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#21
Originally Posted by Pirvokkula View Post
The UI is slow and choppy and the browser is slower than the default one and Opera.

I cannot use this but of course see the potential and am eager to see the improvements in the future.

I honestly cannot understand why people are giving 5-star reviews at Nokia Store.
I think the five star reviews are there just because it's firefox and for some reason people seem to think it's the superior browser, regardless of platform. I attribute it to the fact that firefox on the desktop pretty much saved the day when IE was total crap. Also the anticipation of flash plugin probably doesn't hurt the score either.

That being said however, I agree with you. This incarnation of ff seems too laggy to use. Opera is better, but I still prefer the built-in browser. It has its shortcomings, but it's still agile and very useful. I don't expect desktop browsing experience from mobile browsers, but I want usability. I don't get all the bad feedback and the mocking the built-in browser has been receiving. I think people are judging it by the feature list instead of the browsing experience.
 

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#22
Originally Posted by Soppa View Post
I think the five star reviews are there just because it's firefox and for some reason people seem to think it's the superior browser, regardless of platform. I attribute it to the fact that firefox on the desktop pretty much saved the day when IE was total crap. Also the anticipation of flash plugin probably doesn't hurt the score either.

That being said however, I agree with you. This incarnation of ff seems too laggy to use. Opera is better, but I still prefer the built-in browser. It has its shortcomings, but it's still agile and very useful. I don't expect desktop browsing experience from mobile browsers, but I want usability. I don't get all the bad feedback and the mocking the built-in browser has been receiving. I think people are judging it by the feature list instead of the browsing experience.
While that may be true, I think the benefit of having firefox, addons, and the ability to sync with your desktop can compensate for a little bit of lag. I think it works fine and I use it on occasion. Granted, I'm running the nightlies but I think the stable is about the same as far as I can see.
 
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#23
Firefox updated to ver. 11 in OVI store.
 

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#24
just figured out how to copy text in firefox.

after press and hold and drag handles to select, double click it.

takes about 2 seconds, but it works. it was the main thing keeping me from using it as default browser. that and speed.
 
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