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.

Joe 90 · 27-02-2008, 11:24

opera ftw.

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.

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!

leowyatt · 27-02-2008, 11:38

Stan I'm on beta 3 now and had no sniff of problems

I'll find out when I flatten this laptop next month if there are still problems with FF2.

Stan_Lite · 27-02-2008, 12:10

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Originally Posted by leowyatt

Stan I'm on beta 3 now and had no sniff of problems

I'll find out when I flatten this laptop next month if there are still problems with FF2.

Ahh. I think it was beta 2 I tried, I'll give beta 3 a try when I get home.

Mark · 27-02-2008, 12:17

I put Firefox 3 beta 2 on my new laptop from the start (didn't even bother installing FF2). Its been fine for me with no crashes (since updated to beta 3). There's some nice touches like not interrupting browsing to ask if you want it to remember a password. I'm not entirely sure about the new URL bar yet though - for example if I type in 'boat', it comes up with the search page here first, with the homepage third on the list. It needs some sort of ranking so that if I click on the homepage it remembers that's more important to me than the search page.

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.

Quote:

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.

27-02-2008, 10:08	#1
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

27-02-2008, 10:14	#2
kaiowas The Stig Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fightertown USA Posts: 1,458	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. __________________ Anal Fish Porn

27-02-2008, 10:40	#3
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	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. __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

27-02-2008, 11:24	#4
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27-02-2008, 11:31	#6
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

27-02-2008, 11:38	#7
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Stan I'm on beta 3 now and had no sniff of problems I'll find out when I flatten this laptop next month if there are still problems with FF2. __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

27-02-2008, 12:17	#9
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I put Firefox 3 beta 2 on my new laptop from the start (didn't even bother installing FF2). Its been fine for me with no crashes (since updated to beta 3). There's some nice touches like not interrupting browsing to ask if you want it to remember a password. I'm not entirely sure about the new URL bar yet though - for example if I type in 'boat', it comes up with the search page here first, with the homepage third on the list. It needs some sort of ranking so that if I click on the homepage it remembers that's more important to me than the search page.