Comments on: Firefox 3: It’s Here, Faster and Better–But Not Perfect Yet

By: Web Worker Daily » Archive Firefox 3 Improves Again «

Web Worker Daily » Archive Firefox 3 Improves Again « — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:00:05 +0000

[...] 11th, 2008 (2:00pm) Mike Gunderloy No Comments We’ve been tracking the progress of Firefox 3 as it wends its way through the beta process – web workers in general [...]

By: Web Worker Daily » Archive Firefox 3 Continues to Improve «

Web Worker Daily » Archive Firefox 3 Continues to Improve « — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:00:07 +0000

[...] Mike Gunderloy No Comments We looked at the first beta release of Firefox 3 a few months ago, and liked what we saw. Now we’re a few months down the line, and beta 3 has just been released. With the additional [...]

By: Web Worker Daily » Archive Second Beta of Firefox 3: Still Mainly for Developers «

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:24 +0000

[...] version of its Firefox 3 browser, which includes a slew of enhancements over Firefox 2. However, as I mentioned after testing the first beta version this release is still intended for developers and [...]

By: James Q. Public

James Q. Public — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:37:20 +0000

I have a question that hopefully someone here can answer. I installed the FF 3 beta and agree that it has many cool features. I think I will hold off for at least an RC2 release so I uninstalled it.

The problem I am having now is that since uninstalling it, FF2 doesn’t recognize it is the default browser. I get a warning dialogue box telling me that it’s not my default browser. Even if I choose yes, the next time I close it and reopen it I get the same thing. Its really annoying. And no, IE is not the default either.

Does anyone have any idea why this would be happening and how I could fix it?

By: Asa Dotzler

Asa Dotzler — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 05:58:11 +0000

Nightly tester tools does not make an extension compatible with a newer version of Firefox. It simply prevents Firefox from disabling extensions written for earlier versions of Firefox. Some extensions are compatible with the new code in Firefox and some aren’t. NTT will let you find that out, with possibly good or possibly bad results (including dataloss, so please be careful).

- A

By: Gearfire Tips for Academic Success

Gearfire Tips for Academic Success — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:32:40 +0000

I definitely agree with you on it not being perfect. I downloaded it, but I refuse to use it until Gmail manager upgrades their extension. Even using Nightly Test Tools, for some reason it won’t save my passwords after I close the window.

Oh well, I’ll just wait a couple weeks, right?

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Top Posts « WordPress.com — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:59:52 +0000

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By: Light & Dark

Light & Dark — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:51:45 +0000

Another endorsement for Nightly Tester Tools ability to “make compatible” for many extensions. In a huge majority of cases, the only reason an extension shows up as incompatible is because it contains a line of code specifying up to which version it can be counted on to work. It’s the developers’ way of protecting themselves from future unforeseen changes in FF’s code.

But extensions that don’t rely on changed areas of code will actually work fine on new versions. Nightly Tester just lets you automatically ignore that restricting version limitation.

That being said, there’s often no way to know if an extension might rely on changed code – but you’re using a beta version of the browser anyway so should be taking precautions to protect yourself while using it anyway. So if a “made compatible” extension breaks something, it shouldn’t be a big deal.

I have a number of no-longer-updated must-have extensions in daily use on FF2 that I just keep “making compatible” with each upgrade. I’d be seriously pissed to have to do without ‘em.

Paul

By: Kenny Heimbuch

Kenny Heimbuch — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:31:54 +0000

Looking forward to this one for sure, and also keeping my fingers crossed that they got that long overdue memory leak issue resolved. Without this one issue, FF would be totally perfect!

By: Travis Seitler

Travis Seitler — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:19:00 +0000

I’m addicted do my current extension collection, so I’ll probably hold off for a little while… but the new features are pretty tempting!

By: WWD Coffee Break - Firefox, Shopping & Comics « Web Worker Daily

WWD Coffee Break - Firefox, Shopping & Comics « Web Worker Daily — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:01:20 +0000

[...] Foxes – As we mentioned yesterday, Firefox 3 Beta 1 is out. If you want to test without messing up your Firefox 2 install, create a separate profile. [...]

By: Free Fall Creative

Free Fall Creative — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:41:22 +0000

I haven’t seen the release until now but I will be installing it tomorrow and testing it out. Seems to have a lot of good improvements.

I am not sure if this was only me, but the current version of FireFox seems to take up a lot of my computers RAM. While most programs on my computer are at 10K tops, FireFox ends up being 100K+ after a bit of time having it open. Granted I have 5-6 tabs open when I’m working on certain projects, but even when there’s only 1-2 tabs open it seems to be the same way.

Anyone else having this issue?

By: David Naylor

David Naylor — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:16:32 +0000

You should try the Nightlies Tester Tools, an extension which lets you use extensions with nigtly builds and betas before they’re actually marked as compatible.

By: Okko

Okko — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:11:24 +0000

Mac users will appreciate the native forms in v3, rendering HTML GUI elements (buttons, text fields) using the OS X elements, rather than those klutzy old default ones.

By: Chuck Adkins » My results with Firefox 3 Beta 1

Chuck Adkins » My results with Firefox 3 Beta 1 — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:42:40 +0000

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By: Jeff_

Jeff_ — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:29:33 +0000

I totally agree about the extension support. It really is absolutely critical. I had to abandon several key extensions when I upgraded to Fx2. With Firefox 3, I will definitely wait until the reviews roll in before upgrading. I want to know for sure that my favorite extensions are supported. In my opinion, extensions are the best thing about Firefox — without them, I may as well be using Opera ;)