The Dragon Slayer Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Has anyone tried it yet? Better than firefox 2 which is I'm using now? Feedback is appreciated! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Definitely go with 3. Tons of new features, better browsing protection, and way less of a memory hog. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Dragon Slayer Posted August 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Definitely go with 3. Tons of new features, better browsing protection, and way less of a memory hog.Thanks Matt. Should I uninstall FF 2 before I install FF 3? Or I just install 3 over 2? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Firefox should take care of removing v2 for you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Dragon Slayer Posted August 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Firefox should take care of removing v2 for you.Thanks, glad to know that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Yep, FF 3.01 is a keeper:-) Nice and snappy on my Linux boxes and on OS X. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Dragon Slayer Posted August 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Yes. Updated to ff 3 and it only took a few minutes. Seem to load faster than ff 2. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flashh4 Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Howdy, the new FF is good but i cannot get my email from IE thru FF33. Anyone else have this problem ??Chuck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete_C Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Howdy, the new FF is good but i cannot get my email from IE thru FF33. Anyone else have this problem ??ChuckOriginally most of the add ons / extensions had to be disabled as they were not FF3 compatible; but now that it is a month old that is not an issue.What do you mean chuck? Was it an extension you had added? If so , check and see if it is disabled and if they have an update available for it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flashh4 Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 (edited) Hoewdy Pete, i did have an add on to get my mail from my internet provider but i guess the new FF did not load it. And i don't remember what it was ??Guess what i need is an addon that will let me view my Outlook Express email while using FF ???Any suggestions ???Chuck Edited August 2, 2008 by flashh4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wanyal Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 In my opinion, Firefox 3 is an overall huge improvemnt over 2.x. Memory usage is lower, ive noticed a big difference in page rendering speed, its more secure and the new default theme looks more stylish. The Awesome Bar is a nice addition as you can tag your bookmarks, and as you type those tags in, the awesome bar will suggest matches. It just adds to the HUGE customizability that Firefox has.The installation goes right over FF2 which makes things even easier.So, in a nutshell, i suggest you get FF3. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete_C Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 In my opinion, Firefox 3 is an overall huge improvemnt over 2.x. Memory usage is lower, ive noticed a big difference in page rendering speed, its more secure and the new default theme looks more stylish. The Awesome Bar is a nice addition as you can tag your bookmarks, and as you type those tags in, the awesome bar will suggest matches. It just adds to the HUGE customizability that Firefox has.The installation goes right over FF2 which makes things even easier.So, in a nutshell, i suggest you get FF3.Yes, but there are still some compatability issues with some add ons and some sites and activities. Those who want to use something which is not compatible with FF3, should stick with FF2 until the needed update comes out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Dragon Slayer Posted August 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 "The Awesome Bar is a nice addition as you can tag your bookmarks, and as you type those tags in, the awesome bar will suggest matches."Yes, FF 3 is good but I don't like the above function. If I type something in the address bar, I know exactly where I want to go; otherwise, I'll use Google search. I don't want to look at 10-12 suggested matches because I would have finished my typing then. I have it tweaked to none. They should have made that function toggled on and off depending on personal preference. Then it'll be perfect. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snakeyes1123 Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Firefox 3 is great. It really has used a lot less memory, Which is very good for me. I am avid firefox fan I have more then 10+ tabs open, and It doesn't slow down that much or even use more then a gig of ram, Thanks Mozilla. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Firefox 3 is great. It really has used a lot less memory, Which is very good for me. I am avid firefox fan I have more then 10+ tabs open, and It doesn't slow down that much or even use more then a gig of ram, Thanks Mozilla. 10 tabs and it uses less than 1 GB of RAM? Oh my!Opera 9.51 with 10 tabs uses up on average 21% of my ancient AMD XP 2400+ CPU and a whole 36,000k of my 768MB of ram. Of course these figures would be lower if I logged into each site opened. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Opera 9.51 with 10 tabs uses up on average 21% of my ancient AMD XP 2400+ CPU and a whole 36,000k of my 768MB of ram. Of course these figures would be lower if I logged into each site opened.Interesting. I did a little test comparison on my Linux box. First I ran FF 3.01 with 5 tabs open, also running Thunder bird 2.0.0.16, and my chat client Pidgin with two chat channels loaded. I then ran top and I had 8.6% CPU usage and 306 K RAM free of 768 MB RAM.Then I fired up Opera 9.51. Opened up 5 tabs, loaded up the integrated e-mail client (using IMAP on my gmail account), and loaded up the integrated chat client with the same two chat channels. Ran top again, had 2.6% CPU usage and 327 K RAM free.I'm a huge fan of FF 3.01. But, Opera 9.51 is faster. Opera FTW! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete_C Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 (edited) Well, I prefer Opera for sites where there are big images. It just does great fast loading of pictures and media files (Although some sites have issues with opera so when you hit one of them you have to change for compatability). The built in torrent downloader, while not as fast as a dedicated torrent downloader is useful for smaller downloads when you want to use a torrent to take the load of the authors server.Used to like azureus for that, but they changed to a bloated app VUZE so I prefer ABC (another bittorrent client) http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/download.phpI like FF for sites like this one , forums primarily ; and google searches where I can take advantage of Mcafee Site Advisor and WOT (Web of Trust) which do not work in Opera; for site ratings in the search results.These days, with massive hard drives , support for huge amounts of RAM , and super powerful super fast processors; why limit yourself to one browser? Get them all, keep them up to date and use the one most appropriate for the task at hand. Edited August 7, 2008 by Pete_C Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jcl Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 I normally have thirty or forty tabs open in sessions lasting weeks (I only kill my browsers when I reboot for system updates) and I've rarely if ever seen Firefox 3 break 300 MiB. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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