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Firefox 3 Hits Release Candidate 2
Barence noted that Firefox has announced release candidate 2 of their highly popular web browser. You can read the release notes while you download. And since my copy just finished downloading, I guess I'll go install it. I hope I don't have any
..that have been around for years such as this one:
,what do I know.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235853
Then I won't hold my breath for this release to me any more reliable or stable than any other from the last N years. Its about time they stopped doing a Microsoft and dicking about with "coooo , its so preeetty" UI stuff and bloatware functionalty that no one needs and starting fixing bloody bugs!
Yeah mod me down fanboys, see if I care, I'm just a user
It would be great if the plugin authors would get on the bandwagon and update their own code, so many of us can upgrade to 3.x. Hint hint.
Huh? Are you using the same "Firefox" as me?
1. What do you mean? Yes, Firefox 3 isn't compatible with (some) Firefox 2 extensions. But then again, Firefox 3 is a whole new version... and it's still at release-candidate level. I've never had extensions break during an incremental upgrade, for instance. (If they become marked as incompatible, that's the fault of the extension author, who should have set compatibility as 2.* or whatever.)
2. I've never seen that. Normally it just downloads the incremental update and applies it on the next restart.
3. Well many of us happen to like the new functionality of the combined address-bar/search-bar. However, it's trivial to return to the old-style behavior if that's what you want (e.g. this). The same is true of most other changes. Firefox is very customizable.
4. Sorry to hear that it's unstable on your system. On the systems I use, Firefox 3 has been decidedly more stable than Firefox 2. Faster, too. From various things I've read, it sounds like the typical experience is that Firefox 3 is faster, more stable, and more robust than Firefox 2. But, as always, your mileage may vary.
5. Huh? When you try to exit, there is a single confirmation box, which can be disabled. It doesn't pop up "a thousand confirmations". Exaggerate much?
6. Huh? I've never had to re-download extensions when upgrading Firefox (even when installing a whole new version). The only time extensions re-download is when a new version of the extension is available. But... how exactly do you propose to get the new version without downloading it?
I'm sorry that you seem to be having troubles with Firefox. From what I can tell, this isn't a typical experience. Also, note that you're most welcome to keep using older versions if they suit you better.
.. a bug fix not making a release and sitting on a major bug for *4 YEARS*
I think it was his little joke, Jerry.
Remember the good-old days when Mozilla (and Firefox) release notes actually talked about bugs fixed, features introduced, and interesting things? When each version actually informed you about what had changed?
.com) and trying to find betas is now impossible. No, really... there are no links to non-release versions.
Ever since Mozilla went corporate things have gone down hill. Going to mozilla.org (or
I miss the time when Mozilla was a user-friendly organization, when everything was public and *easy to find*.
I want my Cowboyneal
Sure, but I'd like to know what those bugfixes are - the firefox release notes page hasn't changed significantly (that I've seen) since Beta 1. Kind of frustrating when you want to see what's actually in the release, and not a sales pitch.
I don't think your perception of user-friendly means what you think it does. Perhaps what you're looking for is "developer-friendly" or "obsessive geek friendly," in which case you might be better off going to http://developer.mozilla.org