Firefox 3.5 Officially Available For Download

@jonc20: Maybe this discussion will help you:

[support.mozilla.com]

paintbox

@Steve Koehl: Never fear. AutoCopy is far too useful an extension to go without support for long.

paintbox

@Lightsout565: Near the bottom of this Ars Technica review, you might find at least part of the answer to your question.

[arstechnica.com]

Hope this helps.

paintbox

@bestkidever: No. Sorry. I read someplace that the only indicator is a brief message that you're in private browsing mode. I wonder if Mozilla will release some kind of update to address this. If not, my guess is that someone will write an addon for it.

paintbox

@fauxtrot: Hey you're welcome. I am amazed. This is always a novalty for me, when something I've used actually solves someone else's problem. Happy Firefoxing! Cheers.

paintbox

I've been using the most recent RC and then the final 3.5 but I finally had to revert to 3.0.11 because some websites would just totally lock up my system when they tried to load. I'll wait for now on and quit being an early adopter. When the new patch is issued I'll see what the readers of Lifehacker have to say.

Citadel1980

I had to uninstall Firefox 3.5 and reinstall my old version 3.0.11 version. Massive DNS lookup errors due to the feature in 3.5 that prefetches DNS information. I couldn't get half my pages to load and it also messed up my Opera browser. I've been reading other sites that report the same problems. After my "retro upgrade", all is fine. Nice try Firefox, but no thanks.

K5ING

I'm looking forward to 'upgrading' to 3.5, but I'm definitely holding off until updates to Tab Mix Plus, autoHideStatusbar, and Stop-or-Reload Button become available (dragdropupload and Google Notebook I'm not so fussed about -- especially since Google discontinued Notebook).
(Not sure how my comment previously ended up in a post about making the perfect French fries. ={

3.5 takes longer to open for me, especially during a cold start, but once it's open, webpages do load faster.

LLane

@tombuch:

QuoteURLText is essential to me, too, but forcing compatibility leaves it working perfectly for me.

LLane

This is awful!! How can I get the old version back? I have had to disable every single add-on i had and it still lags like crazy! Pages take forever to load, and then they are constantly freezing up on me, scrolling down a page now makes it freeze up and switching to a new tab takes forever. shoot just typing this comment has taken over 10 minutes because it is so slow . I find that I am having to use the task manager to shut it down every 5 minutes and have actually stared using Internet explorer (shudder) because IT actually is useable. Ok make that over 25 minutes .. this is totally insane!!!

Teresa Olson

installed 3.5 on my xp eeepc s101 and it's hanging up when i try to scroll down before a page is finished loading. this used to be no problem, on lifehacker or facebook, to start scrolling down while the page finishes. now i get the freeze for 5-10 seconds. wtf?

Julia Leyda

Ugggh, am I the only one who cant use right click with this latest release? I stopped using the beta for this same reason. I need my right click menu, I hate using keyboard shorcuts to copy and paste.

Finally, Firefox handles iTunes store links properly!

jimmyrizzo

Hmmm... Rushed release? I've had five crashes this afternoon...

@Runnin-Ute:

But I got it downloaded when I got home last night. :)

Runnin-Ute

@paintbox:

except I was at work, not home. Here at the office I am stuck with IE7

Runnin-Ute

@Mehdi Krit: It's not in the repos yet but I'm already using it. Its real simple just download 3.5 from mozilla.com for linux. then cd into the directory where the firefox-3.5.tar.bz2 file is and run:

sudo tar -xjvf firefox-3.5.tar.bz2 -C /usr/bin/

(the -C /usr/bin/ extracts it to /usr/bin/)
Then right click your firefox launcher icon in your panel and click properties. Then change the "COMMAND" line to read "/usr/bin/firefox/firefox". Then if necessary, if the icon has changed you can change it back by clicking on the icon. Then pick the icon you like from the /usr/bin/firefox/icons/ directory.

Then run it, and to make sure it is 3.5 by going to "Help" and clicking "About Mozilla Firefox".

