Why you should be exicited about Firefox 3

Impotence · 08-06-2008, 12:07 AM

A quick (3 minutes 45 seconds) overview of some of the new features of Firefox 3

http://people.mozilla.com/~beltzner/...f-firefox3.swf

Off Topic:

FF3 also deals with Javascript faster than any other browser if my memory serves me well

*impotence sits and waits for the inevitable opera praise from megamaced*

RHochstenbach · 08-06-2008, 02:37 PM

I'm running FF3 RC2 on OS X at the moment, and I really like it so far

However I do notice that the RSS Feeds don't refresh by themself...

donkey42 · 08-06-2008, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Impy

A quick (3 minutes 45 seconds) overview of some of the new features of Firefox 3

they look like some useful fetchers

Off Topic:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Impy

*impotence sits and waits for the inevitable opera praise from megamaced*

i'll start, Operas mail client did used to store email weird way

RHochstenbach · 08-06-2008, 04:36 PM

I personally prefer FF over Opera, because it has Adblock Plus, DownThemAll and looks much better.

Impotence · 09-06-2008, 01:16 AM

Perhaps the greatest firefox extension ever? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6067

edijs · 09-06-2008, 10:02 AM

happy to see Jing! in use

as for FF - looks nice, but still, I'll stick with what I've got

Addis · 09-06-2008, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by RHochstenbach

I'm running FF3 RC2 on OS X at the moment, and I really like it so far

However I do notice that the RSS Feeds don't refresh by themself...

Yes I've noticed that too, I'm running it on the latest Ubuntu hardy.

I really like it so far, especially the awesomebar and the download manager has been improved. Still not as good as the opera one, but much closer anyway.

Also love the search for addons feature, I'm quite lazy and don't like having to go to the addons website to find them.

Impotence · 09-06-2008, 02:24 PM

For me its the URL bar being able to search my history... I'm a bit of a privacy freak sometimes, and normaly clear out my history at least weekly but I've found the feature so useful that i have yet to clear my history since i installed 8.04!

Might look to see if i can encrypt it though, using the same password that is used to encrypt stored passwords (encrypt cookies too?) but instead of being asked for my password when i browse to a site that FF remembers my password on it would ask me as soon as i start the browser

An option to not remember visted websites would also be nice (as an on/off button somewhere on the UI)

DaRuSsIaMaN · 26-06-2008, 05:34 PM

Wow, that looks cool. Okay, I'm off to download it.

Impotence · 27-06-2008, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Myself

An option to not remember visted websites would also be nice (as an on/off button somewhere on the UI)

Obviously someone else thought it would be nice to have this feature too, i remember reading that a private browsing mode was going to be included in version 3.1

(I never bothered submitting it as an idea)

Ghostman 1 · 27-06-2008, 04:42 PM

I have both firefox's 20014 and 3 .. they both are nice and work well, Firefox three is just a little faster..

donkey42 · 27-06-2008, 08:16 PM

browsing with SwiftWeasel 3 (FF3 for *nix) & i like it, the download manager is better but i think i'll still use opera as a glorified download manager

Impotence · 27-06-2008, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by donkey42

browsing with SwiftWeasel 3 (FF3 for *nix)

SwiftWeasel is just an CPU optimized version of firefox, Mozilla does do Firefox Build for linux

Addis · 28-06-2008, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by donkey42

browsing with SwiftWeasel 3 (FF3 for *nix) & i like it, the download manager is better but i think i'll still use opera as a glorified download manager

wget -c will do for me with most long downloads.
kget if I ever need more features.

I like Opera, it's fast, nice UI, nothing really wrong with it. I just can't seem to use it instead of Firefox. Doesn't have the customisation options like Firefox does.

If anyone's used the Clucene addon, isn't it awesome? I have it installed on my laptop and can preview news stories without even opening a tab.

Fred · 28-06-2008, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Addis

I like Opera, it's fast, nice UI, nothing really wrong with it. I just can't seem to use it instead of Firefox. Doesn't have the customisation options like Firefox does.

I feel exactly the same way. I think Opera is a fantastic browser and I can't point out anything wrong with it, except it just doesn't feel comfortable to me.

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Impotence May the source be with u! Join Date: Dec 2004 Age: 19 Male Posts: 1,877 Times Helpful: 126 My Mood: Stressed Status: Offline My Computer	For me its the URL bar being able to search my history... I'm a bit of a privacy freak sometimes, and normaly clear out my history at least weekly but I've found the feature so useful that i have yet to clear my history since i installed 8.04! Might look to see if i can encrypt it though, using the same password that is used to encrypt stored passwords (encrypt cookies too?) but instead of being asked for my password when i browse to a site that FF remembers my password on it would ask me as soon as i start the browser An option to not remember visted websites would also be nice (as an on/off button somewhere on the UI) __________________ Dear intel,Already Made My Decision Never trust a computer you can't repair yourself. Windows Vista - Viruses Intruders Spyware Trojans Adware Why Linux is Better!\|Pastafairianism\|Say no to National ID\|Firefox Extensions Guide scientology has been getting alot of attention recently When the rich wage war, it is the poor who die. Where are the WMD's that our governments used to justify the war?

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