Firefox 3

loki · 27-02-2008, 10:08

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7264622.stm

So one of the best browsers looks like its going to get better. They seem to be pushing the offline functionallity a lot in the next big update along with search functionallity. Having used the web since the days of 14.4Kbps dial up I can'y say I have ever used the offline features of a browser

kaiowas · 27-02-2008, 10:14

Either that or it's about to disappear up it's own arse with a bunch of overcomplicated features which nobody wants as seems to happen to most software once it gets popular.

leowyatt · 27-02-2008, 10:40

I've been using the 3 beta for some time and it's great

Firefox 2 is very very unstable for some reason on my machine at work so I use 3.

Stan_Lite · 27-02-2008, 11:29

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Originally Posted by leowyatt

I've been using the 3 beta for some time and it's great

Firefox 2 is very very unstable for some reason on my machine at work so I use 3.

Oddly enough, I found the opposite. Never had even a hint of a problem with Firefox 2 on my machine but I ended up uninstalling the Firefox 3 beta as it kept crashing on me.

Joe 90 · 27-02-2008, 11:24

opera ftw.

MarcLister · 27-02-2008, 13:15

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Originally Posted by loki

Having used the web since the days of 14.4Kbps dial up I can'y say I have ever used the offline features of a browser

Same. I have never understood what it was for.

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Originally Posted by kaiowas

Either that or it's about to disappear up it's own arse with a bunch of overcomplicated features which nobody wants as seems to happen to most software once it gets popular.

I reckon this might be the case. I used FF when it was a 0.x beta and it was brilliant back then. And with each release it has gradually gotten worse and I dumped FF2 for Opera. If Mozilla cock FF3 up, I might never return.

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Originally Posted by |Show|

opera ftw.

You knows it.

Jasper · 27-02-2008, 15:52

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Originally Posted by |Show|

opera ftw.

you're just wrong. Opera is horrible.

I've been using beta 3 for a few weeks and I love it. I don't use the new bookmarking stuff, but I'm taking advantage of the vastly improved stability and memory allocation in OSX. It's a lot more stable than beta 2 was

LeperousDust · 27-02-2008, 20:47

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Originally Posted by Jasper

you're just wrong. Opera is horrible.

I've been using beta 3 for a few weeks and I love it. I don't use the new bookmarking stuff, but I'm taking advantage of the vastly improved stability and memory allocation in OSX. It's a lot more stable than beta 2 was

War!
If you're worried about stability/memory issues and not the new stuff, Opera IS for you! It's always been much much more stable than FF, but always lacked the extension (which ironically can make FF even more unstable). Opera is a wonderful OS independant browser, and now they've got some plugin gubbins sorted out (and other things i just don't get

) working better with the latest few betas of the upcomming 9.5 it's set to get better since they're also working on making sure the product is as good as it should be on all OS'

Jasper · 27-02-2008, 22:26

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Originally Posted by LeperousDust

War!
If you're worried about stability/memory issues and not the new stuff, Opera IS for you! It's always been much much more stable than FF, but always lacked the extension (which ironically can make FF even more unstable). Opera is a wonderful OS independant browser, and now they've got some plugin gubbins sorted out (and other things i just don't get

) working better with the latest few betas of the upcomming 9.5 it's set to get better since they're also working on making sure the product is as good as it should be on all OS'

yuck. I need my firebug! If they make that for Opera, I'll think about it!

Daz · 27-02-2008, 11:31

I've looked at FF3 casually (it's in the Ubuntu Hardy alphas and I've put it on one of my Windows boxen alongside FF2), and certainly haven't found it a bad experience, and I like a couple of the features.

I do share kaiowas' concern, though I cant quite put my finger on why. The proof will be in the pudding, I'll certainly switch at least most of my boxes over when it goes gold. If I dont like it, I'll switch back, easy!

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loki Vodka Martini Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 871	Firefox 3 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7264622.stm So one of the best browsers looks like its going to get better. They seem to be pushing the offline functionallity a lot in the next big update along with search functionallity. Having used the web since the days of 14.4Kbps dial up I can'y say I have ever used the offline features of a browser __________________ PC & Console LAN 9th-11th July

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Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	I've looked at FF3 casually (it's in the Ubuntu Hardy alphas and I've put it on one of my Windows boxen alongside FF2), and certainly haven't found it a bad experience, and I like a couple of the features. I do share kaiowas' concern, though I cant quite put my finger on why. The proof will be in the pudding, I'll certainly switch at least most of my boxes over when it goes gold. If I dont like it, I'll switch back, easy! __________________ apt-get moo