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Firefox 3 RC1 Out Now

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the can't-be-worse-than-the-last-beta dept.

Jay writes "Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 is out now. If yours didn't auto-update, then get it while it's hot! The release came a bit early, with Computer World noting: 'As recently as last Saturday, Mozilla's chief engineer said that although the company had locked down RC1's code, it was planning to publicly launch the build in "late May."'" My copy just downloaded — restarting after I save this story. God I hope it's better than the last beta.

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  1. Comment from story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "So simple a grandmother can use it"

    This is offensive. I am a grandmother, and a C programmer.

    1. Re:Comment from story by A+beautiful+mind · · Score: 1, Funny

      Parent poster phrased it badly. Should have said:

      "I'm a grandmother programming C, you insensitive clod!"

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    2. Re:Comment from story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      "So simple a C programmer can use it"
      by a C++ Programmer ;-)

  2. Re:Respect by Phyrexicaid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot posts don't include swearing in the story summaries, so why is it acceptable to use the word 'God' as an expletive? I find it very offensive and it reflects poorly on a site which I have enjoyed for a long time. He wasn't swearing, he was praying.
    Plus, it wasn't directed at your god anyway, it was meant for the God of Opensource.
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  3. Re:eh? by RiotingPacifist · · Score: 4, Funny

    The worst coded ajax site on the web crashes browsers, news at 11.

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  4. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  5. Re: Memes by TaoPhoenix · · Score: 3, Funny


    I, for one, welcome my C-Coding grandmotherly overlords.

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  6. Re:Stability on Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    While watching youtube sometimes, my just freezes

    What freezes? your g/f, your noodly appendage or maybe both.

  7. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 2, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  8. Re:Changes since Beta 5? by edxwelch · · Score: 2, Funny

    OMG, the new version of Firefox identifies Mozilla.org as a malicious site!
    http://mozillalinks.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/ff3_malwarereal.png

  9. Re:Stability on Linux? by syscrash2k · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're right, but some feel that web browsing is not an "industry specific application that is highly tailored to a particular industry with no open source alternative."