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FireFox 3 beta rocks!

quovadis

quovadis

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Oct 30, 2006
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This beta is a great improvement. Includes built-in adblocker. Amazing!
 

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I use safari and don't use firefox but downloaded this beta. All I can say is until I can open links and pages in a new page by holding command I won't be switching.
 
how stable is it? usable for day to day browsing? i've been wanting to run it but not in the mood for a lot of crashes.

2.0.0.10 is running just fine tho. rock solid.
 
of course, irony is finishing my post, deciding to check if there was an update and guess what-FF crashed. go figure....
 
I really don't see what the difference is. There's a few little features sprinkled here and there - nothing to get excited about. Hardly noticeable.
 
chris200x9 said:
I use safari and don't use firefox but downloaded this beta. All I can say is until I can open links and pages in a new page by holding command I won't be switching.
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Um...you can. Personally, I just click a link with the middle mouse button (scroll wheel) if I want to open it in a new tab. But you also command-click to get one in a new tab. And you can shift-click to open the link in a new window. But the middle click with the mouse wheel is my favorite shortcut; it's partly what made me start using FireFox back when it was called Phoenix 0.8.
 
chris200x9 said:
I use safari and don't use firefox but downloaded this beta. All I can say is until I can open links and pages in a new page by holding command I won't be switching.
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uhhh.. command-click to open links in new tab, shift-click to open links in new window etc is kind of a universal thing. it works in Safari, it also works in Firefox, and of course, Internet Explorer.
 
skeen said:
I really don't see what the difference is. There's a few little features sprinkled here and there - nothing to get excited about. Hardly noticeable.
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I think you are totally wrong. Here's a small sampling of a few changes:

* Improved security features such as: better presentation of website identity and security, malware protection, stricter SSL error pages, anti-virus integration in the download manager, and version checking for insecure plugins.
* Improved ease of use through: better password management, easier add-on installation, new download manager with resumable downloading, full page zoom, animated tab strip, and better integration with Windows Vista and Mac OS X.
* Richer personalization through: one-click bookmarking, smart search bookmark folders, direct typing in location bar searches your history and bookmarks for URLs and page titles, ability to register web applications as protocol handlers, and better customization of download actions for file types.
* Improved platform features such as: new graphics and font rendering architecture, native web page form controls, colour profile management, and offline application support.
* Performance improvements such as: better data reliability for user profiles, architectural improvements to speed up page rendering, over 300 memory leak fixes, and a new XPCOM cycle collector to reduce entire classes of leaks.

You can check out the release notes for a lot more, too.

The move to the new graphics library is huge and it looks like FF 3 will benefit everyone!
 
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