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Firefox 3 Beta 3 Officially Released

Posted by kdawson on from the back-to-its-roots dept.

firefoxy writes "Mozilla has officially released Firefox 3 beta 3. This release includes new features, user interface enhancements, and theme improvements. Ars Technica has a review with screenshots. 'Firefox 3 is rapidly approaching completion and much of the work that remains to be done is primarily in the category of fit and finish. There will likely only be one more beta release after this one before Mozilla begins issuing final release candidates.'"

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  1. Re:HA HA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Firefox sucks! Plus, it looks as if it still uses Gecko rather than the superior WebKit. When will Firefox finally make the switch?
  2. I thank you for yo0r time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Blue, rruber

  3. Ah, my eyes! by edelholz · · Score: 0, Troll

    I really hope they get rid of this cancer-inducing theme. Aaah. My eyes hurt already!

    Other than that, it seems a bit snappier than Beta 2 and it broke my customized toolbar layout, but hey, it's a beta. Everything is good now.

    Off to finding a new theme.

  4. Everything except Roboform by MonoApe · · Score: 0, Troll

    I decided that beta 3 would be the time I switched to FF3. I've got all 20 of my addons working except Roboform (which works with beta 2). Didn't they know beta 3 was going to be released? Idiots. It's just another reason I wish I could easily escape from Roboform lock-in.

  5. Re:Firefox 3 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Opera runs on the QT framework. Does that help?

  6. Re:So... by ozmanjusri · · Score: -1, Troll
    I've got to wonder, just what the damned hell is everybody doing that causes this?

    It's yet another corner case identified by Bill Hilf's labs.

    They identify what they consider an exploitable flaw (exploitable as in FUD, not cracking), then pass that along to the evangelism teams with a script to be parroted at every opportunity. That's why these "Firefox ate my memory" whines are so predictable - they're scripted by Microsoft marketing.

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    "I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
  7. Spyware by Quattro+Vezina · · Score: -1, Troll

    Does Firefox 3 phone home like older versions do?

    Funny how when someone else does it, it's called "spyware", but the Mozilla Foundation gets a free pass. The Mozilla Foundation seems to get lots of free passes; they are considered free software heroes, yet the Mozilla Foundation is strongly opposed to free software, and Firefox is most certainly not free software.

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    I support the Center for Consumer Freedom