Firefox 3..June 17th
 

I was wondering when it was going to come out, and saw this on the mozilla main page. I really don't know what the changes are, but a newer version is almost always better :)

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

I have that date marked on my calendar, actually. I have Lifehacker.com on my google reader RSS feed, it's pretty good for alerting you to things like that.

Firefox 3 is going to be great, me thinks. They've fixed over 300 memory leaks, made it more secure, faster, and just a lot of new, nifty features.

http://www.squarefree.com/burningedg...firefox-3.html

Also:

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

Yeah, I pledged for download day about a week ago and I'm excited it is so soon...

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

:- )

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You know you guys can download the RC3 version of Firefox 3. Its the exact same as what you're going to download next Tuesday.

I've been using it and its great!

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

I thought about doing that, but I'm just not comfortable with using a product that has a "beta" label on it, even if it is the same thing :)

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

How much money would it cost me to change your mind? :D

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

The first question should be, "do you want to change my mind?"

If the answer is yes, then I'll change my mind with whatever money you have in your pocket right now. :D

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

Yeah but I'd rather help Mozilla get in the record books and wait until Tuesday ;) Though the Spore CC will absorb any time spent playing with the browser.

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

Well, I think Firefox 3 just went live.

However, the millions of people trying to download it are causing the page not to load for me.

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

Gah! I want to get my Firefox 3 on!

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:( I guess they forgot to increase server capacity. I wants it too.

*edit* It got normal for a moment and I was able to download it. For some reason the file says 2.0 but yet it seems ot be Firefox 3..makes no sense.

*edit2* I 'installed' it. Nope, it's still Firefox 2 up. I guess Mozilla must not be wanting that world record very much.

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

Bah! I want this.. NAO!

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

Hard to be miffed when I've had Firefox 3 for two months, lol.

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

I've toyed with it but I've been content with FF2 until FF3 went fully official and my extensions all still functioned fine. Not so much miffed, just strange that Mozilla's servers weren't prepared for the onslaught :p

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

Firefox 3's updates don't take many big leaps. It does feel a little faster, and the "Locations" system has some merits, but if you took it away and gave me back Firefox 2, little would change in my browsing habits.

I look forward to the day when I feel the same kind of browser evolution as when I first switched from Internet Explorer 6 to Firefox 1.

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

I've been running RC2 for a few weeks, but I really just want the final build.

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The differences are indistinguishable for the average user.

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

That's supposed to stop me from downloading it?

*edit* It's updated finally to be final 3.0 download once it does start the download (control + F5 if it still says 2.0)

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox?p=downloadday

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

Yes.

No. It is just silly to be F5ing the site when its getting slammed if you already have RC2. I understand why users who haven't tried the RC builds would be vying for it, but if you already have FF3 in all by name only, you're okay to go about your business until tomorrow, when you can download it in two minutes easy.

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

I haven't been F5'ing the site over and over. On the MozillaZine forums it said 3.0 was actually up finally, so I F5'd the site and said 2.0 still. So I ctrl+F5'd it to force a reload of all and it said 3.0 instead of the cache still thinking 2.0

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

I hope you're not inferring that I'm the average user.

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

Are you using Ubuntu?

I thought not. Now sit there and be pretty.

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Edit: No time for this, need to install 3.

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

Bet you it does. 3.0.1 will fix it though!!

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

I wonder if there's going to be any major changes to Camino. I <3 it.

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

Camino always feels like a strange middle-ground between Firefox and Safari to me, but without the major benefits of either.

I really wish I could marry Safari's aesthetics wholesale with the four extensions I really use in FF. What a happy day.

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

Really? I honestly only use it because it's the fastest-rendering of any Mac browser and Keychain Access rocks. Feature-wise, I don't really feel there's anything missing.

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

I am posting this from an official Firefox 3 release. Suckas.

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It is faster than Firefox, but the last Safari update put it even with Camino from my subjective testing. But really, I just love the way Safari looks. Camino sticks out. Firefox 3 made a lot of strides, but its still not quite as slick as Safari.

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

The only thing from Safari that I like is Web Clipping, honestly. And Camino is nice and customizable. I like having a total browser toolbar space of less than 50 pixels height. More room for viewing. :D

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

I noticed the location dropdown change a bit back but forgot about it. I'm used to going to all my sites via location bar dropdown. FF3 somehow janked that all up so it's nowhere near what it used to be (not the look, but how the links were ordered).

So I'm having to drag out the bookmarks toolbar and put every site I go to regularly >.> I'll adjust to the new method to how I went to sites but eh, a small price to pay.

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

Location bar works better when you use keywords rather than the url.

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I can see it being useful if I need to relook something up and don't feel like dragging through the history. For now though, I don't need to. I'm content with my half assed method now.

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

Just downloaded it, I like it a lot because on my old Firefox I still had a IE skin on it.. ugh.

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

could have turned it off at any time?

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Sure, it was just a matter of wanting to actually do it or not.

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

but its like two mouse clicks

its literally more work to actually download firefox 3 lol

Re: Firefox 3..June 17th
 

I knew how to download Firefox 3, I didn't know how to take off the IE skin.

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for future reference Tools -> Add-ons