Firefox 3!

ketida · Post by **ketida** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:39 pm

I just updated to the Firefox 3 browser, and yowser, is it fast!!!

Plus, I think it's highly rated for pc's as the safest browser.

(I am not a geek oracle, just garnered various opinions from others.)

beowulf573 · Post by **beowulf573** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:58 am

I'm using it on my laptop and am happy with it. My only complaint is that my two most used plugins (gesture support and bookmark sync) aren't supported yet.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:08 am

I haven't tried it yet, but many of my old engineering coworkers have been
talking about it. One thing that sounds nice is that it waits for a successful
login attempt before asking to remember passwords. In Firefox 2, if you are
logging into a site, and you put in the wrong password, it will ask if you want
to remember it before you even know if you typed it correctly. Then it ends
up remembering a bunch of incorrect passwords. Oy.

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:56 am

I installed it last night. Happy so far, but /. reported a vulnerability that was discovered 5 hours after FF3 was put up...

http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/06/18/217205.shtml

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:48 am

I'm running it--so far so good.

Seems faster on Vista 64 than IE does.

--James

Cayden · Post by **Cayden** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:01 am

beowulf573 wrote:I'm using it on my laptop and am happy with it. My only complaint is that my two most used plugins (gesture support and bookmark sync) aren't supported yet.

Same for AdBlock, which is a bit annoying, I am used to getting pages without adds.

beowulf573 · Post by **beowulf573** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:20 pm

Peter Laban wrote: Same for AdBlock, which is a bit annoying, I am used to getting pages without adds.

I think the most recent version should work.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

Thomaston · Post by **Thomaston** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:38 pm

beowulf573 wrote:
Peter Laban wrote: Same for AdBlock, which is a bit annoying, I am used to getting pages without adds.
I think the most recent version should work.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

It appears that Adblock Plus did indeed transfer over when I upgraded this morning.

ketida · Post by **ketida** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:43 pm

No ads here, either. One of the nicest features of FF.

kkrell · Post by **kkrell** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:06 pm

I can't log in to one site I regularly use, because Firefox doesn't like the security certificate, and won't let me override its decision, regardless of my security settings. I have reported it. Had to use IE again. Otherwise, pretty happy. PicLens and Adblock Plus have been updated to work.

Kevin Krell

Cayden · Post by **Cayden** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:42 pm

Thanks, I don't know why I missed AdBlock plus, it surprised me it wasn't updated to the new version.

tansy · Post by **tansy** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:20 pm

what happens to Firefox 2 when you download the new 3? does it over write it, or do you have to uninstall the old one?

Thomaston · Post by **Thomaston** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 4:01 pm

As best as I can tell, it completely overwrites it. All of my bookmarks and (compatible) apps transferred over just fine.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 4:03 pm

tansy wrote:what happens to Firefox 2 when you download the new 3? does it over write it, or do you have to uninstall the old one?

It's just an upgrade, isn't it?

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 4:11 pm

kinda, uh huh

when the 1st number changes it signifies a big update