Mozilla Releases Firefox 3

[Kristijntje]

Review of Firefox 3 Beta 3:

Mozilla made approximately 1,300 changes based on feedback from Firefox Beta 2. Among them are improved security features, such as one-click site information and malware protection.

With the site favicon found on the location bar, users will be able to see who owns a site and check to ensure that their connection is protected from eavesdropping. The feature has been improved and will now more prominently display identity verification that is easier to understand. When sites using Extended Validation SSL (secure sockets layer) certificates are detected, the favicon button will turn green and show the company with which users are connected...

Malware protection in Beta 3 has been beefed up so that users will receive a warning when they access sites known to install viruses, spyware, Trojans and other malware. It will prevent users from going to a site that may try to exploit a weakness on the user's system, like a bug in the browser or in a plug-in like QuickTime or Java...

full article: http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/61710....1203158484

[jezebel]

I sweetched tee Beeta three 

[BellisimaJ.]

[quote author=jezebel link=topic=6314.msg68255#msg68255 date=1203699099]
I sweetched tee Beeta three 
[/quote]

I thought you hated betas........

Is it better than 2? 2 started out driving me friggin' crazy with all of the crashes. Then, for a while, it got a lot better. Since the last update, it totally friggin' SUCKS!!

[bargainbloodhound]

FF2's memory consumption definitely sucks.

[mandy]

Beta 4 released:

The fourth beta of the Firefox 3.0 browser was released Monday and includes more than 900 enhancements over the previous beta, Mozilla announced.

The creator of the open-source browser said the new beta includes improvements to performance and memory usage, fixes for stability, and platform-specific enhancements. Some of the enhancements include a new download manager to make locating downloads easier; a full page zoom feature that allows you to zoom in and out of pages more easily; and integration for Vista, Mac OS X, and Linux that features platform-specific icons, buttons, and other user interface elements. ..

full article: http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9890593-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
download it here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

[mandy]

Beta 5 is out
http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/firef...easenotes/

[BellisimaJ.]

Memory usage: Several new technologies work together to reduce the amount of memory used by Firefox 3 over a web browsing session. Memory cycles are broken and collected by an automated cycle collector, a new memory allocator reduces fragmentation, hundreds of leaks have been fixed, and caching strategies have been tuned.

I'm dying to download it mostly because fo the improvements to memory usage, and all the very sweet new features........but, the majority of my add-ons are incompatible.    Damn it!

[amy]

I installed it Wednesday night but didn't get a chance to use it until now because a boinktard construction crew down the block accidently cut an underground Time Warner cable which left us without Internet access (and phone service) for 1 1/2 days.  I can definitely say that the FF3 beta 5 is a huge improvement over the browser on the T-Mobile MDA I've been using the past few days.  ;D

[BellisimaJ.]

[quote author=amy link=topic=6314.msg68889#msg68889 date=1207354899]
I installed it Wednesday night but didn't get a chance to use it until now because a boinktard construction crew down the block accidently cut an underground Time Warner cable which left us without Internet access (and phone service) for 1 1/2 days.
[/quote]

I would go in to withdrawal........ :blinkie:

I can definitely say that the FF3 beta 5 is a huge improvement over the browser on the T-Mobile MDA I've been using the past few days.  ;D

I don't have FF on mine.....I suppose I should install it since I despise IE.

I think I'll wait to install 3 until some of my favorite extns update to be compatible. Currently, the only one that is compatible (that I have), is web developer. I wish the others would get on the ball, especially Google!

[bargainbloodhound]

which left us without Internet access

PDA browsers suck.  FedEx Kinkos sucks even more...$18 per hour to use their PCs (which only have IE7).