Riistetyt

@paintbox: paintbox, you are my hero. It works like a charm. Thanks a lot!

fauxtrot

Got it downloaded last night. Only one extension gave me a not compatible error if I recall correctly. Sure seems lightning fast on startup compared to earlier versions.

Runnin-Ute

Does [www.youtube.com] work for anyone? Other html5 videos have been working for me, but this has just been showing a black video player.

psychiccheese

@DWHarrison: I switched to Flashblock a while back, it blocks all the Flash and replaces each element with a button, allowing the user to view only the Flash they know they want to see.

@MichaelBrazell: Perhaps one doesn't get the increased speed through an upgrade install as opposed to a fresh, new installation? I don't know as I haven't tried upgrading yet.

Maybe I'll do it on one of my secondary machines(Thanks to FEBE I can share the same profile settings across all of them) and see how it goes there first...

My Bookmark toolbar is blank, but the bookmarks are all in it when I click on it in the sidebar. Any idea how I can get it back on top where it should be?

Gordtoo

@Sam Wille: Hi Sam. On the off chance that you or some other LHer is backtracking through the comments, I wanted to say that it doesn't look like 3.5 will make it in its final version to the Ubuntu Jaunty repos (most likely Karmic will have it by default).

But that doesn't do us fanboys running Jaunty any good :)

I'm not very good at the command line, so after downloading the source from Mozilla yesterday and not figuring out how to compile it, I was ready to give up until I found a little command line script called "Ubuntuzilla."

[ubuntuzilla.wiki.sourceforge.net]

The instructions were very clear, and after installation I've got FF 3.5 running, and an update daemon that will tell me when newer versions of Mozilla projects are available.

Greg.Rowler

@MadEvil: The "searchbar autosizer" extension allows you to set the size of the search bar.

You need to install the "Mr Tech Toolkit" expansion to get it to work on 3.5 though. When you have that you can just right click on it in the addons list and select "make compatible" to force it to run on 3.5.

TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.

Just for fun or for nothing, I'm trying a startover. Wiped out 3.0.11 and custom settings as well. Installed 3.5, now doing the addons one by one........ well you can't do it two by two but whatever. The biggy for me is Noscript, and it's *still* laggy with its Options dialog. The others seem fine, so far. It's just noscript that's made of molasses. And I've got the latest version. I really don't know if I should just suck it up and forget it or go back to 3.0.11. So far, all else seems ok with 3.5.

OK maybe you CAN install addons two by two with those extension packs. Or am I just out to lunch? Anyway, this browser kicks ass, as per tradition. Tremble in fear, Opera, IE, Chrome, SoFurry etc.

paintbox

I got my Bookmarks toolbar moved to Navigation Toolbar together with search bar, now after 3.5 upgrade whenever I open up FF search bar has stretched all across Nav toolbar and all my bookmarks are under those little "expand" arrows on the far right side :( is there a way to somehow define the size of search bar or just lock it's size ? This config has worked for me for years, would be a shame to reconfigure and get used to "default" :(

MadEvil

Gah the stupid tab "tearing" gimmick means the "drag tab down into the webpage to relead" trick doesn't work anymore. And even worse, there doesn't seem to be any option to turn it off. Uh, anyone know how the about:config syntax for turning it off?

(I used menu editor to turn off all unneccesary options to streamline my FF, and this throws a wrench in my current setup ...)

TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.

blimey, GMail renders *really* quickly now!

moloko

As a Web developer, I'm really looking forward to playing around with and learning all the new tricks inside HTML5. It's such a shame that it's not widely supported yet.

@Phoshi: I really can't wait for HTML5 to get widespread support. I'm already itching to start including the new features in my web pages.

I've been running FF 3.5 since beta3 and all the RCs. When I tried to update the final RC to the golden version of FF 3.5 via Help>Check for Updates, I received a message stating that there were no updates available. Makes me think that the final RC became the golden release version of FF 3.5.

