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FireFox 3.0 Beta! by Quantum on 11-22-2007 at 11:41 PM

For all you guys that don't know firefox 3.0 beta is out Its quite buggy and the big thing that annoys me is that the bookmarks bar wont work yet =p as its only beta 1 i cant complain

Theres not much that looks different. There are new features i can see lol.

Upgrade at your own risk (it runs smoothly but page loading is weird)

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Browsers/Mo...irefox-Final.shtml

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061212-8409.html

What do you guys/gals think?

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by MeEtc on 11-22-2007 at 11:48 PM

Its been out for a while.
Old news |-)

and i'll stick with 2.x, tyvm

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by NanaFreak on 11-22-2007 at 11:55 PM

* NanaFreak doesnt get...

i have too many add-ons for my current version that i use always =\

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by mynetx on 11-23-2007 at 12:20 AM

so have I, about 30-35

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by Lou on 11-23-2007 at 01:08 AM

I think that since it didn't allow me to have both the current version running, and the old one, that I'll wait until it's released as a non-beta build to use it.

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by Chris4 on 11-23-2007 at 01:31 AM

quote:
Originally posted by NanaFreak
* NanaFreak doesnt get...

i have too many add-ons for my current version that i use always =\

quote:
Originally posted by mynetx
so have I, about 30-35

Same I got 31 add-ons, so I can't upgrade because they won't be compatible

Not hearing any good news about Firefox 3.0 anyway, apart from a memory test in which FF 3 showed better.

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by Supersonicdarky on 11-23-2007 at 01:35 AM

ff3 has lower mem usage

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=960

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by Chris4 on 11-23-2007 at 01:42 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Supersonicdarky
ff3 has lower mem usage

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=960

I don't get it. FF2 shows lower mem usage for 2 out of 3 tests, the third being with 12 pages open. So normal users who only have a few tabs are going to see a higher mem usage with FF3, correct?

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by -dt- on 11-23-2007 at 01:58 AM

quote:
Originally posted by john-t
For all you guys that don't know firefox 3.0 beta is out (Smilie) Its quite buggy and the big thing that annoys me is that the bookmarks bar wont work yet =p as its only beta 1 i cant complain (Smilie)

the bookmarks bar works fine, it wouldn't have been released as beta 1 without it working.

Awesome bar > *

(Awesome bar is the new location bar http://ed.agadak.net/2007/11/smartbar-to-awesomebar)

* -dt- is currently using the latest trunk

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by prashker on 11-23-2007 at 02:45 AM

Once Mr Tech's Local Install works, so I can make old Extensions compatible. I'll use it.

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by -dt- on 11-23-2007 at 02:51 AM

quote:
Originally posted by SonicSam
Once Mr Tech's Local Install works, so I can make old Extensions compatible. I'll use it.

it does ;o

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by vaccination on 11-23-2007 at 07:41 AM

quote:
Originally posted by .Lou
I think that since it didn't allow me to have both the current version running, and the old one, that I'll wait until it's released as a non-beta build to use it.

Did for me =s

Installs into a different folder

john-t: ~~what are you on about? The bookmarks work fine~~ Hmm, doesn't seem to work all the time. And why don't you link to the actual Mozilla download page? =/

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by markee on 11-23-2007 at 08:17 AM

Awesome bar is GREAT and I have both the old stable build and new beta running at the same time so I don't know what you are on about =\

Personally I think I'm going to wait before switching over, hopefully B2 will be more reliable. Also I find that I have some serious CPU usage when I try to close the browser and it lasts for about 15sec.

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by vaccination on 11-23-2007 at 08:24 AM

For some reason I can't delete entire history folders by hitting Del button, only works with right click > delete ;[

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by Steven on 11-23-2007 at 12:06 PM

I honestly dont see a visual difference or any difference for that matter

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by NanaFreak on 11-23-2007 at 12:14 PM

when i installed ff3 it didnt copy my bookmarks ]=

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by prashker on 11-23-2007 at 12:14 PM

quote:
Originally posted by -dt-

quote:
Originally posted by SonicSam
Once Mr Tech's Local Install works, so I can make old Extensions compatible. I'll use it.
it does ;o

;D!

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by Mike on 11-23-2007 at 12:47 PM

Changelog: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0b1/releasenotes/

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by prashker on 11-23-2007 at 12:52 PM

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9b2pre) Gecko/2007112205 Minefield/3.0b2pre - Build ID: 2007112205

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by Ezra on 11-23-2007 at 03:36 PM

I'm running nightlys but I disabled the compatibility checking so my extensions run normal, except if they don't have a secure update url.

It's running very stable for me, never having any problems and the features are very nice, (full page zoom, places, quick search)

Gecko 1.9 is good too.

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9b2pre) Gecko/2007112305 Minefield/3.0b2pre ID:2007112305

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by Quantum on 11-23-2007 at 04:13 PM

quote:
Originally posted by NanaFreak
when i installed ff3 it didnt copy my bookmarks ]=

Same

Hope the improve the speed too. 1.5 was faster than 2.0 and 2.0 is faster that 3.0. Its still beta i know but its annoying. I dotn want to remove it yet..

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by vaccination on 11-23-2007 at 04:29 PM

Bookmarks copied fine for me too, you guys are dodgy

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by Matti on 11-23-2007 at 05:07 PM

Tried it here too, nothing too great at the moment. I do love the new download manager (nice and clean! (y) ) but I prefer using all my FF2 extensions 'n stuff a bit longer.

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by Quantum on 11-23-2007 at 05:11 PM

Most of my add-ons have updates for 3.0.

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by Voldemort on 11-23-2007 at 07:40 PM

quote:
Originally posted by john-t

quote:
Originally posted by NanaFreak
when i installed ff3 it didnt copy my bookmarks ]=

Same Hope the improve the speed too. 1.5 was faster than 2.0 and 2.0 is faster that 3.0. Its still beta i know but its annoying. I dotn want to remove it yet..

probably your profile, check that out.

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by Nagamasa on 11-23-2007 at 09:43 PM

I'll wait a little while before I get it, considering the bugs that you're reporting.

RE: RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by Verte on 11-24-2007 at 11:31 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Supersonicdarky
ff3 has lower mem usage

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=960

One thing I hear they have cleaned up is the memory usage of Firefox on Xorg- Firefox 3 no longer frobs the X server, leaking render buffers. It's about time- a few [5? 6?] days of normal usage crash Firefox and X on my Thinkpad.

RE: FireFox 3.0 Beta! by bobby2000 on 11-26-2007 at 04:26 PM

The whole thing works fine for me... only problem is i have way too many add-ons lol... i like song bird though!