Mozilla Firefox 3.0 to be released June 17

[ronjor]

-{ Quote: "In an additional Mozilla Developer News post, Mike Beltzner also announces that we anticipate the general release of Firefox 3 to be on this coming Tuesday, June 17." }-Mozilla Blog (http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2008/06/11/third-firefox-3-release-candidate-available-for-download/)

[ccsito]

3.0? That means I have to upgrade to version 2 soon. ;D

[ronjor]

Mozilla Firefox 3 Review

Paul Turrott (http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/firefox3.asp)

[HURST]

@ccsito:
LOL

I think I'll also wait a few weeks, to avoid any unpolished finishing.

(I said the same with SP3.. I hope I can keep my word now lol)

[emperordarius]

http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/
They want to set a world record of software downloaded in 24 hours... LOL

[MikeNAS]

ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/index.html

[tlu]

-{ Quote: "Mozilla Firefox 3 Review

Paul Turrott (http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/firefox3.asp)" }-

I'm running here RC1 and can confirm Paul's appraisal. FF 3 is excellent!

[twl845]

-{ Quote: "Mozilla Firefox 3 Review

Paul Turrott (http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/firefox3.asp)" }-
Hey, Thanks for the heads up. ;D

[Threedog]

I was trying out RC3 and it worked excellent. Definately will be downloading and using the final.

[emperordarius]

I'm using RC3, it's very good. I think that if Firefox 2 failed, this will be the best browser.:thumb:

[chachazz]

Thanks Ronjor;

Ffx 3.0 is very good! Here's a nice 'Field Guide' to Firefox 3.0
http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2008/06/12/655/

[AKAJohnDoe]

I have been running Firefox V3 since RC2 exclusively. In fact, I uninstalled Firefox V2. IMHO it is more "ready" than IE 7. ;)

[twl845]

-{ Quote: "Thanks Ronjor;

Ffx 3.0 is very good! Here's a nice 'Field Guide' to Firefox 3.0
http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2008/06/12/655/" }-
Thanks. ;D

[innerpeace]

This sounds like an interesting feature from the link that chachazz posted.
-{ Quote: "Also, as with other add-ons in Firefox 3, if a plugin is found to contain a security vulnerability, Firefox will automatically disable it and tell you where to get an updated version. This is a significant security improvement for Firefox, which previously had no way to let you know that you had bad plugins installed." }-

[smith2006]

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/6186/27964202vv3.jpg

;D Got it awhile ago.

[dw426]

You should read the forums on the Spread Firefox webpage, man are there some ticked off people, lol. I do question though how they are supposed to reach their goal if it will be well into June 18th before it's available for some parts of Europe and other spots to download. I'll agree with the posters on one thing, I can't stand PDT time.

[nanana1]

It's out available now, unfortunately this forum does not allow driect download links to be posted.:-X

[dw426]

Not here it isn't, it will be available at 1pm in my state. Personally I think this was a dumb idea anyway, just release the browser and get it over with.

[Sputnik]

-{ Quote: "3.0? That means I have to upgrade to version 2 soon. ;D" }-
;D Any particular reason you're still on 1.5?

[lodore]

-{ Quote: "3.0? That means I have to upgrade to version 2 soon. ;D" }-
LOL.
if i was you i would try firefox 3 even if you try the portable version first to see how it runs.
i found 1.5 very unstable. 2.0 started off unstable as well. its alright now.
version 3.0 RC's have been very stable.

[dw426]

-{ Quote: "LOL.
if i was you i would try firefox 3 even if you try the portable version first to see how it runs.
i found 1.5 very unstable. 2.0 started off unstable as well. its alright now.
version 3.0 RC's have been very stable." }-

I haven't seen Firefox this stable since it was still Phoenix, Firefox 2 was a nightmare for me, especially after the last couple of patches.

[wilbertnl]

-{ Quote: "3.0? That means I have to upgrade to version 2 soon. ;D" }-
Stay with 1.5.0.12 if you prefer tiny and fast.

[fce]

still not yet available here in US?

btw, is there any problem if i have opera 9.5 and FF3 installed in my PC?...any slowdown or conflict?

[Nitrox]

Final is the same build as RC3, the date stamp is the same for both.

