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Pistons < Spurs
06-14-2008, 12:07 AM
Tuesday June 17th

Set a Guinness World Record
Enjoy a Better Web

Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours - it’s that easy. We're not asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although that would be kind of awesome.

The official date for the launch of Firefox 3 is June 17, 2008. Join our community and this effort by pledging today.



Total Pledges:
1,192,669

http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/

pawe
06-14-2008, 01:55 AM
Death to IE?

Slydragon
06-14-2008, 02:58 AM
So whats new in 3? I hate upgrading anything because it always pisses me off when something small is taken away that I like and I didn't even know I like it till it was gone.

Brutalis
06-14-2008, 03:30 AM
Why pledge?

FF won't run unless you do the update anyways. Unless this is a separate install.

mouse
06-14-2008, 01:17 PM
a click of a mouse and I can make it in a record book? count me in, I want my name on the list of those that made it happen.

Sense
06-14-2008, 01:25 PM
I got firefox 3 beta 2...

and its great.... so far im loving it.... so im definately getting this one...

Brutalis
06-14-2008, 01:31 PM
I got firefox 3 beta 2...

and its great.... so far im loving it.... so im definately getting this one...

What's different about it?

Sense
06-14-2008, 01:37 PM
What's different about it?


lol seriously... you'd have to see it for yourself...

the one feature i like... it recognizes which sites you go to the most and it puts them in your address bar... theres also a little avatar next to it... the arrows are different... it seems alot faster.. and it saves your tabs for the next time you open firefox...

those are just a few ive noticed... but trust me theres an improvement...

Brutalis
06-14-2008, 01:38 PM
It already saves tabs. But sounds good.

Sense
06-14-2008, 01:51 PM
It already saves tabs. But sounds good.

did it really ? I always thought it only saved it when lets say firefox wasnt responding or something like that.... i never really got the "Do you wish to save the tabs" every time i closed firefox

Sense
06-14-2008, 01:59 PM
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/FMSense/firefoxss.jpg

just how it looks on mine right now.....

baseline bum
06-14-2008, 02:04 PM
Is it the memory hog Firefox2 is? If you open up a bunch of tabs in Firefox 2.* and then go back down to only using a couple, it still keeps the same memory footprint.

Dex
06-14-2008, 02:18 PM
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/FMSense/firefoxss.jpg

just how it looks on mine right now.....

Have you tried to use any of the existing plugins / addons with FireFox 3?

I have a Safari-based Theme that I prefer to use, but I'm betting they're gonna hafta to rerelease it for 3.

Either way, I'm signed up and on the bandwagon.

Firefox > Safari > Opera > IE > Netscape

Borosai
06-14-2008, 04:34 PM
I'm going to download it, just to give it another try, but I know they haven't improved the things I don't like about FF (judging by an RC I installed).

Borosai
06-14-2008, 11:08 PM
On second thought, I probably won't bother anymore. I just upgraded to Opera 9.50, and it's just too good.

pawe
06-15-2008, 12:21 AM
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/FMSense/firefoxss.jpg

just how it looks on mine right now.....

So selfish of you to delete the porn sites you visited, we could've used the additional resource. :lol

velik_m
06-15-2008, 03:14 AM
It will probably be worth it for the new Gecko engine alone.

Brutalis
06-15-2008, 06:25 AM
gecko engine?

Xolotl
06-15-2008, 09:43 AM
Is it the memory hog Firefox2 is? If you open up a bunch of tabs in Firefox 2.* and then go back down to only using a couple, it still keeps the same memory footprint.

Im curious about this too, I moved over to Opera from FF2 because of the memory issues. I really enjoy using Opera especially because of the mouse gestures which makes navigating quicker. But, if the memory issues are resolved I'll go back to FF

Sausage
06-15-2008, 11:05 AM
Hopefully my Sirius plugin will still work with the new FF. That will be the deciding factor.

Sense
06-15-2008, 08:30 PM
Have you tried to use any of the existing plugins / addons with FireFox 3?

I have a Safari-based Theme that I prefer to use, but I'm betting they're gonna hafta to rerelease it for 3.

Either way, I'm signed up and on the bandwagon.

Firefox > Safari > Opera > IE > Netscape

nope... im not too big on them... i just get a browser to browse sites.. if i need a plug in later on ill just download it but i wont even remember it later on

Sense
06-15-2008, 08:30 PM
So selfish of you to delete the porn sites you visited, we could've used the additional resource. :lol

lol i didnt delete anything...

