Your guide to Firefox 4 and its shiny new features

forgot one thing, as it may not seem so important the new Firefox button on the upper corner is kinda annoying... what kind of dropdown menu appears in 2 columns?

and btw dunno if there is anything like that on firefox but about:flags kinda rocks

You know, I really hoped your comment would have been constructive, but then the HORDE of grammatical errors, random blabber about 1874 and "are right inside Chrome" made me come to this conclusion: you are a sad fanboy.

Keep this in mind: better products lead to even better products. Praise evolution, don't kick it in the nuts. Accept the fact that others might do some things better. Try and SURPASS the odds. Don't diss.

I'm sorry if my english is not perfect :)

I am just saying you can't say Firefox is better for the user experience IMO since most of the features are things that Chrome has since a long time (Sync has existed since Chrome 6 if I'm not mistaken, pinned tabs since Chrome 5) and that Chrome has lots more native support than Firefox (not sure about this point though) but examples like Greasemonkey or Prism show that Chrome has features inside the browser and that you need a extension for them in Firefox

Another thing, the thing that was called Web App Store by Mozilla is not the same as Google called 1 year ago, at least it seems like it: one of the changes in 4 was that Web Apps were supported (and for what I seen that are just Pinned Tabs) and Chrome Web Apps are supposed to work like Native Applications (normal OS applications).

What I tried to say was that you can't call Firefox the best in user experience by the factors included in the post and most Mozilla has been so cheery about lately, they're the same as in Chrome... Just Saying

Prism was originally made by Mozilla. Greasemonkey was originally made for Firefox. There were quite a few extensions that allowed syncing before Chrome got them.

I won't deny the fact Chrome implemented them in the core experience, but that is irrelevant overall, considering it was AFTER someone already made said things. Many people don't need to sync, for example. Others have no use for userscripts.

As for best user experience, that is in the eye of the beholder. I hate the Chrome interface, for example. I don't like the omnibar. I want to rearrange the GUI, but I can't. Again, a personal preference. You like Chrome. Do you speak for the rest of the world somehow?

I do not speak for the world... Just like the person that posted this does not, I just gave my opinion and like he said Firefox is the best for User Experience I say is not (it's just our opinions)

Greasemonkey and Prism were made first for Firefox like Sync (I don't recall any sync extensions, if you please could indicate some) and Pinned Tabs were made by Google...

The point about your GUI is a valid point (one of the strongest aspects of Firefox), and btw you probably can do it with Chrome (but it's harder since you probably have to dwell in the Source Code)

By the way why don't you like the omnibar? I'm just asking because I can't really point nothing bad about it just wanted to know your opinion

Browser wars: leading to meaningless comments since 1994.

ah I wish I could like Chrome.

lack of GUI config, Lack of sidebars (although they have been promising it for the last 2 versions and its still gone), bookmark management sucks for people who have lots of bookmarks (tags, seperators, and the ability to drag and drop to folders - with a sidebar).

Chrome is nicer however, faster (although with FF4 I would have to see), I actually like the sync much better, I love most of the extensions that - many are not on FF.

so its all down to taste. Ill still use FF until Chrome starts adding in a few more features (sidebar bookmarks mainly). I dont care if its by extension.

Web Apps ... that's the the total BS feature, basically launching a web pages from the desktop LOL

And Chrome DOESN'T have many of the extensions in Firefox.

Also, Chrome (being Google) give significantly lesser options to users, has a much worser bookmarks and history manager. And with the bungled flash and privacy concerns its a pain in the a**

Panorama Tab feature of Firefox 4 is nothing like what any other browser has.

Also this article forgot to mention that "The new beta will work on Windows XP, something most other hardware accelerated browsers can't do, and it will work on Macs"

Yea that's why Firefox beats Chrome. Chrome only had the JavaScript Speed advantage over Firefox. And thats now Gone.

Not to mention that Omnibar is just the the merging of the address bar and a search box.
Hybrids never really suffice. With a separate search box its much easier to switch search engines (just I Don't use Google 100% of the time ... shocker). Also the display of search results separate from history results is a cleaner display.

Also to say that Firefox is adding features that were in Chrome is true, but the question is who will go it better. As history has shown, my money is in Firefox.

