Firefox 4 and IE 9

[Fringe Pioneer]

Internet Explorer and Firefox have relatively recently released new browsers, IE going from 8 to 9 and Firefox going from 3 to 4. There might be other browsers that have also made integer changes (as opposed to 2.5 to 2.6), but I admit that I am oblivious to such changes. Feel free to bring up other browsers as well.

Anyhow, I recently updated both IE8 and Firefox 3 to their respective successors. I don't really use IE, but I figured I should at least change to a more secure version. As for Firefox, I was afraid of the new aesthetic changes such as tabs on top, but it turns out that there is a theme that keeps everything looking nice. Some of the extensions I had were not compatible, such as my toolbar calculator and Disabled's PG linker and all my themes, but they aren't too much of a loss.

Firefox is actually pretty nice, from my perspective, and it creates the illusion of more screen real estate for the webpage.

What are your thoughts on the new browsers?

[Rock]

Oh, they updated firefox? I'll have to run a software update tomorrow.

I wonder when safari 6 will be out...

[Qwerty]

IE9: It's still IE. It sucks by default.

Firefox: I may try it later, I switched to Chrome recently due to speed issues.

[Draxorion]

Firefox 4 is definitely changed in some way, but not very much. I still think it would be better if the themes were able to be reconfigured to be usable for Firefox 4. Otherwise, the layout is nice. Some of my themes still work.

[GGoodie]

IE 9 actually sticks to standards far better than IE 8