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- Johnath, on 06/12/2008, -1/+61It's amazing to see everything come together in one post like this. If it were an actual book, I'd buy copies for friends. This is going to be a great release.
- Kn1ghtmare, on 06/12/2008, -0/+45This is probably the most informative Firefox 3 post I have ever seen. It makes me that much more anxious to see the finished product. I can't wait.
- hakz, on 06/12/2008, -0/+28Firefox 3 is ***** awesome. I'm loving the address bar features.
- Ramzy, on 06/12/2008, -1/+28Great guide. Comprehensive and informative.
Less than 5 days to go till official release, so if you're thinking of downloading Firefox 3 on release day, make sure you pledge your download here:
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/ - randomtexan, on 06/12/2008, -0/+23Not only informative, but all on one page. Damn nice.
- dolske, on 06/12/2008, -2/+23Does the field guide specify what the air-speed velocity of an unladen robot is?
- cannonball, on 06/12/2008, -6/+211. buy milk
2. build an offline demo
3. write a blog post
4. ???
5. profit - lcmatt, on 06/12/2008, -1/+15You may love Opera but this article is related to Firefox so stop with the immature fanboy posts.
- comrade693, on 06/12/2008, -1/+12African or European?
- bluntphallus, on 06/12/2008, -1/+10"as with other add-ons in Firefox 3, if a plugin is found to contain a security vulnerability, Firefox will automatically disable it and tell you where to get an updated version."
I didn't know it had that feature. Very useful. Take a hint, Microsoft, and disable IE completely. - iofthestorm, on 06/12/2008, -0/+8That comment had no sarcasm whatsoever.
- JoshuaH, on 06/12/2008, -1/+8That was a believable comment..
- Johnath, on 06/12/2008, -0/+6Clearly this information needs to be added to about:robots in the next revision.
- boardthis, on 06/12/2008, -0/+6best damn post ive seen on digg for quite a while. thank you very much for bringing me the info on the new fox. :)
- Darkhacker, on 06/13/2008, -0/+5Not to sound sexist, but in my case, it's always women who say this. No man I know makes this mistake but a good portion of women I know keep saying Foxfire.
- bbliss17, on 06/12/2008, -0/+5great guide to the best browser
- mvent2, on 06/12/2008, -0/+4Maybe you should stop going to so many porn sites.
- ry4nsm1th, on 06/13/2008, -0/+4I was wondering the same, I like the green arrows over the Vista blue.
- jakerudy7, on 06/12/2008, -6/+10is anyone else always correcting people that say "foxfire"?
- kozicka, on 06/13/2008, -1/+5Stop looking at gay porn then?
Alternatively use a different browser for the hand shandy stuff, Opera is my choice :) - zwaldowski, on 06/13/2008, -0/+4Stop going to porn sites that have "dick" in the name. That's black-hat search engine appeal, and overall bad design.
- indisguise, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3all you have to do is mouse over to an entry you don't want and hit the delete key, same with the searches firefox remembers
- bzbarsky, on 06/12/2008, -0/+3Unfortunately, the newer libraries are needed for the better OS integration Linux users were clamoring for.
The difference with Windows is that even older versions of Windows had the infrastructure in place to make this stuff work... On Linux it's all brand-spanking-new on the OS side.
As it is, Firefox is including some libraries that might not already be installed on the user's desktop (e.g. newest-as-of-now cairo) and the distros are complaining about that. - aidwiz, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3fantastic guide on firefox 3. must read for those who don't know the new features yet.
- moblati461, on 06/12/2008, -0/+3The best, Well put together guide on the new features of FF3 Ive seen so far. Very nice, Im already using the rc2 and its awesome. Very pleased with Mozilla's new browser.
- bewareofcabbage, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3An "about:config" option existed to disable the AwesomeBar, which was removed in bug #407836, it will possibly return as an actual option in the user preferences. In the meantime, you can use an addon such as "OldBar" to use Firefox 3, but retain the old style FF2 address bar.
- ElBeh, on 06/12/2008, -1/+4Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate?
