JoÃ£o Pereira

Member since: Oct 22nd, 2010

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Your guide to Firefox 4 and its shiny new features (Download Squad)

Nov 15th 2010 3:19AM 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

Your guide to Firefox 4 and its shiny new features (Download Squad)

Nov 12th 2010 4:49AM it's not slow anymore... has of 4b7 is the fastest browser in Javascript

no real comparisons that I know of have been made against other browsers

Your guide to Firefox 4 and its shiny new features (Download Squad)

Nov 12th 2010 4:47AM I could not install the extension because the extension hasn't been updated to the beta yet... But from what I read in the description CyberSearch only works with Google (It might work with more, I've just read that on the description)

With the omnibar you can add all the search engines you want to it and change the one your searching using a keyword you set (my example, yt "search parameters" for youtube, imdb "search parameters" for imdb) the default search engine (which you can also change) does not require keyword - if you type something there which is not a URL it assumes it's to search on the default search engine

Your guide to Firefox 4 and its shiny new features (Download Squad)

Nov 12th 2010 4:42AM Phil I think I've said that in my first post... I was just arguing about most of the user experience Firefox was so proud of (most of it is the same in Chrome) Firefox has some stuff better (Panorama and GUI Configuration [Fullscreen Mode is also a little better on FF]) Chrome has other things better like Omnibar and built-in support for Userscripts

"What´s the problem with using extensions, do you prefer that someone else decides functionality that you won´t be able to remove and that you may eventually never use, instead of choosing what´s important for you." If it doesn't slowdown the browser I like to have them built-in - it's the definition of more powerful browser

Your guide to Firefox 4 and its shiny new features (Download Squad)

Nov 12th 2010 4:36AM 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

Your guide to Firefox 4 and its shiny new features (Download Squad)

Nov 11th 2010 3:55PM 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

Your guide to Firefox 4 and its shiny new features (Download Squad)

Nov 11th 2010 2:08PM 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

Your guide to Firefox 4 and its shiny new features (Download Squad)

Nov 11th 2010 1:26PM 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

Your guide to Firefox 4 and its shiny new features (Download Squad)

Nov 11th 2010 1:23PM What does " Firefox is sticking to its guns: if you want a feature-rich browser that adds to the surfing experience" mean?

Chrome has better features than Firefox (at least the ones who matter), whatever feature Firefox launches there's one for Chrome 2 days later...

Most extensions on Firefox are right inside Chrome (Greasemonkey anyone?)

HTML5 support? last time i checked Chrome was the browser with the highest support on HTML5 243 points on http://html5test.com/

Chrome extension support is better, Web Apps work better on Chrome (Firefox so called webapps are just what we call Pinned Tabs in Chrome since 1874 so it's not really a new feature) - real web apps (at least for what I know) are written in Ajax

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

The one thing I can let Firefox be better is just 2 things the javascript engine (which I'm not sure who's faster since I'vent heard about real tests being made between Chrome 9 and Firefox 4b7) and the fullscreen mode in which the URL show up on mouseover

In case someone does not agree with I'm saying feel free to discuss... but before that just one word: OMNIBAR (you're future arguments are now, invalid)

Firefox 4 edges out Chrome in SunSpider test (Download Squad)

Oct 23rd 2010 8:15AM Computer Lesson 101 - You can have more that one program installed.

"and side by side comparison my Chrome is 3x faster with loads of extensions (Firefox has none)..."

that must mean I use Chrome as main browser

because actually I've Opera, Safari Nightly Build, Firefox 4.0b6 and Chrome 8.0.5

I never said I used IE9 as browser just saying that i've installed just like Firefox 4... some of them might have some good feature that makes me want to switch from Chrome (which actually isn't going to happen so soon because the omnibar)