Michael Preiss

You don't need to compile it..just place it your home directory and rename it .firefox and then create a launcher that points to ~/.firefox/firefox

ShuchismitaHizalizouse

@JohnWait: yup, hashes match.

adilrazeen

That why I love very much Firefox.
It's all features and addons are superb..!!
Thanks Mozilla

@LoneWolf008: "You could have downloaded and installed it in the time it took you to write that comment "

That was funny. Sometimes I don't know what people are thinking. One time on here, some Facebook bimbo was saying how she used FB to talk to her family and friends because she didn't have the time otherwise, then went on to say how FB was a "time suck". Nutty comments like that.

paintbox

@Drogean: I suspect that Tracemonkey is still not a guarantee of improved js speed, so they leave it off to be safe. It could be that it's still a work in progress. Guessing here.

paintbox

@surfmadpig: Try Tools, Options, Tabs, take the checkmark away from "always show the tab bar"

paintbox

@apocalypse1914: They seem to have done away with the whole 'don't ask me' idea altogether, unless there's a workaround for it. In the meantime, the dialog box in 3.5 insists on appearing.

paintbox

@fauxtrot: I wonder if this would help with your problem:
-in the address bar, type about:config, press ENTER

-modify or create a boolean called
browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab

-set it to false

Restart FF, see if it helps.

paintbox

@seiun: I wish there was a way to delete a comment. It looks like my fix does work.

seiun

Excuse my inexperience, but is there even going to be an update for Ubuntu 9.04?

travisdeshazo

@seiun: Nope, I was wrong. My fix doesn't work. I just disconnected from the Internet while the browser was open, and it automatically toggled to offline mode. ARRRRGH!!!! What a freaking STUPID programming decision. I suppose the developers think this will make Firefox work better with web 2 crap, or something equally inane, but it's just a totally annoying logic error.

seiun

@Mehdi Krit: Linux is such a pain in the ass to have.

nikaru

@seiun: I really hate the new "feature" where you can't close the last tab without killing the browser. You can work around it (sort of) by setting the browser.tabs.closeButtons value to "1", but you still need to use Ctrl+W to close the last tab. Annoying.

seiun

The "offline mode" bug was starting to royally piss me off until I figured out a fix (at least I think I've found a fix--it's working so far). Here it is for those who need it: Go to about:config, find browser.offline-apps.notify and toggle it to false. Other than a few other minor bugs, it's not bad. Definitely faster. I would have designated this RC4, though. There are still plenty of quirks and bugs.

seiun

No support for OS X Services still? FF sucks on the Mac. It's a good thing Safari 4 is solid.

There seems to be an ongoing tug-a-war around here. Someone has an extension compatibility problem..... along comes a groupee recommending Nightly Tester Tools. Then someone else has to come along and remind everyone that you don't need NTT for this part. What the hell is going on with some people? Some kind of NTT fetish? or cult or something? It's just a bit tiring but it keeps coming up and people seem to be spinning their wheels on this point.

paintbox

Does anyone know how to stop Firefox from closing even after I close the last remaining tab? My FastDial page used to show up if I closed the last tab, but now FF just completely closes :(

As far as non-working add-ons go, Tab Clicking Options and Tab History are the only ones that don't work for me. Anyone know any alternatives to those?

fauxtrot

Anyone noticed that 'Always clear my private data when I close Firefox' is no more? It was one of my favorite features of Firefox. Has that feature been replaced with something better?

apocalypse1914

@lbrtdy: To hide the 'new tab' button, I used this in FF3.5 rc2, in the userchrome.css file

.tabs-newtab-button {
display: none !important;
}

Hope it helps.

paintbox

@Gonz: Coming soon... Internet Explorer 14 Home Premium, now with a score of 55 on the Acid3 Test!

They should have made Firefox tabs compatible with Windows 7's taskbar preview thing... like the way it works with IE8.

McMaarons

I've had it for a few days now. RC3 = Firefox 3.5 final.
:)

As for Weave, I'll stick with Xmarks for now. For starters Weave isn't quite a finished product yet.

