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Some new stuff in upcoming firefox 3 (now in beta2 pre)

clevin

clevin

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Just back from a long trip. here are some nice things happening around firefox 3

Under the hood changes are the cairo, vast improved speed and stability. here are some interesting new things on the surface.

Aqua UI
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New Title bar
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site info just one click away
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color management
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full page zoom (as in Opera)
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search your downloading
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resize search space
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easy bookmarking adding
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smart address bar matches, note the comparison between input and matches
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restart anytime, when session saver
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places
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Ghost image (since somebody cares)
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I really like FF, and I really like the plug-ins. I hope there is a theme to skin it like Safari. Then it would be pretty sweet. Thanks for the pics!
 
Where can I go to make sure I am updated on all of the new beta releases?

Firefox all looks nice
 
Great, thanks, jw why is it called minefield, thats what firefox is calling itself when I DLed firefox-3.0b2pre.en-US.mac.dmg
 
Dany M said:
Great, thanks, jw why is it called minefield, thats what firefox is calling itself when I DLed firefox-3.0b2pre.en-US.mac.dmg
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its the codename. do keep a copy of official firefox 2.0.0.x just in case.
 
MacAficionado said:
When is FF 3 due out for the Mac. It finally looks like I'll be switching. I use Camino now, but this is a step ahead.

Any release date on this?
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no, My guess is Jan or Feb. of 08.

Im happy with its pre beta now since adblock+ works, users who rely heavily on extension might want to wait until beta is officially out.
 
fistful said:
Here's an interesting blog post about the possible visual changes in store for firefox 3.

mockup:
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see my #4 post in this threat, its not even mockup anymore, its available for downloading, I generally feel leopard to be too dark, so is this theme..
 
clevin said:
see my #4 post in this threat, its not even mockup anymore, its available for downloading, I generally feel leopard to be too dark, so is this theme..
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Yeah, I saw that but I wasn't sure if it was related or not. I haven't really been following ff3, your thread just reminded me of that blog post I read a few weeks ago.

While similar I like the theme from the blog I linked to more than how it's developed as seen in your post.
 
reubs said:
I really like FF, and I really like the plug-ins. I hope there is a theme to skin it like Safari. Then it would be pretty sweet. Thanks for the pics!
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try the iFox theme. I've been using it for a few years, even before I knew what safari was! looks pretty similar too.
 
Eluzion said:
No integration with keychain though?
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please don't, i need it to remember multiple passwords in many websites. if firefox begins to use keychain, i probably will need to use opera more then
 
I just cant get myself to like Firefox no matter how hard i try. I have Opera set up in such a way that replicating it on firefox has become a constant search for plugins... I think Opera damaged my perceptions of a browser.
 
how stable is this pre-beta? good enough for everyday use? and i heard installing FF3 can wreck FF2 files, is this true?
 
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