Firefox 3
 

Anybody tried RC2 yet? Not sure I want to be a guinea pig, but it sounds like they have made it even faster in addition to new bells and whistles...

I've had RC1 running on my secondary PC for a week or so. Seems pretty stable.

+1 for using RC1 as well. I've been running the betas for over a month, Firefox 3 is great!

opera.com/

only dirty scandies use opera

also +1 for using rc1 well over the last few weeks on both work and home pcs (xp and vista, respectively)

i did a "check for update" and it didn't find anything from within firefox-- is rc2 not a push-down update?

Mine just updated about 10 minutes ago.

Firefox wisely staggers the push updates.

Wtf is a scandie? google says I'm a restaurant:) . I prefer my memory be used by apps besides my internet browser

Scandinavians?

Which RC is this?

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008051206 Firefox/3.0

I see.

my check for updates did nothing, yet.

Well, Firefox 2.0 will not pull down an update for Firefox 3 pre-release stuff.

You'd need to go download that explicitly.

oh. I'll just wait.

I guess you missed all the hub-bub about Firefox using FAR less memory in version 3 than it used to in version 2 (and memory related bugs fixed). Also, Opera doesn't support extensions so it's lame.

Well, Opera thinks you're lame so there...

booya

:lol:

All I know about Opera was that the one time I tried installing it, not only was it so buggy that it crashed perpetually, it actually whacked my system so hard I had to reinstall windows.

Granted, that was in the Win95 era... but still. Screw Opera.

but that was 10+ yrs ago, Its much better now. It doesn't have all the plugins and shit but it does the basic stuff beautifully, and crash free! I have ff on this comp and I try to go back but I just can't get into it. I do use safari from time to time for zillow though.

safari is slow as dog shit, doesn't support extensions (without hacking) and doesn't have any of the features that opera has... also, it doesn't obey Apple's own HCI guidelines, which is hilarity

http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2008/06/12/655/

Nice writeup on all the new features of FF3.

opera 9.5 out yesterday!

Think RC3 is out. I think I'll wait until it is released.

You won't have to wait long, it comes out next Tuesday.

Its out today, as of 1PM EST (or 10AM here). They are trying to break the record for most downloads in a 24 hour period.

The servers are slammed right now.

I can't seem to reach mozilla.com or getfirefox.com :lol:

I just switched my main browser over to RC3 yesterday.

I just wish the tab mix plus plugin comes out soon.

FF3 final is out:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html

Thanks for the 2.5 hour late heads up. :P

The first hour the entire download section was down, according to another person here at work.

I got it.

Tab Mix Plus and IE tab don't work which means I lost all my session info and am stuck launching IE occasionally.

I never could get the 2.5 built-in session manager to meet my needs, and now I can't even find it in 3.0??? And help is not working... :(

Not impressed so far. in search of add-on fixes now but not holding my breath.

Weird, IE Tab works for me. :)

The download page still gives me links to 2.0.0.14 (or whatever the latest 2.0 release is).

I guess I could get RC3, but I'll just wait.

Looks like they're rotating the homepage between the two versions.

http://Firefox.com = http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ And it is right on the front page...

Hell, I attached it.

Found a dev version of Tab Mix and all my sessions are back :banana: , now in search of working IEtab

Yeah, looks like the load balancing is off.

I finally got it to connect me to the new page, after about 10 refreshes.

lol, it says Firefox 3 on the page now, but the link still tries to download 2.0.0.14.

Argh.

Ooh, I used my leet hacking skills to finally download the file.

Now, I wonder if its the right one :lol:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/product...win&lang=en-US

FWIW, RC3 kicks ass. I'm just waiting to upgrade my home box until more of the plugins get ported over.

My IE Tab updated itself automatically to work with the RC's. v1.5.20080310

Where do you get the dev Tab Mix Plus?

That link just worked for me... d/ling now.

I attached it in post# 32...

Guess what... Firefox's servers are faster than ours.

Now, where'd you get Tab Mix Plus?

Nevermind, I hit the TMP forums and here's the latest dev build for those that care:

http://tmp.garyr.net/tab_mix_plus-dev-build.xpi

IE is working now. it downloaded an update after the download, but the update failed on first launch. manually DLed the latest version and am working fine.

All my add-ons are good to go.

Why didn't they fix the built in session manager or just adopt the tab-mix code. :rolleyes:

Huh?

All I want from TMP are tab switch order choice and multi-row. The rest I could care less about. I couldn't get the dev version's multi-row to work.

Mine's working fine. :?:

:lol: Sharing is caring.

Mike once told me he didn't like my rear window sticker. I told him I understood as it's rather obnoxious. He replied that that wasn't it, but it should say, "You've just got beaten by a wagon :P". :lol:

Anyways, you're point is mute because wagons don't beat anywhom.

This has been a pet peeve of mine for about 30 years, but I just gave up like 10 years ago. You know what they say...

"Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. "
- Thomas Gray

Wait, that's not what "they" say. That's another pet peeve -the guy never said all ignorance is bliss!

;)

Pet Peeve #397: moot not mute!!!11!1

:P