And as for extension compatibility. I recommend using the Nightly Tester Tools extension. You can quickly enable and disable extensions that aren't technically compatible with 3.5.

I've been having some trouble with the latest Firebug extension so far today... lockups and crashes, as well as any css editing causes it to completely remove the attributes. Only restarting Firefox helps. I'm sure this is Firebug's thingy but hey, you know...

@DJRRJr.: It doesn't have to be, but I'm thinking if you don't follow LH's tip it will be. That said, I thought it had previously been reported that Notebook was not going to allow any new sign ups but I was able to get onboard when I opened a new Gmail account. I'm probably misremembering something.

jupiterthunder

@Blake380:

That's what I did on OSX and everything is gone. The only thing that seemed to automatically work was 1password a third party app. All bookmarks are non-existant.

Steve Nik

Pterodactl and DictionarySearch are broken, but everything else I use works fine. Seems faster.

seiun

So, there's no icon for private browsing?
You have to either go to tools or use the keyboard shortcut?

bestkidever

Have it updated on my XP system, need to wait for my Ubuntu systems to get the update (hopefully Canonical would just send out the update).

motang

what about the new control + tab 3d preview. It doesn't seem to work. I thought this was going to be included with 3.5.

@almigi: I couldn't find a .deb package from Mozilla, actually, so I downloaded the bz2 source file.

Tried to compile it, but like the above poster said, I'm not good with compiling from source, and I actually went to Synaptic to get what was available there.

Somehow, by removing my older version of FF and installing 3.5 I no longer have a FF entry, but a "Shiretoko" entry and a different globe icon for 3.5.

Works well, though it seems to have forgotten my extensions and profile. Oh well.

Greg.Rowler

The new version was nice and fast, but it doesn't support PermaTabs, and that's a deal breaker. It also doesn't support Quote URL Text or Mouse Gestures Redox. Sorry, I uninstalled 3.5 and went back to my old version of Firefox.

tombuch

@corneliuscrab: Thanks! Now my minimalism has been restored!

Jim-Bob

Add-on compatibility issues have never really affected me, since my entire add-on collection is Adblock Plus.

FamiCube64

@awh:

As with other Firefox tweaks, if the setting isn't there then add it. The one you refer to is only a boolean.

Justin Clarke

Aw.. logmein.com's extension is not compatible. I haven't yet tried this "override" that you all are talking about. Maybe I'll give it a shot...

@poisonpanik: Yeah, the strange thing is that I just went through them and only found about three that I didn't use almost everyday, so I uninstalled though, and then went back to the Mozilla site and added three (or four) more. Firefox takes a little while on startup, yeah, but those addons provide functionality that I can't browse without.

The actual usage runs just as fast as chrome for me, it's just a long startup, so if I need to pop online quickly, I use Chrome, otherwise, Firefox is my go-to guy.

Hoo-hoo, works perfect so far. <3 Mozilla and their great creations.

I have an interesting issue - dragging a link to the tab bar opens a new background tab for the link (just as it used to), but now it also opens the link in whatever foreground tab I have up at the moment.

Anyone else?

MarkMushakian

@ObadiahLibo: I'm not having any luck with it. FF opens to a blank page with a wide tab. I can change preferences, but on a restart, it goes back to vanilla settings.

@mexman: Override doesn't work with TabMixPlus.

@fiji.siv: I tried that, and TMP still didn't work properly. Back to 3.0.11. I can't live without that extension.

@corneliuscrab: thanks, i had the exact same prob :D

surfmadpig

who can tell me how to make the tab toolbar hide when i have only one tab open? i'm a screen real estate freak!

surfmadpig

@Jim-Bob: Tools > Options > Tabs > uncheck "always show tab bar"

corneliuscrab

what the deuce is with the font rendering in FF3.5?