[emperordarius]

-{ Quote: "

btw, is there any problem if i have opera 9.5 and FF3 installed in my PC?...any slowdown or conflict?" }-

Same here, no conflict :)

[dw426]

-{ Quote: "still not yet available here in US?

btw, is there any problem if i have opera 9.5 and FF3 installed in my PC?...any slowdown or conflict?" }-

It will be available at 10am PDT in the U.S, which means I have to wait until 1pm to get the darn thing. As far as conflicts between Opera and Firefox 3, none that I've heard so far.

[smith2006]

8)

http://www.filehippo.com/download_firefox/

[pykko]

hmm... but they wanted to make a Guiness world records with it and as far as some other mirrors are laready hosting it and the official web site not, how will they set it?

[dw426]

-{ Quote: "hmm... but they wanted to make a Guiness world records with it and as far as some other mirrors are laready hosting it and the official web site not, how will they set it?" }-

Perhaps I'm paranoid, but I shall wait until it's from the official website :)

[normishmael]

Firefox 3 is up and running here.
Several ad-ons i had used on 2, are not compatible,including my beloved "404 page not found" and "FasterFox" also the Realplayer plugin.
There is only one theme,at present.
(and I am not fond of It.)
Only thing I found I just could not live without in the add-ons for FF3,was the PicLens photo/video/thingy.
I found that I really could live without it,as open or closed it runs 50-60 percent of CPU. Does the same on IE7.
Memory use seems about the same.
IT IS FASTER!
It opens some faster,and pages load very quickly.
It reminds me of when i had cable,rather than DSL.
So,"FasterFox" is not needed!

[dw426]

Lol, I got this bad feeling in the pit of my stomach that this download record is going to be a pain in the butt. The last few attempts to even reach the page have been unsuccessful.

[twl845]

The home page is still showing version 2. I guess that 10:00AM release time didn't take.

[AKAJohnDoe]

-{ Quote: "The home page is still showing version 2. I guess that 10:00AM release time didn't take." }-
It is only 9:33 now ... patience!

[twl845]

-{ Quote: "It is only 9:33 now ... patience!" }-
I'm in New York where its 12:46

[AKAJohnDoe]

-{ Quote: "I'm in New York where its 12:46" }-
TimeZones. TimeZones. FF3 is due out at 10:00 PDST

[twl845]

-{ Quote: "TimeZones. TimeZones. FF3 is due out at 10:00 PDST" }-
Argh! Thanks for the heads up. :P Any idea when I can expect it out East?

[ocean water]

Check timezone here: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=6&day=17&year=2008&hour=10&min=0&sec=0&p1=224&sort=1

:)

[ASpace]

Mozilla sites/servers are unavailable at the moment . Wondering if they can afford the peak and the traffic and if it is possible to achieve a world record without server crashes ...

[emperordarius]

It should have been here by now, at 19:00 (19:18 here now), mozilla.com nor spreadfirefox.com won't open too

[AKAJohnDoe]

It appears that there is a capcity or load balancer issue. I'll check back later at http://www.mozilla.com to get the final version. As I am successfully running FF3RC3 at this time, there is no particular hurry. :)

[dw426]

-{ Quote: "Mozilla sites/servers are unavailable at the moment . Wondering if they can afford the peak and the traffic and if it is possible to achieve a world record without server crashes ..." }-

It's as good as dead, my Firefox choked just waiting for their server to answer. I don't think they thought this through, for one thing, it's now into the 18th in many parts of the world, and, in this 24 hour period, the deadline will pass for them. For another, if they can't keep the servers up, people are going to give up, they'll get busy with general life, and they may miss the deadline. I don't know, we'll just have to see. They honestly should have just stuck to doing what they do best, which is releasing a great browser, not trying to stick their names in a book.

[the_sly_dog]

I cant even access the site :thumbd: :thumbd:

Maybe there eyes was bigger than the stomach

i get Http/1.1 Service Unavailable :thumbd: :thumbd: :thumbd:

[emperordarius]

Incredible, the page (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/) finally loads and there's still firefox 2...:argh:
This doesn't load http://www.spreadfirefox.com/worldrecord
Unless the Mozilla team starts hard-working with proxies, well, there's no world record for them!

