Comments on: FireFox 3 Inches Closer to GM

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:10:24 +0000

I could not agree with you more Nick. Not that I’m drinking the Apple Koolaid or anything, but Apple “just gets it”. That’s why I dig Safari. It doesn’t need any nor the ability to have “add-ons” to feel complete. It’s simple, doesn’t try to hard to be something it’s not or should be. From tests I’ve seen it’s one of if not the fastest browsers. All of this on top of paying close attention to web standards. Firefox STILL feels incomplete and STILL launches slower than Safari. However, they FINALLY got the input fields and buttons looking like they don’t belong in the 90’s. Don’t get me wrong, I dig that Firefox is minimizing IE, but it’s still not there. It’s still catching up to Safari.

By: fluxam

fluxam — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:32:11 +0000

To have extensions work, install Nightly Tester Tools and check the bypass compatibility check box; http://www.oxymoronical.com/web/firefox/nightly
GUI look is changed with themes;
try Proto for Mac if you’re on a Mac
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6050
For a new release, it’s best to start a fresh profile; finding the folder for profiles on a Mac is a chore… Once a new profile is created, make sure you’re cued for which one to use every time Firefox starts.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:37:52 +0000

The interface is kinda fugly. :(

By: Eric Cranston

Eric Cranston — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:04:37 +0000

So I don’t think many plugins try to become compatible until RC1 comes out and then you will see your plugins working. But usually they won’t work on the betas (I last used Beta 2 and they obviously didn’t work on it.)

By: Llama Money

Llama Money — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:58:53 +0000

Have you been using it? Curious how stable it is.. also curious on plugin compatibility. I would love a memory leak fix ( I have to restart FF every couple hours as it is ), but can’t give up stability / plugins.