Firefox 3 record attempt
More bang for your buck
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From: land of the clanger
A word of warning, if you had a beta version of FF3 but used FF2 as your main browser delete all components of the beta before installing FF3. I didn't and it took me ages to find out that it imports the profile from the beta and not FF2 so all my bookmarks were out of date and the means of restoring to a back up bookmark file is different than in FF2. (they don't have the same names or extensions.)
Apart from that it works fine for me .
Apart from that it works fine for me .
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From: somewhere in the nth of Oz, where it isn't really cold
I download FF3 on 'the' day - the only drama I've found is that Skype isn't compatible .. if that's a drama at all. AVG 8 didn't seem to falter .. overall I'm fairly happy with it.
Recidivist
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Essex, UK
Just installed FF3 and it seems to be quite fast.
But I'm still mainly with Opera because of the New Tab button which I find very useful and FF still doesn't have - that Ctrl-T means I have to let go of the mouse and that's just not as convenient.
But I'm still mainly with Opera because of the New Tab button which I find very useful and FF still doesn't have - that Ctrl-T means I have to let go of the mouse and that's just not as convenient.
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From: Twickenham, home of rugby
I do the last myself (FF2, still).
SD
More bang for your buck
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From: land of the clanger
Ok having used FF3 for a couple of weeks I think it needs to go back to beta testing stage and get the problems ironed out. It has a very serious problem when running java scripted things such as webcams (which i use a lot) It freezes and if you close it it disappears from the screen but doesn't stop running and has to be closed using the 3 fingered salute. It seems to be slower opening sites than V2, and the favourites system is nonsensical and inconsistent in it's opperation. All in all I think 7 out of 10 for effort and 5 out of 10 for useabillity 
cheerful pessimist
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Fenland
When I update the Jet Blast photos index I use the Page info - view links tab to find a reference to an actual post number in the pprune database rather than a number in the thread. I have just tried to find the view links tab in Firefox 3 and couldn't find it anywhere. It turns out that along with a forms tab it has been removed as it was considered too geeky! There is a solution now but it is an add-on that is considered Experimental and you have to register to download it. Guess what? The system won't accept my registration (using Firefox 3). Therefore no download.
Why fiddle with something that works?
I suppose it is back to Firefox 2.
Why fiddle with something that works?
I suppose it is back to Firefox 2.