[the_sly_dog]

-{ Quote: "Incredible, the page (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/) finally loads and there's still firefox 2...:argh: " }-
Same here took forever and only shows v2 i thought the uk was 6pm release ???

[cheater87]

I got tricked into downloading RC3. >:(

[emperordarius]

They've really scr**ed this up.:thumbd: :thumbd: :thumbd:

[the_sly_dog]

I think i will try later off to try opera

[The_1337]

There's all these links floating out there, but they're all RC for testers. The links were taken from mozilla ftps that were updated left week. If you look at the file size of filehippo, RC3 and final are exactly the same to the last byte.

[wilbertnl]

200747

Aiming for a new record...

[Tony]

Its HERE

http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/#nav-main

[Tony]

Ha, click the download link and its version 2 lol

[The_1337]

So they update the European site before the official site?

[Tony]

http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/#nav-main

its working fine now :)

[the_sly_dog]

-{ Quote: "http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/#nav-main

its working fine now :)" }-


Maybe for you not for me :( :( :( :(

[pykko]

very heavy.... they can't afford so much traffic. They should have thought and tested this before. They won't reach any record like this.

[Defcon]

I got it from the filehippo link someone posted earlier - thanks! The main mozilla servers are still feeling the pain.

Like it so far. Most of my extensions are incompatible, and the addons site is also down, but so far things look good and I can feel a speed increase due to the faster Javascript engine.

[The_1337]

The website loaded fast on opera, but wouldn't open the download. The page loaded slow on IE but my download manager started the download.

[Rainwalker]

-{ Quote: "Its HERE

http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/#nav-main" }-

Seemingly the version i got there was 4.42.0.0 .........Happy days...i won't have to update for a couple of years ::)

[emperordarius]

This worked for me http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/
:thumb: :thumb: :thumb: Finally

[wilbertnl]

-{ Quote: "They should have thought and tested this before." }-
This is the test. :o

[Edwin024]

So it seems..what a disaster.

[AKAJohnDoe]

I got it, downloaded it and installed it. So now I am on the official release of Firefox 3, although I had been running V3RC3, which was identical. ;)

[WSFuser]

-{ Quote: "Seemingly the version i got there was 4.42.0.0 .........Happy days...i won't have to update for a couple of years ::)" }-
I think 4.42 is the version of 7zip they used for the installer.

[emperordarius]

Here it is for the US

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/?p=downloadday

[The_1337]

Why are the file sizes for europe and u.s different? I think I'm going to reinstall...

[emperordarius]

Finally, available in all languages supported:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html

And yes The 1337 you're right, British version is 7MB US version is 7.1MB...

[AKAJohnDoe]

-{ Quote: "And yes The 1337 you're right, British version is 7MB US version is 7.1MB..." }-
Perhaps the US version has the word "like" sprinkled thoughout the help screens?

[Edwin024]

-{ Quote: "Finally, available in all languages supported:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html

" }-

At this moment I only see version 2 there....

[twl845]

I'm in! Installation went great. ;D

[emperordarius]

-{ Quote: "At this moment I only see version 2 there...." }-
Strange, there's where I downloaded Firefox for the 5th time today...:ouch:
Looks like they've done a downgrade:isay:
Even the US website got back to v2...What the hell is happening?
only the http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/ link is working...

[HyperFlow]

i just d/l it every thing on the page is 3.0

[wilbertnl]

http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.0&os=win&lang=en-US

Works after a few attempts.

200757

[emperordarius]

lol it's really messed up. :D

[Edwin024]

It certainly is. I know have the Dutch version but no way to come into the add ons page of Firefox.

This is way beyond their limits, so it seems.

[the_sly_dog]

i did see v3 there went to refresh it and download it i got version 2 hahahaha

[Hezakiah]

Ok, some of my bookmarks didn't make the trip from v.2 to v.3. Any ideas? ???

[C.S.J]

just get it from file hippo like i did.

[the_sly_dog]

Woohoo just got it looks very nice a***********

[Rainwalker]

-{ Quote: "I think 4.42 is the version of 7zip they used for the installer." }-

Strange..that version goes back to 2002 ???

