Firefox Minefield Alpha

News Reader · Post by **News Reader** » October 23rd, 2008, 16:00

Firefox Minefield Alpha
So Mozillas Firefox Minefield browser is all the rage because it is supposedly way faster than Firefox 3 and Google Chrome. It isnt a beta yet (alpha code) but it is a stand alone install so it wont impact your Firefox installation at all. If you dont like it, uninstall it. Anyone here tried it out yet?

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Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » October 23rd, 2008, 16:58

News Reader wrote:it is a stand alone install so it won’t impact your Firefox installation at all.

No it isn't; yes it will.
It uses your Firefox profile. Some settings may be unset when you return to Firefox.
Also, you can't run them both at once.
It does seem a little quicker though. Just wait for Firefox 3.1- it'll have the improved JavaScript speed of Minefield.

Post by **HereComesPete** » October 23rd, 2008, 17:39

I just read this and thought it was an in-browser version of the windows classic time waster game.

I'm disappointed to find it's a thing that seems both superfluous and not well liked by our code monkey.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » October 23rd, 2008, 17:51

HereComesPete wrote:I'm disappointed to find it's a thing that seems both superfluous and not well liked by our code monkey.

I think I'm right in saying that Minefield is the development version of Firefox. The good bits get tested and felcher down in to Firefox.
It did seem a bit faster, but mainly due to the new Chrome-style compiled JavaScript engine, which we'll get once Firefox 3.1 is out of beta.

Post by **HereComesPete** » October 23rd, 2008, 17:55

Well that's not so bad.

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » October 23rd, 2008, 19:45

Stoat wrote:I think I'm right in saying that Minefield is the development version of Firefox. The good bits get tested and felcher down in to Firefox.
It did seem a bit faster, but mainly due to the new Chrome-style compiled JavaScript engine, which we'll get once Firefox 3.1 is out of beta.

i hope this version works, FF crashes at least 4-10 times a day, and it's really pissing me off.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 23rd, 2008, 19:48

Mr. Johnson wrote:i hope this version works, FF crashes at least 4-10 times a day, and it's really pissing me off.

plugins? FF shouldn't crash that much.

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » October 23rd, 2008, 19:49

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:

plugins? FF shouldn't crash that much.

plugins do that? hmmm...

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 23rd, 2008, 19:52

Mr. Johnson wrote:plugins do that? hmmm...

Probably, FF is (IME) really, really stable, I'd suggest disabling all your plugins and see if it stops crashing.

then add one back in at a time until it starts shitting itself.

Post by **HereComesPete** » October 23rd, 2008, 20:58

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:
Probably, FF is (IME) really, really stable, I'd suggest disabling all your plugins and see if it stops crashing.

then add one back in at a time until it starts shitting itself.

Very this. Exceedingly stable imo.

I had it crash on me a couple of times and it had been media plugins, flash and such. I tracked that down to an b0rken d/l that took a few seconds to get again and the problem was solved.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » October 23rd, 2008, 21:09

FF sometimes locks up at work, but that's due to the shitting proxy I believe. Otherwise it's as good as gold.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » October 23rd, 2008, 21:30

I've broken my FF to a lesser degree, has problems with some java script and bits and bobs, not quite sure why this install does it either, the home pc is fine.

I reckon it was Winamp, installing that first meant that FF decided that it was defacto for certain files as well, such as flash.

Still as stable as a concrete block though.

5punk

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