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Finally Firing Up Firefox 3

I took the leap (actually would call it more of a hop) to try Firefox 3. I’ve done my best to say away but couldn’t do it any longer. Now is this going to turn Mozilla on it’s head or just be a little update nobody cares about?

Well, with style - you see more of the same. That isn’t always a bad thing though. Sure we all like flashy new interfaces, and Firefox 3 has optimized and changed a few things around. Firefox was never designed to be pretty (that is what themes are for). Firefox is optimized for getting things done.

Wasn’t really excited about the changes to the bookmark manager. It looks a little too busy for my taste. Also would have liked to have seen them eliminate the popups for options and addons. I really don’t spend as many hours going to and from bookmarks anymore so that doesn’t bug me much. As long as you can still edit it - Firefox 3, your still good in my book.

Memory usage is still a problem and ohh man am I tired of hearing that.

Speed? Yes, it does feel faster - even running it sandboxed (via Sandboxie). That is the one thing I am the most excited about. So I am interested - are you interested in it? Are you wanting to upgrade to Firefox 3 as soon as you can or will you wait till all your extensions have gotten updated?

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Ellie said on December 12, 2007 (permalink)

I really want to wait until my extensions are upgraded, because there are quite a few that I don’t think I can make it without - like Signature, Colorful Tabs, Flashblock, TinyUrl Creator. :)

Marshall Pyke said on December 12, 2007 (permalink)

I’ll wait till at least ad blocker is included and gradient brushed metal.

quodlibetor said on December 12, 2007 (permalink)

psst… they’re working on a new theme. Lots of redesign in the UI, actually.

John said on December 12, 2007 (permalink)

I really don’t want to wait but, I kinda hooked on using FF for web development.

k00pa said on December 13, 2007 (permalink)

Off course I upgrade! I love tags system and new bookmark manager!

Mikey said on December 13, 2007 (permalink)

I will wait. I think some of the “things in store” are grand but don’t really like changing something as big as my browser at the drop of a hat.

SonofPearl said on December 13, 2007 (permalink)

I’d rather wait until the final version is out. Trying out betas is a bit like unwrapping Xmas presents early. :)

Mike Shaver said on December 14, 2007 (permalink)

Hi there. If you’re interested in improvements to Firefox’s memory usage, you’ll definitely enjoy Firefox 3 — it’s been a major focus of our development, and already we’ve seen huge improvements. Many of those changes aren’t going to be available until beta3 (they weren’t ready in time for beta2, to be released quite soon now), but some of them are. If you’re not seeing improvements, I’d be interested to hear about your application mix, and how you’re measuring it. You can reach me through the email address for this comment.

You can also read more about our memory work in this great post by Stuart Parmenter from the core platform team: http://blog.pavlov.net/2007/11/14/leaks-memory-we-never-forgot-about-you/

Thanks for a great Firefox site!

Mike Shaver
Mozilla Corporation

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