[the_sly_dog]

mine installer says 4.42.0.0

[HURST]

I finally could download it from the official website.
Let's see if my extensions work on it.

[pbernard]

The ones that are disabled due to the new 3.0 version that I have are: Safe Cache, Safe History and TAB Mix Plus.
Pat

[ccsito]

-{ Quote: ";D Any particular reason you're still on 1.5?" }-

Probabably out of habit. When IE went from 6 to 7, I did not like the layout change of the icons. >:(

[ccsito]

-{ Quote: "LOL.
if i was you i would try firefox 3 even if you try the portable version first to see how it runs.
i found 1.5 very unstable. 2.0 started off unstable as well. its alright now.
version 3.0 RC's have been very stable." }-

None of the browser programs have been unstable on any computer that I have used. That goes all the way back to Netscape 2.02! ;D However, the last Netscape version had too much AOL junk on it and I immediately ejected it. :thumbd:

If they were that bad on your system, maybe you got too much stuff on it? ;) I also use Windows 3.11, but none of the most popular browser programs run on it. :(

[ccsito]

-{ Quote: "just get it from file hippo like i did." }-

That doesn't sound quite right. Sort of like going to Burger King to get a McDonald double cheeseburger. ;D

[L815]

I also got mine at 8 this morning from Filehippo. FF's website still says only version 2 and 3rc are for download.

I want to participate in the guiness record for downloads, but I think it has been postponed for tomorow because of server issues.

[fce]

FF3 is more faster that Opera 9.5 in my laptop :thumb:

[L815]

"more faster" is an oxymoron :P [no offense intended :)]

[AKAJohnDoe]

-{ Quote: ""more faster" is an oxymoron :P [no offense intended :)]" }-
Actually, it is just poor grammer and redundant. Not as bad as "more fasterer", though. ;)

[HURST]

LOL just like with SP3...couldn't wait.
FF3 is now running on my computer.
Only extension that had to be disabled: Tab Mix Plus.
The theme I was using is also not supported, but I'm glad...I love the new GUI!

[dw426]

The download page looks different now, but I finally got FF3, lol.

[Coolio10]

I downloaded it to see what all the fuss about. All i see is a couple new features my opera 9.5 already had but who can have too many browsers right? Not like they take up more than 10mb in total. I have IE, FF, Opera, Safari.

I always preferred the options panel of ff though, easy to navigate and find things. But the implementation of the new features aren't as good as operas such as the library.

But atleast they made an effort to mimic opera with the organize drop-down :D.

[chachazz]

-{ Quote: "The ones that are disabled due to the new 3.0 version that I have are: Safe Cache, Safe History and TAB Mix Plus.
Pat" }-
Get the Dev Build TMP 0.3.6.1 (works like a charm)
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=3273688&sid=b098198add98faaacd2e5a575dca58d4

Extensions Compatability:
Isn't everyone using MR Tech Local Install aka 'Toolkit' ? ;D
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/421
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=669795

The extensions updates are now rolling out of AMO; received several a couple times today.

[edit] added another link; corrected a link

[Cloudcroft]

-{ Quote: "Get the Dev Build TMP 0.3.6.1 (works like a charm)
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=3273688&sid=b098198add98faaacd2e5a575dca58d4

Extensions Compatability:
Isn't everyone using MR Tech Local Install aka 'Toolkit' ? ;D
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/421
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=669795

The extensions updates are now rolling out of AMO; received several a couple times today.

[edit] added another link; corrected a link" }-

Thanks, chachazz.......all my extensions are now compatible except Firekeeper.

[AKAJohnDoe]

You can get a newer build of TabMixPlus from the Build Forum at http://tmp.garyr.net/

[HURST]

I think I'll wait until the final version of TMP comes out (or is this final?). Not a fan of betas.
I can live without it, but thanks a lot for posting it.

