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Firefox 3 Beta 1 Review

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the download-yours-today dept.

DaMan writes "The newly-released Firefox 3 beta 1 has been reviewed by ZDnet and the verdict is that it is good. 'Is Firefox 3.0 going to be better? Given what I'm seeing so far, I think so. Why? Because it looks like Mozilla have gone back to basics and worked on what really matters to users — security, speed and ease of use ... Everything about Firefox 3.0 beta 1 is fast. The download package is small which means that it comes in fast, the installation is fast, the browser fires up fast, pages and tabs open fast, the browser shuts down fast, and the uninstall process is fast and painless.'"

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  1. Beta shouldn't replace the real thing... by argent · · Score: 0, Troll

    The Mac installation instructions have a problem... they suggest you drag Firefox to your applications folder, which will overwrite your existing copy of Firefox. They should either give it a different name (like, Firefox Beta) or suggest installing it in a different location, so that you can easily back out of the beta back to your existing Firefox version... particularly when they make a point that this is intended for developer testing only.

    The Windows install doesn't seem to make the same mistake. Well, at least on the Mac the whole "installer" insanity isn't actually needed, and users have the option of installing most packages in a private folder instead.

  2. fast, fast, fast, fast by icepick72 · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...and then the beta crashes fast.