Nate Nolting

@Michael Faigan: holy hell, you use 52 extensions?! I think I have 8 in total.

did anyone notice that by default javascript.options.jit.chrome is false?

isnt this the javascript engine thats supposed to be a big deal? why is it disabled

havnt found anybody talking about it yet. maybe im wrong

Drogean

It has a permanent tab tool bar at the top of the screen that I don't like. I had a very minimalist desktop running with Firefox and I don't like the loss of real estate at the top. Is there a way to hide it until you need it?

Jim-Bob

@Phoshi: w00t!

IE will get this, though...

... in 2015.

@Gearhead_42: Nightly tester tools ftw?

@DJRRJr.: Oops. Redesigned works, but Better GMail is broken.

Also, Google notebook doesn't work. Is this the end?

@trstn: No mouse gestures or Gmail redesigned. Uncool.

@Freezer: There is already a beta that works fine with 3.5 & 3.6 nightly builds, it just hasn't rolled to official yet.

Steve Koehl

@JellyDoodle91:

Where's that in this version? I don't see it!

awh

Wasn't Tab Mix Plus also the major straggler on the jump from FF2 to FF3?

Freezer

I was scared I would have to go without AutoCopy for a while until it updated, but you can grab the 0.9.8 3.5 compatible version directly.

[downloads.mozdev.org]

Steve Koehl

@LoneWolf008: Hey! It is good to hear from you! XD ^__^ It is nice to be back...right in the middle of all the Firefox goodness. ^__^

the color profile so off. and i tried going into about:config to turn it on, it's default at "2" i tried 0, 1, 2, but the colors are still off... way off

Eric Hu

@WilsonKosovar: Where do you find the "muted "new tab" button" Because I'm like you, ctrl T :D

lbrtdy

@shinchan: Ooof, I needed to cut down on my extensions, but instead I just added a french and Canadian-English dictionary... it's an addiction, these extensions!

@Mehdi Krit: I was wondering the same thing myself. Knowing Ubuntu (which I do really like, actually) they'll probably save FF3.5 until the release of 9.10.

Seasleepy: I would think if you download the .deb from Mozilla and use the regular package manager (dpkg or GDebi depending on your preference of command line vs GUI) to install it the new version of Firefox should replace the old version.

almigi

@markbowman: Yeah, and of the 52 I'm using, 52 of them work perfectly... I really need to trim down

Now I'm sure I've been using it since last week (I initially thought it was RC just without the "3.5rc3" string in about dialog) because my FF hasn't updated at all today.

Regardless though I love it. It's definitely way better in the memory department, though it still takes a while to load. My favorite thing about it is the about:tab extension though - it's mozilla's take on speed dial and I like it much better than either speed dial's or google's approach. It's still in beta though (or even alpha) so has a few quirks, but I love it.

Ilia Draznin

MAC FAVICON doesn't work yet. Makes Firefox look pretty bad... but I do notice that the favicon toolbar is MUCH wider now, allowing for more of them to fit!

@mexman: The override works very well.

I had about 8 extensions that weren't "compatible" (incl. the French dictionary [?!]) but after I did the override they seem to work flawlessly.

shinchan

@Ben Zvan: Final RC in Mozilla's dev cycle is the release, so yes, yes we do.

@djheath: adblock, firegestures are working fine, grab the nightly tester tools, or that about:config hack. GM also works fine.

@[groups.google.com]

Sai Chandrasekharan

This is crazy. Everyone is announcing that it's available today, but I downloaded it last week as an automatic update. Did the beta folks get first shot or something?

Google Gears is not compatible with FF3.5!

Sai Chandrasekharan

@Letsgohokies: Or you could just click Tools->Start Private Browsing. ;)

BTW, quick shout out to Asian Angel, good to have you back in the comments :)

LoneWolf008

@Runnin-Ute: You could have downloaded and installed it in the time it took you to write that comment ;)
I've been using the Firefox nightly builds for a while now, so that was like peeking at your presents the night before Christmas. But there definitely is noticeable speed boost, imo, compared to the nightly builds.
Great job Mozilla!