Evan
06-15-2008, 09:22 PM
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/FMSense/firefoxss.jpg

just how it looks on mine right now.....

I can't believe there isn't a single porn site on the list.

baseline bum
06-16-2008, 01:08 AM
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/FMSense/firefoxss.jpg

just how it looks on mine right now.....

Shit, Firefox3 has a 'hide my pr0n l1nx' option? sweeeeet...

Sense
06-16-2008, 01:10 AM
lol guys.. there are no porn sites there because i save that for special time.. lol i guess those are just the most visited..
special time is special
lawl

Pistons < Spurs
06-16-2008, 06:08 PM
Mozilla Ready to Launch Firefox 3 into Browser Wars

Just more than 10 years ago, Mozilla threw its open-source code into the public domain. Today, its browser -- Firefox -- is preparing to launch its third major release in hopes of continuing to eat away at Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

Firefox already has more than 18 percent of the global market, according to Net Applications. With the release of Firefox 3, Mozilla could see a boost in downloads and market share. Microsoft's next version of Internet Explorer won't come to market until later this year.

On June 17, Mozilla will release Firefox 3. After more than 34 months of active development and the contributions of thousands of people, Firefox 3 will be downloadable free from the Mozilla Web site. Mozilla is promising this is the best browser -- period.

"Firefox 3 is a very nice browser. It's still going to have to go up against Internet Explorer {Windows] and Safari [Mac], which have the home court advantage on their operating systems," said Michael Gartenberg, an analyst at JupiterResearch. "It shows that the browser market is anything but stagnant."

A Focus on Security

Firefox 3 is based on the Gecko 1.9 Web rendering platform. Building on the previous release, Gecko 1.9 has more than 15,000 updates, including some major re-architecting for improved performance, stability, rendering correctness, and code simplification and sustainability. The result, Mozilla said, is a more secure, easier to use, more personal product with a lot more under the hood to offer Web-site and Firefox add-on developers.

Mozilla begins with a focus on security. Users can click a Web site's favicon [icon] in the location bar to see who owns the site and to check if the connection is secure. Identity verification is prominently displayed and easier to understand, Mozilla said. When a site uses Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificates, the site's favicon will turn green and show the name of the company.

Firefox 3 also has malware protection to warn users when they arrive at sites known to install viruses, spyware, trojans or the like. And a new Web Forgery Protection service blocks the content of pages suspected as Web forgeries. New SSL error pages, Mozilla said, are clearer and stricter, and Firefox automatically disables old and insecure add-on and plug-in versions.

Add-ons that provide updates in an insecure manner will also be disabled. Firefox will inform antivirus software when downloading executables and the browser respects the Vista parental control setting for disabling file downloads.

Easier, More Personal

Mozilla also concentrated on making Firefox easier to use and more personalized. In terms of password management, that means an information bar replaces the old password dialog so users can save passwords after a successful login. The add-on whitelist has been removed, making it possible to install extensions from third-party sites in fewer clicks. And a new download manager aims to makes it much easier to locate downloaded files. Users can also see and search the Web site where a file came from.

Firefox 3 allows users to add bookmarks from the location bar with a single click and associate keywords with bookmarks to sort them. Web applications, such as a favorite Webmail provider, can now be used instead of desktop applications to handle Web-site mail links. The Add-ons Manager can be used to download and install a Firefox customization from the thousands of add-ons available from Mozilla's Web site.

Gartenberg expects the competition to dominate browsing will continue. Even now, Microsoft is working on the release of IE 8 and Apple is seeding Safari 4. "Clearly, Web browsers are still very important, as important as they were 10 years ago, but just in a different way," he said. "The bottom line is no one is actually paying for a browser any more. A browser is free. It's something you give away in order to make money elsewhere."


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080612/bs_nf/60269

balli
06-16-2008, 06:28 PM
IE for life motherfucker!!!

Leetonidas
06-16-2008, 07:06 PM
IE for life motherfucker!!!

You're kidding right??

balli
06-16-2008, 07:41 PM
Nope. I have no clue why firefox is supposedly better and really I have enough memory that if that's the reason, I don't care. All I know is that IE has extra tabs right there behind the main page so you don't need to click, file-open new tab or hit the hotkey as I had to do when I tried out Firefox. That's about all that matters to me.

