser can't keep up with it? Faster browser = less waiting.

In more detail, basically web browsing consists of your computer sending a request for data, that request travelling over teh interwebs, a server receiving, processing, and then sending the data you requested, back over teh interwebs, and then the computer/browser displaying the information. For basic web browsing with a high speed connection, the actual transmission time is negligible, most of the delay is client side, sending the request and then rendering the data, or server side, processing the request and sending the data. Simple web pages are under 50KB/400Kb, so if it was just the transmission, would load in about a tenth of a second with a 3Mb/s connection.

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

In more detail, basically web browsing consists of your computer sending a request for data, that request travelling over teh interwebs, a server receiving, processing, and then sending the data you requested, back over teh interwebs, and then the computer/browser displaying the information. For basic web browsing with a high speed connection, the actual transmission time is negligible, most of the delay is client side, sending the request and then rendering the data, or server side, processing the request and sending the data. Simple web pages are under 50KB/400Kb, so if it was just the transmission, would load in about a tenth of a second with a 3Mb/s connection.

thanks.

so, basically, are you saying that the supposed speed of one browser over another isn't that noticeable?

 

[andyzee]

In more detail, basically web browsing consists of your computer sending a request for data, that request travelling over teh interwebs, a server receiving, processing, and then sending the data you requested, back over teh interwebs, and then the computer/browser displaying the information. For basic web browsing with a high speed connection, the actual transmission time is negligible, most of the delay is client side, sending the request and then rendering the data, or server side, processing the request and sending the data. Simple web pages are under 50KB/400Kb, so if it was just the transmission, would load in about a tenth of a second with a 3Mb/s connection.

Or in layman's terms:

What good is a high speed connection if you browser can't keep up with it? Faster browser = less waiting :lol:

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

Or in layman's terms:

What good is a high speed connection if you browser can't keep up with it? Faster browser = less waiting :lol:

actually, i think he's saying the opposite....most of the delay is in the transmission/client side, not browser processing.

 

[andyzee]

actually, i think he's saying the opposite....most of the delay is in the transmission/client side, not browser processing.

For basic web browsing with a high speed connection, the actual transmission time is negligible, most of the delay is client side, sending the request and then rendering the data, or server side, processing the request and sending the data. Simple web pages are under 50KB/400Kb, so if it was just the transmission, would load in about a tenth of a second with a 3Mb/s connection.

Rendering of data is done by browser. So a page could be loaded in about a 10th of a second due to speed of a connection, but only if the browser can keep up with that speed. Of course that only matters on the client side, if the server side is slow, then browser will not help that.

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

whoops. i guess "client side" means my computer, and "server side" is wherever the info is coming from.

i guess browser speed really does matter, and this isn't just a thing for nerds to debate.