LoneWolf008

@Letsgohokies: You can use this extension to get a toggle button on your toolbar or status bar. ^__^

Toggle Private Browsing (Version 1.8)

Does anyone know how to fix this? My bookmark toolbar items are hidden after updating to 3.5.

[img.photobucket.com]

jonc20

@Mehdi Krit: They need to put their releases on an Ubuntu PPA that they can just update themselves. Everyone just adds the repository to their source list and updates are immediate. This waiting around for it to be added to Ubuntu's repos is lame.

nortexoid

@Condalmo: or just go to about:config and disable Extensions.checkcompatibility

JellyDoodle91

@nitzua: or just go to about:config and disable Extensions.checkcompatibility

JellyDoodle91

@MPS: You can install the Nightly Tester Tools and override compatibility.

mexman

@sunnytimes: Good call, thanks! It was driving me crazy trying to get the build number out of the title bar.

mexman

@[lifehacker.com]

I think I'm feeling patient enough to wait for the official PAF anyway.

CnEY

I was running 3.0.11 and 3.5RC side by side. How do i magically merge them now? Or do i update 3.5RC and uninstall 3.0.11?

Subhajit Banerjee

@Sam Wille: If you download it from Mozilla, you don't actually have to compile it, but it does mean that you'll have one version in your home directory (or wherever you extract it) and a different one where it usually lives on Ubuntu (/usr/bin/firefox and /usr/lib/firefox).

This sometimes is necessary if you want the newest Firefox and Ubuntu won't be upgrading (like a couple of releases ago when Ubuntu was on Firefox 2.x for several months after Firefox 3 came out), but it can be a bit of a hassle.

I don't see why Ubuntu wouldn't be upgrading to 3.5 though, so I'd guess it'd be a short wait for their package.

seasleepy

Just a word of warning - surprised no one else mentioned this yet. I was forced to reboot after installing before I could use Firefox 3.5 (upgrading from 3.0). I can't remember another version of FF requiring an upgrade, but either way, it meant I had to use Chrome until I got to a good stopping point for work.

Extension-wise, Evernote was the only extension that wasn't compatible for me.

tmgneuguy

@Condalmo:

Just install the nightly tester tools extension and override the extension compatibility settings. Of the 10 extensions i use 10 work perfectly in 3.5, although obviously that won't be the case for everyone.

markbowman

Killed one add on, Initial start is very slow. Notice little other improvements or problems.

shjaeger

Install worked fine for me. Does anyone know if there is a way to get a "Private Browsing Button" ala Stealther used to have? It's easier for me to click a button than hitting Ctrl+Shift+P.

Letsgohokies

@Gerry Shappell: Try the Firebug 1.4 beta:

[addons.mozilla.org]

DWHarrison

@djheath: Ad Block works fine for me and has for months on betas and RCs. You may want to go to addons.mozilla.org and reinstall it from there.

Also, try hitting "find Updates" in the Addons window. Sometimes this keeps you on the same version but applies a compatibility update.

DWHarrison

@JohnWait: True, however, my "Morning Coffee" extension now works... or at least, it now works without the hack.

@[addons.mozilla.org]

jreyes33

@nitzua: I think you mean "You can fool the compatibility checker".

jarmod

Really disappointed it's not in Ubuntu's repos as a newbie myself.

travisdeshazo

@KyleZOA: Ditto that...

I've seen this AM that PCMag is all over the new FF - [bit.ly] -

but my experience has been more like reported at Read/Write Web - [is.gd] - "...But Are You Dazzled?" (to which, my answer is, "No")

Is there anything at all new from RC3 to the "production model"? Else, I'll play with Minefield.

Anyone know how to tear a tab to another screen? I just want to be able to drag a tab over and have it appear. It opens the new window on the same screen

marc_with_a_c

the key extensions dont work on mine = mouse gestures and ad block! They are the two things I cant live without. also grease monkey has gone and there fore better g mail!