- Youssif, on 06/12/2008, -0/+3There's no ROBOTS in the NEXT version !!
- indisguise, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3mouse over the entry and hit the delete key
- jumboshrimp11, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3So, let's say that I want that pretty XP theme on my Linux Firefox version... how can i go about that?
- Darkhacker, on 06/13/2008, -1/+4Unfortunately, most Opera users do the "OMFG OPERA RULEZ" crap. Remember when the Digg comment system was first released and it caused Opera to crash? There were actually Opera fanboys on that story trying to claim that it wasn't an Opera bug. Hell, even today, on the release of Opera 9.5, I saw two different people report a couple of minor bugs (one crash and one rendering bug) and they were getting dugg down while someone with a comment along the lines of "It's not Opera's fault you ***** up your computer" was getting dugg up.
Look, I love Opera. I'm not trashing it in any way. It's an amazing browser. Their fanbase however is composed of the most insane people I've met. They deny any and all bugs. I've even seen legitimate bugs in the browser dismissed as pebkac and users who report the bug on social news websites or forums get insulted or called trolls.
Out of all the browsers, Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari, Opera users are the only ones I know who would blame a browser crash on the end user or website rather than an actual bug in the browser; even when the same page works in all other browsers correctly on the same person's computer. - JohnM5, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3Many addons are updated for Firefox 3. If they aren't then they will be disabled for you. Don't worry too much about it. You can still use most of your addons with Firefox 3. Maybe even all of them depending on what you use.
- hiPpymIck, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3theyll probly remind you.. in case you forget
- thegreatanti, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3Oprah?
- JohnM5, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3That is because they are the same. At least on linux and windows. There was only one change added to mac and that doesn't even affect every mac user.
- ninjasquirrel, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2Another thing I've noticed is that Firefox 3 appears to be aware of anti-virus software... rather than just hanging up at the end of downloads while the AV software was checking them, it displays something like "Checking for viruses" before completing the download.
- dsgamer, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2so when do I get to drink my milk?
- Lawrencesss, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2Someone has been stalking me.
- Kinnkster, on 06/16/2008, -0/+2No but I did once meet someone who called it "such a crappy game."
- inactive, on 06/13/2008, -1/+3I've been using FF3 for a few weeks now and I love it.
The developers really need to give us an easier way to disable the so-called "Awesomebar". For now I'll use the oldbar extension.
Also, I do not like to have to modify all my addons in order to force them to install, we need an easier way of bypassing the addon compatibility checker. And the automatic disabling of outdated addons annoys me. I have my addons for a reason, and anything that messes with them is going to be a serious problem. - dullnation, on 06/12/2008, -1/+3A test I did (sunspider)
Firefox 3 RC2 Total: 2543.2ms +/- 1.4%
Firefox 3 RC3 Total: 2500.8ms +/- 1.4%
Conclusion:
Firefox 3 RC3 doesn't really bring any speed improvements over RC2 but by this stage, you should really be expecting that. It's mostly polish. - bewareofcabbage, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2Clear your history - click Tools, Clear Private Data.
- TheJalu, on 06/12/2008, -0/+2Great Great Great =) Can't wait more after seeing this guide!
- Raiku, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2Someone help! Firefox reveals unnecessary history that I do not want anyone to see.... when someone types in the word "RED"... a certain website pops up... anyway to hide it?
- inactive, on 06/12/2008, -1/+3Speed and memory is a big difference in FF3. My only groan is having these web apps that continually want to run JS scripts for updates. It would be great to be able to stop these scripts until I have the tab in-focus.
- jackthecoiner, on 06/12/2008, -1/+3Wait no more!
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html - thegreatanti, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2@Darkhacker:
That's typical Opera user behavior. They just can't help themselves. They need to get help. - Youssif, on 06/12/2008, -2/+4RC3 is already out, don't care if you don't use MAC
- pault107, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1Umm, that was supposed to be a reply to a comment above. Disregard.
- JaysonthePirate, on 06/13/2008, -3/+4thats what she said.
it definitely would have been funnier if i responded first... -
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