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Firefox Download Day To Start At 1 p.m. EST

Posted by timothy on from the there's-no-pleasing-some-people dept.

boustrophedon writes "Starting at midnight in their local timezones, downloaders have been asking when Firefox 3 will be ready for Firefox Download Day, June 17, 2008. Mary announced on the Spread Firefox Forum that downloads will commence at 10 AM PST." That means 1 p.m. East Coast time, and, in Justin Mason's view, some pretty annoying times of day for many parts of the world. Reader CorinneI supplies a link to PC Magazine's (very positive) overview of the new version's features, which praises the "speedy performance, thrifty memory usage, and, in particular, the address bar that now predicts where you want to go when you start typing (what Mozilla insiders refer to as the Awesome Bar)." FF3, even in Beta and RC form, and even with the extension incompatibilities I've run into, has quickly replaced FF2 as my preferred browser — for me, the improved drop-down autocomplete behavior alone is enough to justify the switch.

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  1. I'm starting mine at 1:01 p.m. PST tommorrow by elrous0 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why? Because I'm just that kind of bastard.

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    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  2. Re:Download by e2d2 · · Score: 0, Troll

    And now after the site is crushed to a bloody pulp, in hindsight your statement is wisdom. So much for the "troll" mod.

    This was just downright funny. Come download it! Oh wait, I smell bacon cooking in the server room..

  3. Re:I hate the awesome bar by SydShamino · · Score: 1, Troll

    I despise the awesome bar, and dont understand why there isnt an easier/obvious way to get the old, URL based behavior. I found a method that is working so far:

    1. Uninstall Firefox 3.0 garbage.
    2. Install Firefox 2.0.0.14.

    It seems to have restored the old URL behavior completely. I'll post back if that changes.
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    It doesn't hurt to be nice.
  4. Avoid Firefox 3.0 == The Add-on Killer by Hackerlish · · Score: 0, Troll

    It'll break your add-ons. Well, not all of them, but enough to produce problems. You can't install 3.0 alongside your 2.0 browser - there is some weird and stupid interaction which means even if you install it in separate directories, it will still kill your extensions. The new 3.0 extensions won't work if you try and start or retrograde to 2.0. I'm unimpressed. Hey developers: What is your obsession with breaking Add-ons? PS. It'll also log you out of all your web sites. What a complete pain in the ass!