Pistons < Spurs
06-17-2008, 12:22 PM
Mozilla must be getting crushed by all the downloaders. I can't even get the page to load.

CuckingFunt
06-17-2008, 01:36 PM
Mozilla must be getting crushed by all the downloaders. I can't even get the page to load.

Same here.

Pistons < Spurs
06-17-2008, 01:56 PM
They've been having issues all day. I was finally able to grab it from here:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/?from=getfirefox

CuckingFunt
06-17-2008, 02:09 PM
They've been having issues all day. I was finally able to grab it from here:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/?from=getfirefox

Worked like a charm. Danke.

robino2001
06-17-2008, 04:29 PM
dumb question... I believe it keeps your bookmarks in place when you upgrade, but does it keep stored passwords, etc... from one version to another? Or will those need to be reentered?

Brutalis
06-17-2008, 05:51 PM
dumb question... I believe it keeps your bookmarks in place when you upgrade, but does it keep stored passwords, etc... from one version to another? Or will those need to be reentered?

slong' as ya haven't deleted your cookies/cache it'll all just carry over

Brutalis
06-17-2008, 05:51 PM
IE for life motherfucker!!!

:lmao

Brutalis
06-17-2008, 05:53 PM
Just got it.. don't see any big difference. Graphics look cleaner, the tabs thing. My adds were not compatible.

It is faster than IE by far, that's the main difference. Other than that.. I don't see what all the hoopla is about..

balli
06-17-2008, 06:37 PM
I really don't get it. Faster than IE? By far? I mean I clik a link, boom, the page is loaded. Instantly. Everybody says it's faster and hell maybe in terms of nanoseconds it is, but I don't see how Firefox could possibly be noticeably faster than the "instant" load time IE provides me. Maybe if I were traveling at the speed of light I'd notice, but as it is I don't really need my browser to load pages faster than it does.

Like I said above, until Firefox implements a tab system like the one in this screenshot IE will be my choice.
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s219/ballijuana/screen.jpg
Does the new Firefox have that, because last time I checked it didn't. People are all like, "you can't be serious," when I say IE or Brutalis just laughed, but I mean if somebody could explain what's so much better about it I'd like to know. Maybe it is a foregone conclusion, but like I said, I really just don't get it.

baseline bum
06-17-2008, 07:15 PM
I really don't get it. Faster than IE? By far? I mean I clik a link, boom, the page is loaded. Instantly. Everybody says it's faster and hell maybe in terms of nanoseconds it is, but I don't see how Firefox could possibly be noticeably faster than the "instant" load time IE provides me. Maybe if I were traveling at the speed of light I'd notice, but as it is I don't really need my browser to load pages faster than it does.

Like I said above, until Firefox implements a tab system like the one in this screenshot IE will be my choice.
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s219/ballijuana/screen.jpg
Does the new Firefox have that, because last time I checked it didn't. People are all like, "you can't be serious," when I say IE or Brutalis just laughed, but I mean if somebody could explain what's so much better about it I'd like to know. Maybe it is a foregone conclusion, but like I said, I really just don't get it.

By that do you mean a tab system where the newest created tab is first instead of last in line? I've always found that weird in IE.

balli
06-17-2008, 07:23 PM
By that do you mean a tab system where the newest created tab is first instead of last in line? I've always found that weird in IE.

I mean in FF I think you have to either click on file- open new tab, or hit ctrl+T, in order to open a new tab. I don't use it and I haven't seen #3, but I think so anyway.

In IE there is a new tab right there behind the page (see the circle on my screenshot) that is already there with nothing loaded, so all you have to do is click your mouse on it and a new blank tab opens up.

And if I follow you correctly, in IE 7 the tabs stay in the order/priority they were opened, left to right.

baseline bum
06-17-2008, 07:34 PM
I mean in FF I think you have to either click on file- open new tab, or hit ctrl+T, in order to open a new tab. I don't use it and I haven't seen #3, but I think so anyway.

In IE there is a new tab right there behind the page (see the circle on my screenshot) that is already there with nothing loaded, so all you have to do is click your mouse on it and a new blank tab opens up.

And if I follow you correctly, in IE 7 the tabs stay in the order/priority they were opened, left to right.

I can see liking that feature better. I prefer using the keyboard to pointing and clicking a new tab though, so it's not an issue with me.

