Firefox 3 release thread -- Merged

[Pigs in Space]

So get downloading!

http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/

trying to break the record folks! Fight the man! Down with internet explorer!

And it's a great browser... so far.

[Atropine Mama]

Got it a few hours ago and am loving it. Muuuuch faster. :win:

[Pigs in Space]

I also installed "Tab Mix Plus" add-on.

It's pretty sweet. Changes fonts of tabs when you haven't looked at them yet, moves around status bars, I love playing with this shit.

:)

[Singularity]

Just downloaded it and so far, so good.

[Harry]

It's out of Beta? Cool. I'll have to try it later, though. The download page is slow loading. Anyone know if it's able to handle things like Google Groups properly? That's why I ditched it in Beta. That and a couple of other issues.

[panther.jd]

I've got 3 and I only have one issue. Hotmail won't load the full version, only the classic version. I checked around, and it seems to be something on Microsoft's end... I think.

The error that hotmail reports is a login error, it will load the classic and the error message suggests cleaning out you catch and cookies, which doesn't work. From what the web says, Microsoft may be flagging FF3 as incompatible with the full ver of hotmail, which is weird since it works with 2 just fine. (I'm using the live ver of hotmail.)

[Ancalagon]

So, it just came out... should I install it or wait a wee bit?

thanks,

Ancalagon

[Name Lips]

Haven't had any problems with it yet. :)

[Dr_Avalanche]

Same. Seems stable. I haven't explored for features, though there's something about tags for bookmarks which might be useful.

[Pigs in Space]

Seems pretty much like the last one, but one thing I'm really liking:

The password remembering. In the past, you had to tell it to remember your password immediately, before you log in. So it remembered incorrect ones all the time. Now it asks after, so you only every record the right one.

A lot less irritating.

[Ancalagon]

Seems pretty much like the last one, but one thing I'm really liking:

The password remembering. In the past, you had to tell it to remember your password immediately, before you log in. So it remembered incorrect ones all the time. Now it asks after, so you only every record the right one.

A lot less irritating.

now that is nifty!

[Lady Fury]

I installed it a couple of days ago and I really like it. :) And it scans for viruses when you go to save an image to your computer. It didn't do that before.

[Rappaccini's Daughter]

Two threads become one, *sniff sniff* so beautiful!

[Bagpuss]

I usually open sites I visit frequently by right clicking on the link and doing Open in new tab. Now often when I do this that option is greyed out until I try a second time and it works.

[Ascarel]

And it scans for viruses when you go to save an image to your computer. It didn't do that before.

Haven't installed it yet but.... does it? I'm disappointed in this. I smell bloat.

[Critter]

The really big Back button keeps throwing me off.

[Lady Fury]

Haven't installed it yet but.... does it? I'm disappointed in this. I smell bloat.

Like I said, I really do like this version better. Everything seems to work better. And I haven't had a virus issues since. So maybe it does work. :)

[Pigs in Space]

I usually open sites I visit frequently by right clicking on the link and doing Open in new tab. Now often when I do this that option is greyed out until I try a second time and it works.

Did you know that you can middle click to open in a new tab?

That's how I browse!

Also middle click on a tab closes it!

[Harry]

Did you know that you can middle click to open in a new tab?

That is cool, and I know about it. Actually use it once in a while. Don't know why it doesn't take with me.

Also middle click on a tab closes it!

Durrr, huh? That one's weird. Why not just go ahead and exit it normally? Your mouse is already there. Ya gotta click anyways.

I also occasionally use middle clicking within a page to bring up quick scrolling, or whatever it's called.

[Pigs in Space]

I suppose it's so you don't have to aim for that little "x" button, and you can just sort of mash things wildly.

Besides, when you're drunk, and covered in chicken grease and your hands are all slippery, it can be hard to click straight.

[Snatch]

Besides, when you're drunk, and covered in chicken grease and your hands are all slippery, it can be hard to click straight.

Ah yes...good times, good times...

[The Winslow]

Shit. Repagination/antipagination isn't compatible with F3. There's a version available somewhere that simply doesn't work; and another that requires to be a member of the developers' network to download. Dictionary Search, TortoiseSVN, WebDeveloper and many others of my can't-do-without plugins aren't available either...

I think I'll downgrade back to F2.

[The Winslow]

Now I'm thinking of going back to F2 because F3 is bogus like hell! Crashes everytime. I open up the media player to listen to a MP3? F3 crashes with the crash report dialog box and all. I alt-tab to VC++ to look at some lines of code? F3 crashes without a word -- it just disappears suddenly.

[Dr_Avalanche]

I have exactly one problem with F3: When I choose "Save and Quit", it does exactly nothing different than if I just choose "Quit". It sure doesn't save any tabs for me.

[Pigs in Space]

Where is save and quit?

[Dr_Avalanche]

When you have multiple tabs and hit the little X (or whatever the shortcut to Quit is), I get a popup window with that as one of the options.

Edit: Now I get what you're doing. You're implying that I have some plugin that isn't working, aren't you? Damn smart thought.

[Pigs in Space]

huh? No I was genuinely asking, just cos I have never seen it.

I have "tab mix plus" plugin installed though, so maybe that is causing me to see different (better) behavior. :)

I don't do that kind of wierd passive/agressive internet nerd thing, I just stick to being a dickhead overtly, so that I don't confuse myself.

[Dr_Avalanche]

I know. Actually, I thought I was such a good idea it would seem out of place to claim the honor myself, especially *if* that possibly was what you implied. :)

I would need to uninstall my addons to see if it's actually the case though, and I can't be bothered to do that, yet at least.

[The Winslow]

Crashed one time too many, I'm back to F2... :mad:

[Varaj]

At work I didn't have any problems with the upgrade. At home I had to manually delete all my settings, do a clean install and then reimport book marks. Works fine both places now.