Now Mozilla has release the final version of Firefox 4.<\/p>\n
Firefox 4 provides a MUCH faster<\/strong> and integrated browsing experience than version 3.x. The speed improvement will be noticed more on systems that allow for \u2018hardware acceleration\u2019 (more on that later) but it is still much faster on older systems.<\/p>\n Here is how I went about doing the upgrade.<\/p>\n 1st<\/sup> download and install the latest version of Mozbackup here:<\/p>\n Download location here<\/a><\/p>\n Information page here<\/a><\/p>\n This application is wonderful. It completely backs up your profile; bookmarks, settings and extensions.<\/p>\n Run Mozbackup and back up your profile(s) completely.<\/p>\n Download\/install Add-on Compatibility Reporter<\/a>. This requires a few Firefox restarts to be properly loaded.<\/p>\n This add-on will let extensions that are not explicitly \u2018approved\u2019 for version 4 to run.<\/p>\n And it will provide a nice interface to report those that don\u2019t work correctly to Mozilla and\/or the developer.<\/p>\n [If you use LogMeIn (and you should, if you need remote access to machines \u2013 Mac or PC!) here is the process to get the older add-on working in version 4:<\/em><\/p>\n Download by right-clicking and choosing to \u2018save link as\u2019 to your desktop or wherever this file: https:\/\/secure.logmein.com\/activex\/npRACtrl_ff3.xpi<\/a> and then open the file with a zip extractor: <\/em>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff<\/em> (this is zip-file, you can use Winzip, 7-Zip or Winrar. I use 7zip,)<\/em><\/p>\n extract the file:<\/em><\/p>\n install.rdf <\/em><\/p>\n modify it the part \u20183.6 \u2013 to read 4.6 here: <em:maxVersion>4.6.*<\/em:maxVersion><\/em><\/p>\n Then save the file and \u2018put it back into the xpi (zip file) overwriting the original.<\/em><\/p>\n In the xpi file (opened via 7zip or whatever) delete zigbert.rsa in \/META-INF folder<\/em><\/p>\n Save all back to single xpi file.<\/em><\/p>\n Open Firefox then go to the menu bar on top and choose \u2018File>Open File\u2019 and select the xpi file and install it.]<\/em><\/p>\n OK so let\u2019s get to it!<\/strong><\/p>\n Download Firefox 4 here<\/a> and install\/upgrade.<\/p>\n I had very few issues with the upgrade on all my machines. So I\u2019ll address them here.<\/p>\n Once installed there are a few things that may need adjusting. I had to do this on some machines and not others.<\/p>\n If your \u2018Menu\u2019 bar disappears it can be brought back very simply. Just right-click on free space in one of the toolbars and the selection of \u2018Menu Bar\u2019 switches back to the old layout. I also check the \u2018Navigation Toolbar\u2019, the \u2018Add-on Bar\u2019, and the \u2018Bookmarks Toolbar\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n By choosing \u2018Customize\u2019 you can select more items to add to the toolbar and place them where you like.<\/p>\n If you have \u2018blurry fonts\u2019 you may have an issue with \u2018hardware acceleration\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n Simply go to the Options section from the \u2018Tools\u2019 context menu. Then in the Advance then General tab you can \u2018uncheck\u2019 the \u2018Use hardware acceleration when available\u2019.<\/p>\n Tabs on top?<\/strong> The new version puts them there. I don’t like that, you may. Firefox displays tabs on top by default which is a big change for Firefox 3 users. The customize menu has an option to move tabs back down. The entry Tabs on top needs to be unselected to move them below the address bar again.<\/p>\n On my OS X Machines there was one peculiar thing during the installation<\/strong>. Once the dmg was downloaded and mounted I could not copy the install to the applications directory until I trashed the existing Firefox application. Once installed, most of the above<\/span><\/strong> still apply.<\/p>\n On Linux<\/strong> (at least on my Ubuntu installs) Firefox 4 is real fast too!<\/p>\n UPDATE:<\/p>\n Lifehacker.com has some great tips on ‘fixing’ some of the quirks with Firefox 4<\/a><\/p>\n Well I hope this help some.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019ve written previously of my heavy reliance on Firefox and the many add-ons I use to make my time more productive and enjoyable while using the Internet. Read here. Now Mozilla has release the final version of Firefox 4. Firefox 4 provides a MUCH faster and integrated browsing experience than version 3.x. 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