I was wrong in the way I described how IE opens tabs. Here's what I don't like...

Say I have www.spurstalk.com open in the first tab, and www.spursreport.com in the second tab. Then, I go to the first tab (spurstalk.com), and right click and open the Spurs forum from it in a new tab. I don't like that the new tab is placed in between the original two tabs in IE7 instead of after it (like FF does).

Brutalis
06-17-2008, 08:05 PM
ball I wasn't laughing at YOU, just at the thought of IE being better than FF. Obviously it's a personal pref and all. Yer one of my fav posters sweetie.

By faster, not the internet. The program itself. FF loads faster than IE, has more options, and is cleaner.

For instance, notice when you clear your temp int files and cache on IE it takes longer than it does to do it on FF. And that's been the case on my friends puter, my old one, and this one.

Also, its pop-up aka ad blocker is better. When I use IE I notice ads get through on some websites that FF has blocked. Also, the plug ins aka add ons for FF are sweeter.

Some of what I say is just my pref, but some is just because of my experience FF has proven me more useful.

However, FF3 is faster, and cleaner, but I don't see any major upgrades from FF2.

Brutalis
06-17-2008, 08:13 PM
I can see liking that feature better. I prefer using the keyboard to pointing and clicking a new tab though, so it's not an issue with me.

I was wrong in the way I described how IE opens tabs. Here's what I don't like...

Say I have www.spurstalk.com open in the first tab, and www.spursreport.com in the second tab. Then, I go to the first tab (spurstalk.com), and right click and open the Spurs forum from it in a new tab. I don't like that the new tab is placed in between the original two tabs in IE7 instead of after it (like FF does).

I hate that too. Cause back when I used IE when I had multiple tabs up, I'd go click a tab from the order in which I opened it, and it'd be a different tab. I was like dubya tee ef, mate? I like how FF tabs them in order of when it was opened.

However ball has a good point, and I agree, I wish FF had a spare tab that's not anything until you click it. FF makes ya do the click and open crap. So that is one advantage IE has.

The other day I quoted Sense about the tab thing saying FF does have that, but I misunderstood him apparently.

TOP-CHERRY
06-17-2008, 08:37 PM
I mean in FF I think you have to either click on file- open new tab, or hit ctrl+T, in order to open a new tab. I don't use it and I haven't seen #3, but I think so anyway.

In IE there is a new tab right there behind the page (see the circle on my screenshot) that is already there with nothing loaded, so all you have to do is click your mouse on it and a new blank tab opens up.

On FF you just double click the blank space next to the tab you're on and you get a new blank tab.

Avitus1
06-17-2008, 08:47 PM
Downloaded and I'm liking it... :-D

midgetonadonkey
06-17-2008, 08:48 PM
After downloading FF3 and the latest Opera, I'd have to say I like Opera more. Even though the FF add ons are better but they aren't compatible with FF3 so it's a non issue now.

Sense
06-17-2008, 09:00 PM
After downloading FF3 and the latest Opera, I'd have to say I like Opera more. Even though the FF add ons are better but they aren't compatible with FF3 so it's a non issue now.

lol if only we could read the post that changed your life or look at it

Dex
06-17-2008, 09:11 PM
Done.

I haven't relaunched my Firefox yet though.

I'm so lazy.

Brutalis
06-17-2008, 09:55 PM
On FF you just double click the blank space next to the tab you're on and you get a new blank tab.

Yeah but if you only have one page up, there is no option for that.

midgetonadonkey
06-17-2008, 09:57 PM
How fucking hard is it to press CTRL-T?

balli
06-17-2008, 10:08 PM
How fucking hard is it to press CTRL-T?

It isn't, but the thing is (and this will be complicated to follow) that I download from rapidshare, meaning to download a movie I get three or four download links going at the same time. The way I do it is I have my links pasted in a notepad file and one by one I have to highlight them with the mouse and then copy the link so I can paste it into a tab. I get a whole row of tabs ready so that once they're all loaded I can just click through them one by one and start my downloads. It's a lot easier if I can handle opening new tabs and highlighting links with my mouse hand, while with my other I just hit ctrl+C and ctrl+V to copy and paste the links.

It's really not a huge deal, but more than anything else that's what I use my tabs for, so it's nice to have extras right there that I can open with my mouse.

balli
06-17-2008, 10:15 PM
ball I wasn't laughing at YOU, just at the thought of IE being better than FF. Obviously it's a personal pref and all. Yer one of my fav posters sweetie.