[emperordarius]

The only 2 addons I use: Inter Download Manager Extension, Real Player Download Module and LinkScanner extension (not the AVG one). Only the last two don't work, and I really miss the Real Player addon...:(

[lodore]

-{ Quote: "None of the browser programs have been unstable on any computer that I have used. That goes all the way back to Netscape 2.02! ;D However, the last Netscape version had too much AOL junk on it and I immediately ejected it. :thumbd:

If they were that bad on your system, maybe you got too much stuff on it? ;) I also use Windows 3.11, but none of the most popular browser programs run on it. :(" }-
Hello ccsito,
you have been using computers for a long time then;D
my first pc ran windows 95.
firefox 2.0 works fine on my old computer now its just the first few versions which crashed every few days. but a friend had the same problem at the time.
i always have portable firefox and usbopera for use at college.
but at home i always use opera.
opera has it all bultiin where as for firefox you need extensions for most stuff.

[Osaban]

On my system (Vista SP1) it doesn't show any news videos. So I'm back to the old version until they fix it.

[emperordarius]

http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/
5,615,297 downloads already? lol ::)
And they seem to increase by 10,000 every 5 min

[Tony]

Seems to be working fine and faster.

Is there a way of changing the colour of the default theme instead of downloading other themes as the buttons etc look pretty cool i just dont like the colour.

[Long View]

faster to start than 2. feels generally faster in use. Only problem is one add on (Web Research) not working. looks like they may be using FF 3 as an excuse to get users to upgrade to their latest version.

[Acadia]

Got it. I had been reading reviews done by beta testers about the "awesome" bar; now I know why they gave it that nickname. :thumb:

Acadia

[Hugger]

I'm probably missing something with ff3, but I thought I'd read somewhere that they were releasing it on Tuesday with the add ons working.
Little things such as Tab Mix Plus.
I've still got more extensions not working than the ones that do work.
However, what works is working well.
The 'finished' product is, in my opinion, nowhere near as polished as Opera 9.5.
What a shame.
Hugger

[tlu]

-{ Quote: "I'm probably missing something with ff3, but I thought I'd read somewhere that they were releasing it on Tuesday with the add ons working. " }-

It's the responsibility of every addon programmer that his/her addon works with the new version.

-{ Quote: " Little things such as Tab Mix Plus.
I've still got more extensions not working than the ones that do work." }-

TMP 0.3.6.1.080416 works very well for me.

-{ Quote: " The 'finished' product is, in my opinion, nowhere near as polished as Opera 9.5.
What a shame." }-
Again, if some addons don't work as expected it's not Mozilla's fault.

What else do you critisize?

[Coolio10]

-{ Quote: "It's the responsibility of every addon programmer that his/her addon works with the new version.



TMP 0.3.6.1.080416 works very well for me.


Again, if some addons don't work as expected it's not Mozilla's fault.

What else do you critisize?" }-
I don't think he meant just the addons.

And i am guessing these 15,000 improvements were under the hood? I only see a couple new features that could have been done with extensions.

[tlu]

-{ Quote: "
And i am guessing these 15,000 improvements were under the hood? I only see a couple new features that could have been done with extensions." }-

Here's the release notes: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0/releasenotes/

[bigc73542]

-{ Quote: "
The 'finished' product is, in my opinion, nowhere near as polished as Opera 9.5.
What a shame.
Hugger" }-


I agree totally:thumb:

[AKAJohnDoe]

-{ Quote: "TMP 0.3.6.1.080416 works very well for me" }-
Same here

[AKAJohnDoe]

-{ Quote: "Here's the release notes: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0/releasenotes/" }-
This (http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=260488) also talks to a way to find some interesting reading.

[Hezakiah]

Is there a place to download version 2 again? All of my bookmarks are missing in this V.3. :'(

[HURST]

That's strange. I did backup my bookmarks just in case but I didn't need it. Firefox3 automatically had all my bookmarks on it.

[ocean water]

-{ Quote: "Is there a place to download version 2 again? All of my bookmarks are missing in this V.3. :'(" }-

Check this folder if the bookmarks are there. (account name and profile name should be changed to your account name and so on. You also need to show hidden files.)

C:\Documents and Settings\account name\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\profile name\bookmarkbackups

[dw426]

Maybe I'm just not appreciative enough, but really besides finally not crashing every 30 minutes like FF2 and being able to surf add-ons within the browser, I'm not very impressed. Is it faster? I can't tell to be honest, Firefox has always been very fast for me. This "Awesome Bar", well, maybe I haven't paid much attention to the URL bars, but I don't see a whole lot that it does that it and other browsers did before.

