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As of this minute! 8)

Download here (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/). 8)

Video of some of the new Firefox 3 features. (http://people.mozilla.com/~beltzner/overview-of-firefox3.swf)

9.3 times faster than IE in JavaScript performance, and 2.7 times faster than Firefox 2. 8)

350+ memory related bugs have been fixed, and now uses a new memory optimizer that keeps RAM usage way lower. 8)

Is this new or an upgrade to my current Firefox rev?

w00t! 8) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Minnesnowta_Girl/Smileys/w00t.gif)

This is the new BIG release, not just an update.  8)

They're taking quite a hit as they are going for the Guinness Book Of World Records for most downloads of one program in one day (updating *through* Firefox doesn't count) but should be back up shortly. 8)

Updated news. (http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2008/06/17/firefox-3-coming-soon/)

Up and running again! Yea!

They finally fixed the stupid disappearing cursor bug I see.

I just got this one the way I like it.

In the words of Nike: Just do it Stroh! ;D

Well, then you'll know exactly how to set up FX3 just the way you like it. :D

It will keep all your settings and everything when you upgrade. 8)

w00t!  I'm on it.  Thanks Torp.

No problem. 8)

 8)

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Except for extensions it deems incompatible like:
-Google photo saver
-Google settings
-AVG safe search
-AVG security toolbar
 [sm_devil] [sm_devil]

Wrong. :P Although that's what you derserve for using AVG. [sm_disgust] 8)

They'll be updated soon enough, but if you absolutely can't wait, (like me ;D I have 85+ that I am used to using all the time...) there is this extension (http://users.blueprintit.co.uk/~dave/web/firefox/nightly) that can force enable them to be compatible.

Some when forced to be compatible can mess things up though, (most notably themes and toolbars) so if that happens you can just disable them one by one until you find out which one is causing the problems and then just keep that one disabled until a compatible version is released. 8)

9,257,577 downloads and counting. (http://downloadcounter.sj.mozilla.com/) Not bad for just over a day. 8)

Anyone else find the new easter egg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg_(media))? ;D (Same one that was introduced in the Beta's and RC's)

no. what is it?

I would have no idea where to even begin to look.   [sm_dontknow]

Ahh, found it.

I did mention no "google"ing, right? ;) ;D

Installed yesterday. Other than some additional eye-candy, I remain unconvinced it's much better than its predecessor. It also doesn't seem to play as well with work's firewall and despite my setting it to clear my private data when I close, it doesn't, nor does it appear to clear my private data when I manually command it to. Perhaps after a couple of days I'll be really wowed, but I currently remain tepid.

Is that tepid or meh-pid?

Tip-pid.

I really haven't noticed a difference either. Don't get me wrong, I like Firefox but put me in the "meh" camp.

I actually have noticed it much faster.

Quirky on some of the stuff I do, but over all the same, except for the speed loading pages.

Okay, I figured out the problem with clearing personal data, but it's still not entirely cooperating with the firewall at work. My tepidness has been upgraded to room temperature.

Try using Firefox in it's Safe Mode for a while and see if the problems still happen. If they go away then the problems is something in your extensions/settings.

Start > All Programs > Mozilla Firefox > Firefox (Safe Mode).

Bandwagon fan!



















;) ;D

Oddly enough, I was coming here to post that I had done precisely that. Figured out I had an incompatible add-on. All is running smoothly now. I still remain unconvinced that it's miles ahead of the previous version, but at least I'm no longer mad for upgrading.

Great minds think alike. ;)


*sigh* ;D

Mehsquared.

Faster?

Kinda like the dude at grease monkey who said "this TRX-454 oil modulator additive will get you 3 more MPG and it won't cause friction to your flux capacitor.

Whatever...it's free and I'm away from the Gates teet (I think).

What's with it deleting my download list right after I download?

I have to go searching for the file instead of it being right there in the download window.

Works fine here, do you have it set to automatically delete it?

