its really hard to answer your question since we all have different surfing habit, however, so far for me, firefox 3 beta/nightly is very solid.
I think you should try out for yourself after beta 4 rolls out.
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its really hard to answer your question since we all have different surfing habit, however, so far for me, firefox 3 beta/nightly is very solid.
I think you should try out for yourself after beta 4 rolls out.
Still my main wish is that zoom zooms!! and doesnt go full screen. I hated it when i first got the mac, but now, its one of the smartest things IMO. But I have to admit, FF3 is pretty damn good.
Excellent news, I love the new Keyhole theme on Mac OS X. Firefox looks a LOT better now, and I'm sure it matches some of Safari's best features too 
I'm a little wary about trying the betas though - especially since I rely on a few extensions for Firefox that may not work with the new version.
Here's a list of the extensions I use:
Greasemonkey
Stylish
Bookmark Sync and Sort
Adblock Plus
I'm a little wary about trying the betas though - especially since I rely on a few extensions for Firefox that may not work with the new version.
Here's a list of the extensions I use:
Greasemonkey
Stylish
Bookmark Sync and Sort
Adblock Plus
FireFox 3.0 Beta 5 is now out - downloading now
Great thread, BTW, Clevin
no problem.
Btw, I don't think beta 5 is out yet.
I think Greasemonkey, stylish, adblock plus all support firefox recent nightly (beta5pre)
I dont think bookmark sync and sort is ready yet.
I found adblock+, altho support beta5pre, has some glitch.
Oops, my bad - I clicked n download and the download window started, but is not doing anything - then Beta 4 it is.
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Darn, Bookmark Sync and Sort is the extension I wanted most to be ready... if there's an alternative I can use that at least syncs bookmarks (don't really care about sorting) that DOES work with Firefox 3, I will be trying out Beta 4 very soon
Oops, my bad - I clicked n download and the download window started, but is not doing anything - then Beta 4 it is.
Apple-ogies
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Looking at your screenshot it appears that it was a pre-release of Beta 5 that you tried to download.
Ok, ta - I have not installed yet - will do that tomorrow.
Edit: couldn't wait and installed now
This is FAST!!
Edit: couldn't wait and installed now
This is FAST!!
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Ok, ta - I have not installed yet - will do that tomorrow.
Edit: couldn't wait and installed now
This is FAST!!
lol, so it is beta5pre....
ps, try this to "speed" it up even more (at least feels like faster even if in reality it doesn't change much....) https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/447532/
Thanks, Clevin - I'm liking it!! That tweak seems to load things EVEN faster! I just want to have all my fave add-ons on FF3 now! But at least I have No Script - amazing stuff!
BTW do you have this feature - ie lines missing here on MR, see attached pic ??
BTW do you have this feature - ie lines missing here on MR, see attached pic ??
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For Bookmarks I am using Google Bookmarks with the Google Bookmarks Button add-on.
(I have set this to make all add-ons work regardless of version)
(I have set this to make all add-ons work regardless of version)
Excellent, thanks!!
That was something I missed greatly when I used FF 3.0 before, and one of the reasons I went back to 2.0 - I like to have GoogleBookmarks.
Ta, much.
That was something I missed greatly when I used FF 3.0 before, and one of the reasons I went back to 2.0 - I like to have GoogleBookmarks.
Ta, much.
i do this too (this disable the compatibility check when you instal addons, same as what this extension does for you https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6543 ), still advise people don't use too ancient addons.
Sounds interesting, but it is "an early prototype"
not even in Beta yet. Might be very unstable.
not even in Beta yet. Might be very unstable.
I use it, never had a crashing problem or anything. Although (and this is a big one), i cant get it to sync between browser. I think im doing something wrong, havent really looked at it though. Any one got an idea?
According to this schedule it's estimated that we should see Beta 5 announced on the 27th. (At the time of me writing this).
The schedule I linked to will also give information on the progress of Beta 5.
Using beta 4 now and I'm liking it a lot. Little things like better handling of search engines, excellent new url bar and improved tab behavior are always welcome. I was also positively surprised that there are now two sets of (back/forward) icons.
But my question is as follows: As Firefox 3 (beta 4) now supports OS X native spellchecker, how do I add multiple languages in the text field context menu? At first there was only Finnish, then I changed the language in mail.app to English and it changed to English in Firefox as well. How can I have both?
I'm asking this here as I don't know whether I'm just missing something, whether this is a Firefox bug, an OS X thing, or something else.
Thanks.
But my question is as follows: As Firefox 3 (beta 4) now supports OS X native spellchecker, how do I add multiple languages in the text field context menu? At first there was only Finnish, then I changed the language in mail.app to English and it changed to English in Firefox as well. How can I have both?
I'm asking this here as I don't know whether I'm just missing something, whether this is a Firefox bug, an OS X thing, or something else.
Thanks.