Seems to me they all allow your past URLs to come up if you never clean out history, which I do. I don't know, I LOVE not crashing, but otherwise, meh.

[Trespasser]

-{ Quote: "Seems to be working fine and faster.

Is there a way of changing the colour of the default theme instead of downloading other themes as the buttons etc look pretty cool i just dont like the colour." }-


Copy and Paste this into Notepad.... ~See attachment. - Ron~



and Save As "userChrome.css"

It changes the default color to black and font color to white.

You need to save it (in my case) to...

C:\Users\your user name\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\********.default\chrome

but I'm running Vista. I think it's different for XP.

Later...

[Hezakiah]

-{ Quote: "Check this folder if the bookmarks are there. (account name and profile name should be changed to your account name and so on. You also need to show hidden files.)

C:\Documents and Settings\account name\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\profile name\bookmarkbackups" }-



Thanks friend, that did the trick! 8) ;D

[Hugger]

-{ Quote: "
What else do you critisize?" }-

I criticize what ever I want. If we're not allowed to voice our opinions then why have forums.
Reading the news about ff3 over the past month, it appeared to be Mozilla that was saying the addons would be ready. I could be mistaken. But I still have a right to an opinion.
Enjoy yourself. It's a beautiful day.
Hugger

[dw426]

-{ Quote: "I criticize what ever I want. If we're not allowed to voice our opinions then why have forums.
Reading the news about ff3 over the past month, it appeared to be Mozilla that was saying the addons would be ready. I could be mistaken. But I still have a right to an opinion.
Enjoy yourself. It's a beautiful day.
Hugger" }-

Regardless of what Mozilla itself said, at the end of the day, the biggest majority of add-ons are created by people at home during their off-time. So, even though Mozilla may ask add-on creators to start preparing for a new release, they can't force them to, the creators get around to it whenever they get around to it. Don't blame Mozilla for the creators of add-ons' laziness.

[Tony]

-{ Quote: "Copy and Paste this into Notepad.... ~See attachment. - Ron~



and Save As "userChrome.css"

It changes the default color to black and font color to white.

You need to save it (in my case) to...

C:\Users\your user name\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\********.default\chrome

but I'm running Vista. I think it's different for XP.

Later..." }-
Thanks Trespasser, it works a treat.
Downside though (theres always a downside for me ;D ) Roboform toolbar text stays Black so i cannot see the text.

[chachazz]

Adblock Plus 0.7.5.5
To update compatibility info.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=200784&d=1213828277

[ronjor]

8.3 million Firefox 3 downloads (http://www.betanews.com/article/Pints_of_Guinness_all_round_83_million_Firefox_3_downloads/1213823763)
-{ Quote: "The early estimates from the Mozilla organization show its servers (when they were up and running) cranked out enough bytes to cover 11.07 million downloads of Firefox 3.0, and were registering as many as 283 downloads per second." }-

[aigle]

-{ Quote: "Thanks friend, that did the trick! 8) ;D" }-
-{ Quote: "Thanks Trespasser, it works a treat.
Downside though (theres always a downside for me ;D ) Roboform toolbar text stays Black so i cannot see the text." }-

Hi, can post a snapshot? How it looks like now?

Thanks

[HURST]

If you helped Firefox to get the downloadday record, you can get your certificate here:
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/certificate_form
LOL

[dw426]

-{ Quote: "If you helped Firefox to get the downloadday record, you can get your certificate here:
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/certificate_form
LOL" }-

This is the best present EVER!!!!! Thank you!!!!! *commences rolling around on the floor and clapping like a child on their first Christmas*....Now that that's over with I'll be on my way to the other sections of the forum.

By the way, I will LMAO from here to Paris if they by some insane rip in the fabric of time manage to NOT get a record of most downloads in a day when there is no previous record to beat.

[Tony]

-{ Quote: "Hi, can post a snapshot? How it looks like now?

Thanks" }-

Here you go :thumb:

[Rainwalker]

-{ Quote: "Here you go :thumb:" }-

What Theme is that Tony ?

[aigle]

-{ Quote: "Here you go :thumb:" }-
Thanks. Very similar to one Opera skin.

