Firefox 3.5: An Early Look

Chrome and IE have dinged Firefox's reputation, the Firefox loyalists are looking hopefully to version 3.5.

There was a time when Firefox was the Web browser for the cool kids who knew their tech. Most would still agree that it's better than Internet Explorer, but that's damning it with faint praise. Over the last year or so, Firefox has become better known in tech savvy circles for its relatively poor performance and mediocre memory management. Chrome's insane speed and Internet Explorer 8's overall improvement have also dinged Firefox's reputation. But now, Firefox 3.5 is almost ready to go. Does it have what it takes?

I downloaded the latest beta, Firefox 3.5 beta 4, to find out for myself. I used it on two different PCs. The first was my workhouse Windows XP SP3 system, and the other was my Fedora 10 computer. The XP box was a Dell Inspiron 530S with a 2.2-GHz Intel Pentium E2200 dual-core processor, 4GBs of RAM, a 500GB SATA drive and an Integrated Intel 3100 GMA (Graphics Media Accelerator). For Fedora, I used a Gateway GT5622 desktop with a 1.8GHz Intel Pentium E2160 dual-core CPU, 3GBs of RAM, a 400GB SATA drive, and an Intel 950 GMA.

More: http://www.pcworld.com/article/165582/firefox_35_an_early_look.html?tk=nl_dnx_t_crawl

Speed doesn't matter too much for me, my area has a maximum speed of 2 mbps so the boost in chrome won't make much difference.

I really hope Firefox can gain more followers though

Firefox have enough fanboy and they have been going around sprouting nonsense about other browsers. I did see a big leap between 2.0 and 3.0, but that doesn't mean stereotypes can say what they think without even trying. Firefox is the 2nd largest desktop browser used worldwide, so I think that other browsers need a chance too.(excluding IE)

like i may have to switch to chrome since im on dial up and the internet is sooo slow...