I know and thanks for the kind words. I was just saying it seems like FF being better is a foregone conclusion to everyone but me. And I guess now that you and some others have explained why, you may be right. :toast

TOP-CHERRY
06-17-2008, 10:20 PM
Yeah but if you only have one page up, there is no option for that.

Mine does.

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/2508/97658393np5.png

Brutalis
06-17-2008, 10:30 PM
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m206/acrowofhope/ball.jpg

couldn't resist

Brutalis
06-17-2008, 10:32 PM
Mine does.

That's cause um, you're um, on XP. Yeah! that's it! Um, there is two different firefox! one for XP and one for Vista! YEAHHH!!!

balli
06-17-2008, 11:03 PM
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m206/acrowofhope/ball.jpg

couldn't resist

LMFAO! Thanks. :lmao

Brutalis
06-17-2008, 11:12 PM
LMFAO! Thanks. :lmao

All in good fun. :toast

Pistons < Spurs
06-18-2008, 12:12 AM
That's cause um, you're um, on XP. Yeah! that's it! Um, there is two different firefox! one for XP and one for Vista! YEAHHH!!!

If you go to 'Tools' (at the top of the page on FF) .... select 'Options'.... select the 'Tab' option, and click the 3rd box that says "always show the tab bar" and yours will look just like Top-Cherry's screen shot!

Slomo
06-18-2008, 06:58 AM
You can also put a "new tab" button on the top toolbar using the customize option, and of course clicking on a link with your mouse's middle button opens the link in a new tab.

So there's really a ton of choices.

Brutalis
06-18-2008, 10:32 PM
If you go to 'Tools' (at the top of the page on FF) .... select 'Options'.... select the 'Tab' option, and click the 3rd box that says "always show the tab bar" and yours will look just like Top-Cherry's screen shot!

Sweet. That was the one thing IE had over FF. Now FF owns that too.

thx

Brutalis
06-18-2008, 10:32 PM
You can also put a "new tab" button on the top toolbar using the customize option, and of course clicking on a link with your mouse's middle button opens the link in a new tab.

So there's really a ton of choices.

:toast

Pistons < Spurs
06-19-2008, 12:10 AM
Mozilla Logs 8 Million-plus Firefox 3 Downloads in a Day


After a rocky start to its Firefox 3 "Download Day," Mozilla logged more than 8 million downloads of the latest version of its Web browser in 24 hours, the company said Wednesday.

Firefox 3 was downloaded 8,349,074 times between 2:16 p.m. ET Tuesday and 2:16 p.m. ET Wednesday -- more Firefox downloads than the company has ever had in one day, according to a Mozilla Web site tracking the browser's first-day download process.

Mozilla said on May 28 that it would attempt to establish a Guinness World Record for the largest number of software downloads in a 24-hour period with Firefox 3's release.

As part of the plan, Mozilla deemed Tuesday Download Day and hosted a download party at its Mountain View, California, office.

In comparison, Firefox 2 was downloaded 1.6 million times in its first 24 hours of release; to date, it has been downloaded more than half a billion times, according to Mozilla. There was no Download Day fanfare surrounding Firefox 2's release, however.

Mozilla is now awaiting review by the Guinness judges to see if its goal was accomplished, according to the Download Day Web site. There is currently no record for the number of software downloads in 24 hours; Mozilla's would be the first.

Despite its eventual success, Firefox 3 Download Day didn't go off without a hitch. Interest in the endeavor crippled Mozilla's servers on Tuesday, so the U.S. part of the download process started around 3 p.m. ET -- two hours later than originally planned -- when Mozilla's site wouldn't work properly.

The European leg of the effort began a little more than an hour later than planned and marked the start of the download-logging process. There were no more problems reported once the U.S. site was back up and running.


http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147256/mozilla_logs_8_millionplus_firefox_3_downloads_in_ a_day.html

leemajors
06-19-2008, 12:15 AM
i'm liking firefox 3 - noticeable speed increase.

robino2001
06-19-2008, 08:14 AM
i'm liking firefox 3 - noticeable speed increase.

The first thing I noticed was my blockbuster.com queue loaded VERY quickly. No matter what computer I'm on, it's always taken a long time to load because it's 300 long or so and the scripts are massive or whatever... in FF3 it loaded instantly and I could scroll through it all with no hesitations.