[WSFuser]

-{ Quote: "What Theme is that Tony ?" }-
Its the plain Vista theme with this userstyle: Firefox 3 - Vista Theme (All Black) (http://userstyles.org/styles/5189)

You can install the style using the Stylish extension or you can copy the code to your userContent.css file.

[Trespasser]

-{ Quote: "Its the plain Vista theme with this userstyle: Firefox 3 - Vista Theme (All Black) (http://userstyles.org/styles/5189)

You can install the style using the Stylish extension or you can copy the code to your userContent.css file." }-

Yes, that where I got it from. Nice detective work, WSFuser.

Later...

[ellison64]

Why has firefox3 removed the yellow address bar when visiting secure pages?.That was a good idea i thought and stood out when the site was secure.I miss that already.
ellison

[Dark Star 72]

-{ Quote: "Why has firefox3 removed the yellow address bar when visiting secure pages?.That was a good idea i thought and stood out when the site was secure.I miss that already.
ellison" }-

Not only is the yellow address bar missing, the padlock has gone missing as well. Just a small one at the bottom of the screen. Also when you click on it to verify the security certificate level nothing happens. I always checked on this when visiting a supposedly secure site for the first time. Surprising how many don't have an acceptable level certificate :thumbd:

Ian

[C.S.J]

-{ Quote: "Not only is the yellow address bar missing, the padlock has gone missing as well. Just a small one at the bottom of the screen. Also when you click on it to verify the security certificate level nothing happens. I always checked on this when visiting a supposedly secure site for the first time. Surprising how many don't have an acceptable level certificate :thumbd:

Ian" }-
everything is there - and BETTER! :)

F3 is soooo much better.

give www.paypal.com a try.

[Dark Star 72]

-{ Quote: "everything is there - and BETTER! :)

F3 is soooo much better.

give www.paypal.com a try." }-

Tried paypal.com, still dosn't bring up the yellow bar and lock but I noticed that when I tried amazon.co.uk/my account the favicon changed so I tried clicking on that and got all the info I wanted and more. Very nice but I still wish they had kept the yellow address bar.
Sorry if I seem a bit behind with finding out all the new things in FF3 but I've been a bit short of spare time. Hopefully explore it a bit more over the weekend.

Ian

[tlu]

Regarding performance: Has anybody tried comparing FF3 and Opera using, e.g., http://webwait.com/ ? I haven't since I'm a FF addict so I haven't installed Opera. I'm nevertheless interested in the results.;)

[snowbound]

-{ Quote: "Regarding performance: Has anybody tried comparing FF3 and Opera using, e.g., http://webwait.com/ ? I haven't since I'm a FF addict so I haven't installed Opera. I'm nevertheless interested in the results.;)" }-
Opera - 0.78s
FF - 1.08s



snowbound

[tlu]

-{ Quote: "Opera - 0.78s
FF - 1.08s

snowbound" }-

Thanks! Have you made sure that in both browsers JS was enabled/disabled? I guess it also makes a difference whether, e.g. Adblock Plus is installed.

[snowbound]

-{ Quote: "Thanks! Have you made sure that in both browsers JS was enabled/disabled? I guess it also makes a difference whether, e.g. Adblock Plus is installed." }-
You're welcome.

JS enabled on both, no Adblock Plus.



snowbound

[emperordarius]

-{ Quote: "Thanks! Have you made sure that in both browsers JS was enabled/disabled? I guess it also makes a difference whether, e.g. Adblock Plus is installed." }-

It depends on the websites. For instance, wilders opens in 0.3s in firefox and 0.5s in Opera, youtube opened in 11s in firefox and 24s in opera, while dailymotion opened in 30s in opera and 40s in firefox, myspace opened in opera in 15s and 30s in firefox.... So it does depend on the websites.

