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Firefox 3 Beta 5 Released

Posted by Zonk on from the another-toy-for-the-weekend dept.

bunratty writes "Firefox 3 Beta 5 was released today. This last beta release sports performance-boosting improved connection parallelism. Not only has 'the memory leak' been fixed: Firefox now uses less memory than other browsers. This is not only according to Mozilla developers, but CyberNet and The Browser World as well. As for the Acid3 test, Firefox 3 Beta 5 scores only 71/100 compared to 75/100 for Safari 3.1 and 79/100 for the latest Opera 9.5 snapshot. The final release of Firefox 3 is expected in June."

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  1. Waiting... by ServerIrv · · Score: 5, Funny

    It will come out of beta as soon as Ad Block Plus is updated.

  2. Re:Awesomebar? by jellomizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hint... They are called Bookmarks and History.
    Besides anything called Awesombar makes me shiver.

    How to Enter Into Firefox.
    Click on the RadicalButton view threw the CoolMenu and once the narleyhighlight is set click it and firefox will load and now you can use the Awesombar to browse the web.

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  3. Re:Awesomebar? by Martin+Blank · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's spelled "gnarlyhilite."

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  4. Re:FIRST POST!111 by Nushio · · Score: 5, Funny

    Webkit does 100? That's nothing. The newest Opera beta does 106/106!

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  5. Re:Awesomebar? by jwo7777777 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought the developers were not very interested yet in passing Acid3 tests ... they were in favor of dropping Acid ....

    Thank you .... I'll be here for 37 more milliseconds....

  6. Adblock, adblock, adblock... by TheVelvetFlamebait · · Score: 2, Funny

    Would it kill you guys to view a page with ads?

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    1. Re:Adblock, adblock, adblock... by TaoPhoenix · · Score: 2, Funny


      Yep.

      After all, net content is usually plain text.

      ** BUT ADS ARE BOLD!!! THEY WANT YOUR ATTENTION!!!**

      The web has come a long way in putting up real news.

      ** BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE FLASH ADS THAT CAPTURE YOUR MOUSEOVER AND START PLAYING FLASH GAMES!!!????**

      Sometimes you don't even make it through a sentence

      ** FORD REALLY IMPROVED THEIR QUALITY AFTER BEING SHOWN UP BY THE JAPANESE IN THE 1980's. **

      before an ad rips your focus away from you.

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  7. Re:Awesomebar? by 0xABADC0DA · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thank you .... I'll be here for 37 more milliseconds.... It's going to be hard to collect on your 15 minutes of fame that way...
  8. Three Times The Fun!!!! by Slimee · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't know what happened, but upon installation and opening I now have three forward/back buttons....I just don't know which one to choose when I want to click back!! there's so many choices! I imagine this problem will fix itself if I close out, but I don't know if I want it to go away just yet hah.

  9. Re:It actually slows down wikipedia for me by amRadioHed · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why do that? Everyone knows bitching is easier than change.

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