BTW. do you have any idea how many Features of Firefox Chrome borrowed when Chrome first appeared (they did some better true) but they based many features on Firefox and not IE.

*I will not continue this argument. Firefox Rocks. And a relatively stable loyal user-base for 3.6 even in light of Chrome being significantly better proves that people get something more from Firefox. http://marketshare.hitslink.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=1. Now that Chrome is no longer the super fastest, it will be interesting.

I never said it has more, I just said the ones that are more popular in FF there's an alternative in Chrome

Web Apps are not what you described, that's what's called Application Shortcuts, Web Apps (and I'm not really sure here) reload whenever there's an update to the page (they might do more stuff I'm just not aware of it) so don't compare what Prism can to what Google wants to do with Web Apps (and btw the Chrome alternative to Prism is a 3 clicks built-in feature)

Like I know what I'm talking about cause I actually test stuff before rambling about it, I know that there's no good alternative to Panorama on Chrome (all the extensions that try to do it don't seem natural)

You're really saying the search history showing up separately helps (a lot)... I would like to know how...

Panorama is better there's no way I can say the opposite, but omnibar is also ("Don't use Google 100% of the time" - your discussing 2 browsers and you never tried it once lol that's the real shocker)... What can you do in FF search bar that you can't do in Chrome Omnibar? First of all - yes you can add other search engines and make them switch using keywords (not clicks!!!), if you don't use Google you can change in the settings for whichever you want (I kinda changed it to IMDB right now just to make sure) - and most of the sites (I say most because it worked with Kongregate, Facebook but not with DownloadSquad) are automatically added so if i write Kongregate.com + space + Little Kitties from Hell - it searches Little Kitties from Hell in Kongregate

If my explication on what the omnibar can do was too confusing just ask me for any clarification^^ but I actually tried to use Firefox Search Bar before commenting - try to do the same when you comment yours - it helps to know what you're talking about

While I like keeping things minimal, web search and history search are definitely 2 different things for me. I can't stand seeing search suggestions / results in the address bar. I like to see the search results all nicely aligned in a big, independent tab. And I search with keywords, as it's quicker overall. But that's just me. Oh, and I also have tons of bookmarks. I search through them via de address bar.

"Sync? Doesn't Chrome does that already for ages?"

Your statement really bothers me, because Google made you believe it does something that it not only can't, but it does the opposite: It DESTROYS bookmarks every time you "sync". Google lied to you. They viciously lied to you.

I'll say it again to be very clear: Chrome does not sync. Try it. Go ahead. You'll find that it bugs up every time. Research this. Chrome will also bug up a folder in your GoogleDocs, adding all your bookmarks, making them permanent forever unless you do a fix which doesn't always work. Want to delete a bookmark from your Chrome while Sync is enabled? Too bad, you can't, it comes back with six copies. Try deleting those. Too bad! You can guess what it does.

And don't tell me the Beta Chrome fixes this - it just makes it WORSE. I know Chrome, I love and use it continually. It does amazing things, but it does NOT Sync. It will NOT Sync until Google takes it's customers seriously. And I say customers, because we look at Google adds all day long, and Google knows a ton about us, and also I pay for extra Google storage, among other Google products.

Another thing that ticks me off is that it's not possible to insert images into spreadsheet cells on GoogleDocs. But thats another story.

This rant is more about Google than about anything you said. You're innocent as far as I know. But please, don't ever in your life suggest that Chrome has SYNC. At least not until it does and then some. And refunds me countless hours lost fixing thousands of bookmarks.

All that said, I do use chrome daily, and I do love it dearly. I just don't love the evil broken sync. For sync all good chrome users use the plugin Xmarks. I don't work for xmarks, or even care if they survive, but they work well.

Got sync enabled all the time and have deleted several bookmarks... newsflash they aren't here anymore... that bug never happened to me but that might happen because I use Chrome Dev since it was on version 5 (3 on stable) which was the first to bring up sync if I'm not mistaken

Actually, Omnibar add-on works just fine.

Yes, the fonts are still messed up. It sucks that I have to turn off hardware acceleration and not get to enjoy it.