Firefox 3.0 IS OUT: Sorta

**topnotchtouch** · 06-17-2008, 02:02 PM

Hey all,

Although they appear to be having some issues with the download site Firefox 3.0 was released today. I managed to upgrade two of my machines before they changed the link back to 2.0.0.14.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

Here is a link to C/Net regarding the download problems.

Problems delay Firefox 3 launch | Tech news blog - CNET News.com

If you can get through you won`t be disappointed. I have it on two machines and the talk about it being faster appears to be true from what I have seen so far. I have a set of about 10 pages that I frequently open at one time and the entire group loads much faster than they previously did...

**BlueZero** · 06-17-2008, 02:08 PM

I`ve been using a beta release of 3 at home and really like it. I downloaded the official release a bit ago on to my work computer. Works great so far!

**NCZ13** · 06-17-2008, 02:12 PM

any big differences visually? its downloading right now..

edit: looks great. not a big change, but a nice subtle difference.

i like the new options 3 provides like tab saving

**ricka** · 06-17-2008, 02:23 PM

very fast indeed. the tabs are all grayed out like safari but working great so far. when i get time i`ll start poking around for new stuff to play with

**BlackElantraGT** · 06-17-2008, 05:21 PM

The best part I like about FireFox 3 is the ability to save passwords AFTER you`ve successfully logged in to a site. I know I ran into one bug in the beta version where it had trouble accessing a Citicard website so hopefully that`s been fixed.

One problem so far for me is that Ver 3 is not compatible with AVG 8.0`s SafeSearch. I just might ditch AVG in favor of Avast! because Vista didn`t feel much slower compared to XP until I installed AVG 8 Internet Security. I have the same suite installed on other XP machines that are much slower and older, and it only seems to affect Vista`s performance.

EDIT: Now that I don`t have this AVG SafeSearch feature enabled, my websurfing speed feels normal again.

**Mindflux** · 06-17-2008, 05:24 PM

Getting it from a Mirror. Wonder what extensions cease working.

Just Fasterfox and DTA so far.

**ricka** · 06-17-2008, 05:38 PM

works great on a mac...

**Mindflux** · 06-17-2008, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by ricka

works great on a mac...

yep! Runs great!

**BlueZero** · 06-17-2008, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by Mindflux

Wonder what extensions cease working.

I haven`t tried it yet but read to do this...

1) type about:config in firefox address bar

2) Right click in bottom console and choose New > Boolean

3) Add the following: extensions.checkCompatibility

4) Set value to FALSE

This will ignore any version updates and your addons will work as normal.

**topnotchtouch** · 06-17-2008, 06:39 PM

I only run two extensions, Adblock Plus and Foxmarks and both of them were fine...

**drew.haynes** · 06-18-2008, 09:53 PM

Lol, kinda been out a long time. The Release Candidates are finally out but they had usable betas before that and alphas before that... just have to go to the development section of their site.

**George@DetailedImage** · 06-19-2008, 10:58 AM

I`ve been looking forward to FF3. They were hoping to break the download record with it`s release, but I`m assuming that didn`t happen. I`ve been very pleased with the FF browser for years now.

George

**imported_RZJZA80** · 06-19-2008, 11:16 AM

I`ve always liked Firefox and 3 is pretty nice so far. It crashed on my yesterday, I forget exactly what I was doing, but I had to reboot to get it to come back up again. Either way, it`s way better than Internet Explorer ever was or is.