[snowbound]

-{ Quote: "It depends on the websites." }-
True. I tried it on 5 sites and while times did vary, Opera consistently beat out FF each and every time. At least on my system.



snowbound

[ellison64]

-{ Quote: "everything is there - and BETTER! :)

F3 is soooo much better.

give www.paypal.com a try." }-

Im not quite convinced everythings better yet.I seem to have to click links more than once for a page to load.In fact clicking reply to your post took 2 attempts before i could compose this.Wen that doesnt happen things are definitely faster.I still think the yellow bar was an improvement over the almost indistinguishable favicon and minute padlock though.
ellison

[Rainwalker]

-{ Quote: "Its the plain Vista theme with this userstyle: Firefox 3 - Vista Theme (All Black) (http://userstyles.org/styles/5189)

You can install the style using the Stylish extension or you can copy the code to your userContent.css file." }-

Thanks WSF.........good show :)

[WSFuser]

-{ Quote: "Very nice but I still wish they had kept the yellow address bar." }-
If you really want the yellow bar, use this style: Change URL bar security colors (http://userstyles.org/styles/38)

And then change "lightgreen" to "#f5f6be".

You can also change the colors for Low Security and Broken Security.

[Rainwalker]

-{ Quote: "If you really want the yellow bar, use this style: Change URL bar security colors (http://userstyles.org/styles/38)

And then change "lightgreen" to "#f5f6be".

You can also change the colors for Low Security and Broken Security." }-
Nice......

[ellison64]

-{ Quote: "If you really want the yellow bar, use this style: Change URL bar security colors (http://userstyles.org/styles/38)

And then change "lightgreen" to "#f5f6be".

You can also change the colors for Low Security and Broken Security." }-
Thats excellent..thanks for the link :)
ellison

[Long View]

-{ Quote: "Regarding performance: Has anybody tried comparing FF3 and Opera using, e.g., http://webwait.com/ ? I haven't since I'm a FF addict so I haven't installed Opera. I'm nevertheless interested in the results.;)" }-

Just tried webwait - thanks tlu

using Opera, Firefox and IE the 1st time was alawys the slowest - presumably some sort of disk cache is at work ? do I need to turn anything off to test ?

Using my mail provider www.netaddress.com I found IE the fastest 1.2 sec ave, Firefox next at 1.37 and finally Opera the slowest at 1.42

Not sure how best to use the time saved ;D

[Rainwalker]

This may have already been posted...if not...
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2008/06/18/vulnerability-in-mozilla-firefox-30

[Tony]

I thought this may be worth a mention in case anyone else is having problems installing addons and getting 203 errors.
Threatfire was causing these errors, once protection was suspended then all of my extensions could be installed.

There was no warning coming from Threatfire of any activity and all settings were on default.

[cheber]

I installed FF3. Some addons didn't work. Ok I guess. Then I wanted to "sort by name" for the bookmarks by using right click in the bookmarks menu but that has been removed it seems.
FF3 uninstalled. If they decide to remove that I doubt they have added anything good.

Just read about the yellow bar and secure sites. FF3 seems to be just a worse browser than it was before.
I bet they still haven't fixed so that "Do this automatically for files from now on" actually works. They just blamed the webadmins instead of fixing it.

[Long View]

-{ Quote: "I installed FF3. Some addons didn't work. Ok I guess. Then I wanted to "sort by name" for the bookmarks by using right click in the bookmarks menu but that has been removed it seems.
FF3 uninstalled. If they decide to remove that I doubt they have added anything good.

Just read about the yellow bar and secure sites. FF3 seems to be just a worse browser than it was before.
I bet they still haven't fixed so that "Do this automatically for files from now on" actually works. They just blamed the webadmins instead of fixing it." }-


If I go Bookmarks/Organize Bookmarks/Unsorted Bookmarks RM I can sort by name.
alternately Ctrl+Shift+B

[twl845]

If you find that your favorite item from FF2 isn't where it was in the new FF3, it doesn't mean it's gone. Look in the Help Contents and you'll probably find it re-configured in a better way in a different spot or replaced with a better idea.

[WSFuser]

@cheber - try right-clicking on a folder, and then select Sort By Name.

[cheber]

Ah ok then, I was wrong. I was a bit annoyed at the time though.

[Hugger]

-{ Quote: "everything is there - and BETTER! :)

F3 is soooo much better.

give www.paypal.com a try." }-

OK. They moved the lock to the Status Bar which many people hide to get a bit more useable screen space.
Not all of the improvements to FF3 are better to everybody.
It's a shame they couldn't have combined the Yellow bar and Lock with the new bar.
Hugger