Yes. EOD. ;) ;D

I did but only when it closed. I have since changed that and it still clears it immediately after the download completes.

whatever...maybe in your world.

EOD

 ;) ;D

Have you restarted Firefox since changing it? Try it in safe mode ( Start > All Programs > Mozilla Firefox > Firefox (Safe Mode) ) and see if it does it still.

What?!? 

Firebug not compatible?  No upgrade available?   >:( >:( >:(

Patience young grasshopper. ;) ;D

How long has it been available as a beta?

I can't live without that plug-in.  For real.  I'm uninstalling before I go back to work on Thursday (business trip Mon-Wed.)

More then once. Never started in safe mode but was doing this with the beta version as well as the rc version.

Not exactly sure, I've used Firefox 3 in Beta and RC form for several months though.


Code a better one yourself instead. ;) ;D

Safe mode can't hurt then. :)

Why would I do that?  Theirs is close to perfect.

Because you need it *now* and coding is fun. ;D Could always just force it to be compatible and see if it works, 85% of them do. :)

Coding is fun.  I enjoy it.  But 8-12 hours per day is enough.  I have no interest in spending 1000+ hours on a Firefox plug-in which would certainly not be anywhere near as good as theirs. 

What if the Mozilla coders had said that their browser would never be as good as IE when they started working on Firefox (Firebird at the time) so they didn't try? ;) ;D

You said "code a better one yourself then".  That's different than a monster open source project.  YMMV.   ;)

Would it be a great gig if one had the means to support himself independently?  Sure.  Unfortunately, my coding really needs to have a direct correlation to a paycheck.  I've done the entrepreneur thing and it's highly overrated.   [sm_shock]

Some day, in retirement, perhaps I'll originate a killer app and be an icon of the open source movement.  Nah, I'll be golfing.

Coding an OpenSource App >>> golfing. I can say that here, no one golfs here anyway. ;) ;D

I gave you all that Vikings nonsense thinking you were simply delusional.  Now I believe you might be dangerous.

If Google didn't pay to have that little search button in the toolbar, I'm guessing the Mozilla coders would be working on something else right now.

Vikes go 19-0 this year, you heard it here first. ;D

Looks like it is compatible. I just looked and it allows me to add it. Though I did not because I do not code. At least not anymore.

Yeah, the versions on Mozilla's ad-ons page are never up to date really, as the new versions have to be cleared first before they allow them on there, and they can take some time, sometimes.

Google "little search button in the toolbar" FTW. ;D

Hmmmmm... thanks Spankers.  I trusted the FF3 installer which told me it wasn't compatible and there was no upgrade.  

A lesson learned.

BTW, love the Aqua-esque buttons in the Firelight theme.  'Bout time.

Nope, the Firefox installer and the ad-on manager go by the Mozilla ad-ons site.

The point being that even Mozilla developers are motivated what everyone else is motivated by--money/livelihood. They're not doing it just because it's fun.

Guess not 'cuz the Mozilla add-ons site had it.

Speak for yourself. :)

No offense, but he's speaking for every developer on the planet who doesn't live with their parents. 

Speak for yourself. :P

Nope, I'm also speaking for every developer on the planet who doesn't live with his parents.

The whole paycheck thing feeds a remarkable synergy.  We're all on the same page on this one.

I don't know about you guys, but I actually happen to love my parents, and spending time with my family [sm_shock] ( I know, the absolute horror these days, say it aint so  ::) ) and would gladly spend my entire life living with them if I want to. I know, I'll be scarred for life. :lolspit: Oh no! Someone dares to be different. Hang him! :glasses: You there? Or did you faint? ;)

Torp, I didn't mean to rile your feathers but it seems you have some sort of jovial disrespect for how it is in "the real world."  Most of the members of this board are the wage-earning member of their family.  We have kids to clothe, feed, shelter and educate.  A bit of fun thrown in is always a bonus.  Most/all of us have earned the right to shake our heads a bit at a youngster with all the answers.

