Just Downloaded Firefox 4...

[duragezic]

I've had it for like 6 weeks now. I hosed my rig and had to format and when I got Firefox, it just happened to be like the day that FF4 was released.

It's always taken a lot of memory and even though I only have 2 GB, it's not a big deal since the times where I really need memory is when gaming and that's when I will normally have FF shut down.

The only problem I've had with it since formatting, and it may not be FF4, but Adobe Flash Player crashes fairly often. Like watching a Youtube video full screen, often when I move out of full screen, the plugin crashes. Before I formatted, I had some old version of FF3 and Adobe Flash (I always decline updates for some reason) which worked fine.

 

[duragezic]

I dont like how they changed the UI around for FF4. They are trying to go after Chrome's UI but it's throwing people who were used to FF3.6. I thought I'd come back to FF3.6 after the UI changes, but FF3.6 kept crashing for me after the latest security update.

Yeah it is a little bit different but after using it for a couple weeks, it's basically fine.

I wish they kept the Properties option for when you right-click an image. Now it's moved and it has a bit of a pause to pull up all the image info, not just the one you right clicked on.

 

[duragezic]

One thing I've noticed is zooming in Google Maps is EXTREMELY slow. Like it pretty much hangs at times and takes several seconds to respond and draw the new zoom level.

The only other browser I have is IE 6 and it's slow but not nearly as bad.

I remember FF3 being slow too (I swear it happened sometime last year like Google updated the Maps and it just draws like shit since) but now it's even worse.

 

[n7]

Haha, i have mine forced to not cache to the HDD; only RAM.

Here's what happens

working set - peak working set

If you have unused RAM, might as well utilize it.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Overall, from a look and feel and usage standpoint, I think it is a step back from FF3 and will probably uninstall it some point. Perhaps give Chrome another try.

 

[BabaBooey]

is anyone else having a issue that when you open it all the cookies have been cleared,everytime....:hmm:

I checked settings but the clear all when closing is unchecked ?

 

[grrl]

2 Gb of RAM and I've never had memory problems with FF. I don't like they way they changed the menus and buttons around in FF4 though.

 

[0roo0roo]

yup bartab still no workie

 

[bignateyk]

Does it have horrendous memory leaks like every other version of FF?

 

[TwiceOver]

I coulnd't find a way to turn off the transparent toolbar area. No thanks.

 

[Brainonska511]

The only time I've ever had it lock up momentarily on my W7, 4GB machine is during some flash plugin stuff.

 

[Wyndru]

This is the 1st version of FF I actually uninstalled and rolled back to the previous.

 

[sdifox]

on 4.01 and the toolbar thing reverted to previous version.

 

[sourceninja]

I'm running firefox 4 on a mac. I have 5 tabs open. I'm using 650megs of ram just for firefox.

 

[Brainonska511]

2 Gb of RAM and I've never had memory problems with FF. I don't like they way they changed the menus and buttons around in FF4 though.

My entire machine is sitting at ~1.4GB used out of 4GB. If I ran more stuff in the background, 2GB might be a problem for me.

The menus - I liked how they changed some stuff. Some was annoying, so I just changed it to how I wanted it.

 

[0roo0roo]

Does it have horrendous memory leaks like every other version of FF?

well resource use is worse for me in part because some extensions still don't work for it.

all in all i'm not sure i got anything out of upgrading to 4 at this point, if i had known i woulda stuck with 3. crash recovery is still funky as well, tabs mixed plus session crash recovery brings up blank tabs, and then i have to use the restore tab feature on the home page instead...not optimal.

 

[CZroe]

Doesn't always leave the selection around a URL that I successfully Cntrl+clicked. Really annoying.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

is anyone else having a issue that when you open it all the cookies have been cleared,everytime....:hmm:

I checked settings but the clear all when closing is unchecked ?

Is it running in Private mode by default? If not, try this: check "clear all ...", restart FF, uncheck "clear all ...", and restart FF again. If that doesn't fix it then you may need to reinstall FF fresh.

 

[bignateyk]

well resource use is worse for me in part because some extensions still don't work for it.

all in all i'm not sure i got anything out of upgrading to 4 at this point, if i had known i woulda stuck with 3. crash recovery is still funky as well, tabs mixed plus session crash recovery brings up blank tabs, and then i have to use the restore tab feature on the home page instead...not optimal.

I dunno. I don't use any extensions, and in FF3, I am currently using over 1000mb ram. Even if I close all my open tabs it still sits at over a gig of ram used. The system just starts hanging and eventually I have to close and restart firefox. This has been the case with pretty much every version of FF I have used.

It's like it allocates RAM and never frees it back up until you exit firefox.

 

[arrfep]

I dont like how they changed the UI around for FF4. They are trying to go after Chrome's UI but it's throwing people who were used to FF3.6. I thought I'd come back to FF3.6 after the UI changes, but FF3.6 kept crashing for me after the latest security update.

And WTF is with relocating the Home button to the other side of the screen. Any way to change that?

 

[Stuxnet]

i've got 4gb of ram... it's just that it locks up sometimes because of how much memory it uses and i have to end task it.

I have 4GB and it runs just fine, even with Outlook, Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, and IE9 running alongside of it.

 

[Demo24]

And WTF is with relocating the Home button to the other side of the screen. Any way to change that?

right click somewhere up there, 'customize', move it wherever you want.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

right click somewhere up there, 'customize', move it wherever you want.

I did not realize that option was there.

I think I just nerdgasmed.

 

[nanette1985]

A bunch of changes that are in the nuisance category and I can live with, I'm sure I'll get used to things in time. Nothing horrible so far.

 

[arrfep]

I did not realize that option was there.

I think I just nerdgasmed.

Yes. OMG thank you. That was like having something stuck in your teeth for weeks and finally being able to get it out.