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Firefox 3.0 Preview

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hey-there-paradiso dept.

Brian Heater passed us a link to a PC World preview of the upcoming Firefox 3.0 release. In addition to the usual smoother UI, bug fixes, and feature updates, Firefox 3.0 will introduce several new components that should expand offline Web application functionality. The inclusion of DOM Storage, an offline execution model, and synchronization should all work together to allow for wider adoption of software like Google Apps at the end-user level. "As the breadth and depth of the competing applications expand, perhaps Microsoft's 90-percent stranglehold on the preinstalled and post-PC-purchase installation suite market will loosen, if only a bit. Then, too, if Windows Vista is any indication of what lies ahead, the company's software will continue to require ever more awe-inspiring hardware--a far cry from the light and nimble Web-based applications Mozilla engineers envision." The piece covers more than just the new functionality, of course, and should be of interest to anyone looking forward to 'Gran Paradiso.'

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  1. Moo by bcat24 · · Score: -1, Troll

    FIRefox totally rockS! don'T you agree? it's PrObably the beST browser ever!

  2. And yet... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    And yet it still leeks memory like a pasta strainer. Oh, I forgot, all those users are using it all wrong...

  3. A real shame by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's a real shame they couldn't be bothered to write the application correctly the first time.

  4. Re:What I hope it has by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Any time I have to go into about:config, FireFox's dev team has failed

    Yes, the bloated, inconsistent prefereces-dialog is so much better than an easily accessible, searchable about:config-table.

    Fucking asshat. Use Safari, you moron.