Did anyone get an update notification for Mac? I've been clicking Check for Updates to no avail. I have build 20090624012136 and I'm sure that isn't the current build.

@coasttech: nm i was wrong lol

I'll wait a couple of days. Mostly because my week is really busy - until Friday anyway....

I teach tonight and Thursday, have to do final prep work Wed night for Thursday and so Friday is the earliest I will be able to do the download.

Runnin-Ute

@lilkeith7: its in mine too...

I'm gonna wait for the portable. Anybody want to party with me?

@[getfirebug.com]

jreyes33

It breaks Silverlight...

@DWHarrison: d'oh, beat me to it. Sorry, didn't see this reply at the time I commented.

CnEY

The speed increase is definitely noticeable. I was nearly lost there for a second without Tab Mix Plus but with the dev build I'm good to go. Still missing updates for Better GReader, Better GCal, Customize Google, and FoxyTunes.

djr1904

@Mehdi Krit: I was wondering about that. I really don't like compiling if I don't have to. I'm still a Linux n00b.

Sam Wille

@[addons.mozilla.org]

In addition to being able to instantly download an extensive blacklist from various sources to get you started, it gives you the ability to target any given flash object in a page, and create a block rule based on it.

CnEY

Firebug not compatible yet, will have to wait.

Gerry Shappell

You can also disable compatibility checking on extensions and themes using the MR Tech Toolkit extension. ^__^

Download MR Tech Toolkit (Mozilla Addons)

@HurtsSoGood: Just install Adblock and use the EasyList subscription.

DWHarrison

@[getfirebug.com]

I can't be certain that its inspect mode is exactly the same thing as Chrome's, as when I tried Chrome's (well, Iron's) "inspect element" feature, it did one of two things: crash the tab, or open a blank developer console.

But firebug has become a must-have for me as a web developer. They also have a Firebug Lite bookmarklet which makes many of Firebug's features available for other browsers. Can be very helpful for IE debugging, although IE8 seems to have taken some cues from firebug itself and includes its own developer console, which isn't too shabby, and is definitely a marked improvement from the previous IE developer toolbar.

CnEY

@JohnWait: Wish I'd realised this before I downloaded the new one from the homepage then uninstalled the RC. Damnit.

QuarterToTomorrow

@lilkeith7: Don't feel bad! I was doing all sorts of exorcism rituals here trying to get that build# out.

relima

How about the ability to keep those annoying expanding ads from expanding all over what you're reading without disabling Flash?

I downloaded it & whenever I try to open it, FF crashes before the browser even opens. Is anyone else having this problem?

Got the language versions that I wanted downloaded and everything is working nicely. ^__^

I don't think I'm going for this yet, I really want it to support Heaven.Cube and Tab Mix Plus.

zewz

@[addons.mozilla.org] The developer has released a 3.5-compatible version.

fiji.siv

Downloaded it lightning fast from filehippo via gizmodo and it installed quickly without a hitch. Yippee no issues so far and everything works as advertised.

brownsin07

@lilkeith7: Well I look like an idiot, I must have turned on nightly tester tools when checking my extensions, thanks for the help!

@Condalmo: I have an account, but I don't think I can invite I think google has to.

@GiPiKay: two thing, first my spelling mistake, and second ,the pages seems pretty loaded, because any link gives me "Http/1.1 Service Unavailable"

GiPiKay

Pretty much all of my extensions worked. Unfortunately, it's still slower than Chrome and Chrome's "Inspect Element" tool is critical for web developers.

MichaelBrazell

@trstn: Oddly enough, the "Better Lifehacker" is incompatible ;-)

Gearhead_42

Yes, incompatible extensions can be immediately fixed in a number of ways, and most of them (from what I've seen) work like a charm. Just read through the comments on this post or use the method from the original post.

Pretty good... the only extension i had to disable is Better Flickr (HINT HINT!).

corneliuscrab

I just upgraded via the Help menu.

The only extensions that don't work for me are Gina's "Better..." extensions, with the exception of Better GMail.

