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18/06/2008, 5:51 PM
pete

Firefox 3

Download Day

21,000+ downloads in Ireland today.

First use and seems to be really fast.
18/06/2008, 5:52 PM
passinginterest

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Originally Posted by pete

Download Day

21,000+ downloads in Ireland today.

First use and seems to be really fast.

Using it myself right now. All good so far. :)
18/06/2008, 5:54 PM
Dunny

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Originally Posted by passinginterest

Using it myself right now. All good so far. :)

Same here.
18/06/2008, 6:18 PM
Dodge

Any major differences? Why should I download it?
18/06/2008, 6:24 PM
Sheridan

You may as well I suppose. The colour scheme is slightly different and a few buttons are bigger. Other than that, the only difference seems to be that some of my add-ons don't work with it...
18/06/2008, 6:25 PM
passinginterest

It looks nicer. Improved search facility, I just downloaded a plug in that lets you customize google searches, stuff like in an image search if you click the image it just opens the image, the link for the full website is separated. It's also quicker and looks nicer so far.
18/06/2008, 6:50 PM
strangeirish

Definitely quicker.
18/06/2008, 9:19 PM
pete

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dodge

Any major differences? Why should I download it?

Speed is biggest change I have noticed.

If you downloaded today you would have got your own certificate as part of world record attempt. :p
18/06/2008, 11:34 PM
dahamsta

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Originally Posted by Sheridan

You may as well I suppose. The colour scheme is slightly different and a few buttons are bigger. Other than that, the only difference seems to be that some of my add-ons don't work with it...

Precisely why I won't be updating for a few weeks or months. I live in my browser and I've trimmed my addons back to the absolute bare minimum I can deal with, but there's still a good dozen there and at least 3 or 4 critical ones still aren't ready for FF3. Disappointing considering the lead time the developers have had, but then they do it voluntarily so who am I to complain.

Google Browser Sync will be missed btw. I hope Weave will compare favourably.

adam
18/06/2008, 11:50 PM
redtildead

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Originally Posted by passinginterest

It looks nicer. Improved search facility, I just downloaded a plug in that lets you customize google searches, stuff like in an image search if you click the image it just opens the image, the link for the full website is separated. It's also quicker and looks nicer so far.

Where did you get it was looking and I can't find it?
18/06/2008, 11:56 PM
Dunny

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Originally Posted by redtildead

Where did you get it was looking and I can't find it?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/743
19/06/2008, 9:20 AM
gustavo

One annoying thing is that when you start to enter an address the first result isnt to the home page of the relevant site rather its a page within that site
19/06/2008, 9:22 AM
GavinZac

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Originally Posted by gustavo

One annoying thing is that when you start to enter an address the first result isnt to the home page of the relevant site rather its a page within that site

it learns, it gets very handy after a while. if its the wrong result, press down a few times and pick the right one. I've been using Firefox 3 pretty much since they started coding it, and the ability to go to certain pages - e.g. threads on this site - is very handy.
19/06/2008, 4:48 PM
redtildead

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Originally Posted by Dunny2K7

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/743

Cheers
19/06/2008, 6:18 PM
gaisc�och

I don't know if you all know of this already or if this the right place to post this. But for those who don't know. http://www.google.com/ig is very handy homepage setup....
19/06/2008, 9:19 PM
pete

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Originally Posted by Axe Man

I don't know if you all know of this already or if this the right place to post this. But for those who don't know. http://www.google.com/ig is very handy homepage setup....

I agree. Very good. I find it very good for keeping to-do list and sticky notes are also great for work.
19/06/2008, 9:40 PM
GavinZac

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Originally Posted by pete

I agree. Very good. I find it very good for keeping to-do list and sticky notes are also great for work.

If you keep track of tasks online I'd recommend RememberTheMilk. Integrates with most calendar programs too, very handy
05/07/2008, 11:27 AM
gustavo

The Most Visited dialog is very handy!
07/07/2008, 10:12 AM
Pauro 76

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Originally Posted by gustavo

One annoying thing is that when you start to enter an address the first result isnt to the home page of the relevant site rather its a page within that site

Yeah that annoys me too, any way to stop that? otherwise brilliant browser.
07/07/2008, 1:27 PM
GavinZac

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Originally Posted by Pauro 76

Yeah that annoys me too, any way to stop that? otherwise brilliant browser.

Click the result you want. Next time, that'll be first. It learns. For instance, if I type "lisbon" im treated to the lisbon treaty thread from here, or if i type firefox it lists me the firefox maintenance page for linux followed by the official homepage. There's some savvy maths to work out the order, which you can actually adjust yourself in "about:config" (type that into the address bar) to prefer "homepages" if you'd like.
08/07/2008, 1:54 PM
osarusan

A firefox question - sometimes when I try to open a new tab or window, every tab or window or tab I currently have open just closes suddenly.

As an example, if I go to this page -

http://arcade-sports-games.pogo.com/games/pga-tour-golf

and try to open the "play a a guest" option, every tab just closes suddenly. Whats the reason, and if necessary, what firefox settings do I need to change?
08/07/2008, 2:00 PM
GavinZac

If you have an old version of flash it can be a bit spotty. Try to download the latest plug in from www.adobe.com or one of the open source alternatives.