I'm not big on the address bar yet - but I guess it'll get better as I use it more.

sabar
06-19-2008, 02:24 PM
FF3 is lightning fast on loading stuff now where before it was a bit sluggish.

Overall, it's pretty minor on the user end. It's big "under the hood".

WildcardManu
06-21-2008, 12:57 PM
FF3 is the ish. Used to have the Mozilla browser before they released FF.

TDMVPDPOY
06-21-2008, 09:02 PM
so what are you guys opinions about it now?

good or bad? worth dl or what?

Fernando TD21
06-21-2008, 09:55 PM
Good. Worth downloading.

baseline bum
06-21-2008, 10:12 PM
so what are you guys opinions about it now?

good or bad? worth dl or what?

Its memory management is far better.

midgetonadonkey
06-27-2008, 10:54 PM
Sirius doesn't work with it on mine. It's pissing me off. I've even tried downgrading to 2.14 and nothing.

lefty
06-28-2008, 01:06 AM
I still prefer Opera

Dex
06-28-2008, 01:52 AM
You guys should give YapBrowser a try.

http://consumerist.com/consumer/yapsearch/yap-browser-the-worst-browser-ever-179058.php

(Really though, you shouldn't. I don't need no Patriot Act bullshit in my house)

Viva Las Espuelas
06-29-2008, 06:43 PM
well i downloaded it. installed it y nada. i click it and nothing. i go to task manager and it pops up as a process for about a second then it disappears. restart it. same thing. install ff2 and it does the same thing. i restore my system to 2 days prior, uninstall it, delete the folder, run a reg cleaner, install ff2 y nada. oh well. i guess it's opera for me. any suggestions?

Slydragon
07-02-2008, 08:34 PM
Well they did it, here is a email I just got.

We did it!

We set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in 24 hours. With your help we reached 8,002,530 downloads.

You are now part of a World Record and the proud owner of the best version of Firefox yet!

Don't forget to download your very own certificate for helping set a Guinness World Record.

Dex
07-03-2008, 01:00 AM
Sweet, I'm in the Guiness Book of World Records.

Do we get a shirt or something?

Viva Las Espuelas
07-03-2008, 01:19 AM
well i downloaded it. installed it y nada. i click it and nothing. i go to task manager and it pops up as a process for about a second then it disappears. restart it. same thing. install ff2 and it does the same thing. i restore my system to 2 days prior, uninstall it, delete the folder, run a reg cleaner, install ff2 y nada. oh well. i guess it's opera for me. any suggestions?


Well they did it, here is a email I just got.

We did it!

We set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in 24 hours. With your help we reached 8,002,530 downloads.

You are now part of a World Record and the proud owner of the best version of Firefox yet!

Don't forget to download your very own certificate for helping set a Guinness World Record.
the hell with mozilla. ff3 jacked my computer up. i know HAVE to use opera and i don't like it that much. damn you mozilla. fix my comp

Spurs da champs
07-03-2008, 02:09 AM
It's ok imo,But it doesn't alow the imageshack add ons. But they'll let you know if the updates are avaiable. Its a lot better then IE.

CrazyOne
07-04-2008, 03:56 PM
I tried FF3 at work, and the sound wouldn't work on any of the websites. I finally had to uninstall and put FF2 back in. But it may have been Windows messing with me. I've had a lot of buggy things happening on it, so I finally had to do the flush and reinstall everything. I might try FF3 again later.

ElNono
07-04-2008, 06:10 PM
I switched about a week ago, and what I noticed is that it takes FOREVER to launch. Anyone else noticed this?
Also, what add-ons do you use/have installed? Over here I have:
- AdBlock Plus
- Download Statusbar
- ForecastFox
- Yahoo! mail notifier
- BugMeNot
- Web Developer toolbar (this one is real handy if you do web development only)

Fernando TD21
07-04-2008, 08:22 PM
I didn't notice any difference in launch time. The only add-on I have is something to download youtube videos.

Sissiborgo
07-11-2008, 01:33 PM
WOW i don't like it the one and only is the best!

Viva Las Espuelas
07-11-2008, 01:45 PM
it now works and i'm happy

timvp
08-27-2008, 03:27 AM
Just downloaded v3 today and it's awesome. Much faster and handles pages with a large amount of content much better.

Wish I would have downloaded it sooner :tu