@GiPiKay: Canonical are fast dudes, give them an hour or so.

I'm wainting for it's availability on ubuntu auto-update

GiPiKay

For those of you with incompatible extensions, download and install the nightly tester tools and then manually enable your extensions, most should work.

[addons.mozilla.org]

Erik Pasco

@lilkeith7: are you using Nightly Tester Tools ? .. if so thats one of the options to display the build date , you can turn it off ..

sunnytimes

@JohnWait: Correct. On every platform, your history, preferences, add-ons, etc. are stored in a separate folder (on linux it's ~/.mozilla, OS X it's ~/Library/.mozilla [I think]). So what gets overwritten is the actual app, not the .mozilla directory which has everything that separates your firefox from a fresh install.

@kettlewhistle: Nope, the RC's don't have this in the title bar. Sounds like it is coming from the Nightly Tester Tools.

DWHarrison

Wow... the increase speed of launching a new window is really noticeable

it is significantly faster!! xDD

lovinher

@lilkeith7: Not in my title bar. Sounds like you're still using one of the RCs.

kettlewhistle

The tab-mix plus development build works great in FF 3.5 for me, only problem is the session manager leaves a blank window hanging around when you restore 2 or more windows. http://tmp.garyr.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9864

ObadiahLibo

4 of my extensions are not compatible. I'll wait a few days before I upgrade.

MPS

Oh, and: I'm ready for my Google Voice invite now.

In case anyone was wondering.

Killed a good dozen of my extensions. What the hell, if it makes it as fast as Chrome, I'll take a few hits.

Damnit, CoScripter is deadweight if you install 3.5. I guess my work PC is going to need to hold off for a bit. Hopefully nothing major on my home computers is affected.

D0rk

All of my extensions but Tab Mix Plus worked. It does seem to be faster though it has been a simple test so far.

Eric Clausing

Faster speeds immediately noticeable. As expected two add-ons not not working. I hadn't tested any of the Beta or RC versions and am very pleased with what I have experienced so far.

Not yet in Ubuntu's repos :(

Mehdi Krit

Does anybody else have the (Build 2009062405744) in the title bar? I download it straight from the firefox home page. Seems a lot faster though.

@Blake380: Yes, unless you decide to install it on some other location, side-by-side with your current Firefox version/build.

Note: this statement is valid for Windows, I don't know about other platforms.

everything works like a charm except some extensions, as expected... anyways i could wait for some days....

iconz255

This is basically Firefox 3.5 RC3 (signed 24-jun-09) that they decided to push as the final release (it wasn't branded as an RC anyway), so people who already had installed RC3 have indeed the final release.

kickass!

foo

Wait, so if you just download the 3.5 .exe file and install that, it will "upgrade" your current firefox installation? Or am I missing something?

Blake380

I've noticed a huge speed increase over the betas, and the new HTML5 features are awesome. Now for the other browsers (excluding IE, obviously, because IE, standards? Lawl) to implement it, and the web will become just that much less bloated :D

You can make individual extensions compatible with any version of FF by saving the extension (or theme) to your desktop, opening the .xpi file and editing the 'maxversion' value in install.rdf.

lol they don't even have the "what's new" page up for after the download

Faulkner16

woah, it IS pretty fast. I did not believe I would really feel the difference... Seems they are not yet ready with the "what's new in this version"-website for the new fox.

Ferox

downloading right now... hehehe.... :D

iconz255

I noticed the same thing, downloaded it, and I'm running it now on Windows Vista. So far, so good. I noticed immediately that Sort by Name in bookmarks is *a lot* faster than it used to be. The tear-off a tab and put it in a new window works, which I've wanted for a long time. The UI is more subtle; I like the muted "new tab" button, because I never used that feature (Ctrl+T ftw). BTW, My download was FAST. I guess the biggest of the big websites must not be talking about it yet, and/or the check for updates inside people's browsers isn't going off much yet.

WilsonKosovar

And all but one of my extensions already work on it, brilliant!