We don't have the luxury of being an open-source developer or a full-time inventor or a care provider of an elderly relative.  Those are all worthy pursuits but they simply don't put enough $$$ in the bank account.  We have bills to pay which simply must be paid.  You won't completely understand this;  you simply can't completely understand this.  But please give us our due.  I will respect your choices until you start mocking my lack thereof.

Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming...

stroh's a *humid grotto*.

Stroh is not a *humid grotto*, his grotto is humid, but he's no *humid grotto*.

(http://www.cuttingedge.org/Dragon_Eating_Tail.jpg)

I could fly a plane.

I'm pretty sure he meant you had to be a drunk AND an ex fighter jock.  But I'm drunk, so who knows.

I've seen Top Gun enough times;  I've got a pretty good handle on it.

MRI techs and fighter jocks are cut from the same cloth.  Somehow.

LMAO!  Classic!

Back on topic:

I have noticed only moderate improvements in memory usage.  Now instead of being worse than IE, its on par with IE.

I have not really noticed much speed improvements - minimal it seems.

Bookmark and address bar search improvements are nice - but not really worthy of .0 status.

So, I'm happy I upgraded, it is better.  But I'm not overwhelmed with joy.

Why do you want to make this thread suck.

Couldn't help myself - I'm a geek.

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OK, just for you:



Knock, knock........................









































(http://www.golfinguy.com/pics/snowfridge.jpg)

Sweet!  A Canadian refrigerator!   

Thx. bud!  I need it.

(thread to come)  :-[

Your "real world", my "real world" is just as real for me as yours is for you.


If that's how you've always read into me as coming across, then you've misread me, I don't try to have all the answers, I try to help with any info I know. I don't post much in equipment discussions because I'm a bogey golfer, and don't know much about equipment. If there's a PC thread, and I think I have relevant info to add, I will.


Never knew I did. I was having some fun.


Quite frankly, many of you guys think my Viking posts are annoying/stupid, and you have every right to, I'm a die hard fan, and *always* half cup full type of person, that likes to have some fun with the posts, and to you they are annoying/stupid, or even the definition of annoying/stupid, but for me, that's what I think of the "regularly scheduled programming" comments like the ones below, and I have just as much right to think that as you do with your opinion. :)

It's amazing what people forget over time. It's also amazing that people forget there's another side to the coin.


Anyhoo I still want to know why my delete list keeps clearing. Fix it young Padawan.

You could try backing up your Firefox data and doing a clean install. Good to do that every once in a while if you haven't done it for a few versions, it has fixed problems like that in the past.

I'm not at all angry.  No anger in that post. Just floating a few realities from my perspective.  When I'm angry laser beams fire from my eyeballs and I turn the color of mashed turnip.

Publicizing my private messages, interestingly one you didn't deign to answer, might bug me a little though.  As a PC guy I should think your awareness of proper netiquette dictates you don't do that.  However, what I wrote way back then is still my opinion today. 

I didn't mention your Vikings posts.  I don't care what you write about football teams.  I'm pretty sure I've taken a friendly dig at your uber-homerism from time to time but that's to be expected, right?  You have to admit you have it coming and I'm sure you expect it.

It's interesting you posted a couple of sarcastic paragraphs implying that the rest of us don't love our parents as much as you do yet my response to that is deemed full of anger.

Anyway, you're a good kid but it's my honestly considered opinion that you lack experience in things such as providing for a family, working towards a productive career, etc.  I was, I thought mildly, calling you out for posting an opinion I believe was quite naive. 

No worries. 

Ditto.


Fixed.


I wasn't saying you were angry, I was just saying it still applies today.

When it comes to the Queens, I think you're more of a "cup runneth over"-type person.  ;D

Haha. 8)

Wow, I completely missed some of the middle pages of this thread.  Interesting turn.


 [sm_shock] *faints* [sm_dramaqueen]

seriously grow a set and htfu

eod

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Or not. :P