Firefox Friday – First Impressions of Firefox 3.5

I upgraded Portable Firefox to 3.5 this weekend and I immediately noticed a few differences.

First thing I noticed was that a few add-ons were not yet compatible, including WeatherBug, which I quickly looked for an upgrade which fixed the issue.  I found an indispensable link which includes two lists, one of add-ons that ARE compatible and another of add-ons that ARE NOT compatible.  Check it out here.

Another difference I noticed immediately was the “open a new tab” button which appears to the right of the tabs area.  Other browsers, such as Internet Explorer, have been sporting a similar button for quite some time and Firefox has followed suit.  Personally, I use the “cntrl-t” key combination to open new tabs so this new button doesn’t do anything for me.  How about you?

I also noticed the speed!  Firefox has upgraded its java engine making many websites a lot faster.  Those of you who have upgraded to 3.5, have you noticed a speed difference in the loading of timmyjohnboy.com?

I’ll share more about 3.5 soon.  Meanwhile, what are your thoughts on the new Firefox version?

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