Firefox 4 goes for gold!

Soon after Microsoft officially released IE9, Mozilla also made a major release with Firefox 4. Within a day, FF4 doubled IE9’s downloads at 7 million. Bus is that enough?

I downloaded FF4 a week ago on my Mac and then on my PC a few days ago when I got back.

The new FF4, while better in the back-end and a few more, did not have that very obvious face-lift compared to the previous version (the way IE9 had changed compared to IE8).

So I’ll just throw the question to those who have been using FF a lot — is it really better, is it faster, and what’s the coolest new additions you liked best?

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

35 Comments

drealmarlon says:

14 years ago

Because of im using unlicenses xp i choose to use firefox,mas mabilis kesa chrome at compatible sa adds on like internet download manager,at flash player 10 para sa nba league pass.
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nameless says:

14 years ago

Go for the open source :D
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Benchmark says:

14 years ago

Right now I am using FF4! It got a little facelift. I tried using the tab views…its great, if you are an addict surfer (a lot of tabs as I could say).

I notice that it is much faster than the old FF.
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Regnard Raquedan says:

14 years ago

Mozilla Firefox 4 is obviously super fast, from starting up to loading pages.

Cool additions are the sleek interface and Sync feature. :)
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plsburydoughboy says:

14 years ago

when I downloaded it, Greasemonkey wasn’t compatible with it yet. That may have changed since then, but there may be compatibility issues with older extensions and scripts like that.

Using a small netbook, I do appreciate the extra real estate. They did a good job reorganizing everything so that you can still access the bookmarks but you still have a lot of space carried over.

FF4 also seems less likely to crash, although I haven’t really put it through the wringer. I still use Chrome first though. It’s still ahead in terms of speed and stability.
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bennix says:

14 years ago

I am using FF4 right now.Smooth naman ang performance and medyo mabilis compared to Chrome and IE 9.

Please read my short review here:
http://www.bennixville.com/2011/03/new-sleeky-and-fast-firefox-4.html

ty. yuga.
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jlapitan says:

14 years ago

@yuga punta kb sa launch ng ff4 sa AIM? Ngtweet ako sau about that..
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Noir says:

14 years ago

I use Palemoon 4 :D (which is FF4 optimized )
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elmerlovesoreo says:

14 years ago

Yeah, it’s definitely faster.
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DeNc!o-H says:

14 years ago

I’m using Firefox 3.x.x before but switch to Google’s Chrome due to I find the latter more faster compared to Firefox.

Will download FF4 to see if it’s really faster than Chrome.
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Jonaflormicfren says:

14 years ago

Mozilla really competes or don’t want to be left. http://learner-spot.blogspot.com/
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goodha67 says:

14 years ago

tried ff4 and the layout is similar to chrome. switched back to ff 3.6.16 because half of my important add ons did not work on ff4. ive noticed also ff4 did have less crashes than previous ff version nevertheless both had faster restore of pages. my 2c worth.
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Totem says:

14 years ago

Yep.. It’s much faster than 3.6 and less likely to crash.. The reason why I choose Firefox over Chrome is because of the add-ons and rendering of pages as well..
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notAlone says:

14 years ago

Yup, FF4 is definitely faster than FF3.x. For those having problems with their addons, just install the FF extension Addon Compatibility Checker (http://bit.ly/gp3FLr). Most of the time, the “old” addons still have complete functionality, their devs just haven’t certified it to be FF4
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Nonoy says:

14 years ago

Yes, it’s faster.
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adam says:

14 years ago

It’s faster as compared to its old version.
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Gumz says:

14 years ago

fastest… customizable…
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Karlo Corpuz says:

14 years ago

Talagang madodoble niya ang downloads on ng IE9. IE9 is not compatible for XP. It’s exclusively for Windows 7. It works great on 7! I’m using it right now
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milanaorly says:

14 years ago

teehee, halos magkaparehas ang opera 11, chrome 10 at ff4.. amp
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Rey says:

14 years ago

WEEE!!! May alternative browser na ako para sa IE9. Well para sa akin, as a modem user, mas mabilis ang IE9 kumpara sa FF4. I’m not using Chrome anymore.
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Jon says:

14 years ago

Definitely better. Faster and less of a resource hog. In the office, the terminal I use runs XP. Firefox 3 and other previous versions hogs a lot of RAM after a while. Memory leak issues. Now with version 4, it is definitely faster. I also like the new interface.

I would have gone with Chrome a long time ago if it weren’t for some of the plugins/addons I use. Glad to see that this version is definitely an improvement. The best feature I like with this is Firefox sync. Now, I can access my tabs, history, bookmarks from my office PC anywhere, even on my Android phone, as long as you have Firefox mobile installed. :)
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Kenneth says:

14 years ago

Ever heard of PaleMoon? :-D
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neon says:

14 years ago

firefox4.0 in windows 7 is faster than firefox4.0 snow leopard.
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frenchy says:

14 years ago

FF4 really seems faster than Chrome and IE9, but because it isn’t compatible yet with the plugins that I use for my work, I had to revert it to FF3.6. However, I am using IE9 now for my regular surfing.
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oktnxbai says:

14 years ago

FF4 looks and feels like a poor man’s Chrome. Nice try Mozilla.
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jhonX says:

14 years ago

Its the fastest browser right now…
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StarMars says:

14 years ago

I love FireFox 4: http://www.starmarsonline.com/2011/03/firefox-4/

hehe
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Abram John Limpin says:

14 years ago

Downloading and installing Mozilla Firefox 4 wasn’t a mistake!

I feel Safari-ish when I saw the UI, but still lagging when I tried to play a game here:

http://www.masterofthewebgame.com/ph

Try it yourself!
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angelo says:

14 years ago

Firefox is faster than its predecessor but very slow compared to the chrome, from start up to loading and rendering of pages..
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Gerald says:

14 years ago

It’s definitely faster.
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techguy says:

14 years ago

I’m a Microsoft employee but I use FF4. Love the new look and speed. ^_^
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lou says:

14 years ago

i use safari browser… based on my experience mabilis xa with a very low specs like what im using for daily browsing dowloading expt for phoyo editing i use my laptop sa bagal ng takbo ng pc safari lng ang mabilis mag load for me..

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Manufacturer iQon.ie
System Model S651MPRZ
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2814 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. F6f, 10/6/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS2
System Directory C:\WINDOWS2\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = “5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)”

as u can see yan ung specs ng pc n gngmit ko now for regular daily browsing.. btw im using adsl un lng minsan tlga ngpapabagal my toyo minsan adsl
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Treckster4147 says:

14 years ago

FF4 looks like chrome… rip off interface
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