Whoooaa...hello Firefox 3

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Whoooaa...hello Firefox 3

June 18, 2008, 03:11:24 AM

So Firefox 3 just released the other day...I've been an IE7 user for a while; tried Firefox a few times, but never was impressed. I decided to try out the latest, Firefox 3, and wooooooooow. I have never seen my internet pages load so quickly (I'm using a basic DSL line). It's A LOT faster than any other browser I've tried. I definitely recommend it. Haven't seen a single pop up either.

Whoooaa...hello Firefox 3

Reply #1 – June 18, 2008, 03:33:53 AM

I refuse to use internet exploder...unless there's no other way, such as thru messenger links.

Mozilla ftfw!:bowdown:

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Reply #2 – June 18, 2008, 08:10:17 AM

Quote from: FordTruckFreeek;223940

Mozilla ftfw!:bowdown:

X 500!

I pledged yesterday, but the download site was so busy yesterday that I couldn't even load Mozilla's page before timing out. For those who don't know, Mozilla is trying to get in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the most downloads in 24hrs. Help out, if you want, and go get it.

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Reply #3 – June 18, 2008, 08:28:35 AM

Too happy with my current 2 point whatever version, to upgrade to 3.0...

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Reply #4 – June 18, 2008, 12:28:30 PM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50;223949

Too happy with my current 2 point whatever version, to upgrade to 3.0...

I was too, but I reconfigured my comp, and instead of using 2 that I had burnt off on a disc, I just downloaded 3.

I'm impressed:D

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Reply #5 – June 18, 2008, 12:40:12 PM

I tried firefox 2 a while back and didn't see any big benefits over IE7; but 3 is just so much faster. I'm just clicking on pages to watch them load in an instant haha.

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Reply #6 – June 18, 2008, 12:55:49 PM

Just downloaded it, pretty cool. :burnout:

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Reply #7 – June 18, 2008, 12:56:45 PM

Wow... I've heard nothing of this until now... I must be out of the loop, lol.
*Downloading*

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Reply #8 – June 18, 2008, 05:51:03 PM

Quote from: kingcars;223964

I tried firefox 2 a while back and didn't see any big benefits over IE7; but 3 is just so much faster. I'm just clicking on pages to watch them load in an instant haha.

I have been downloading Firefox for at least a year or two and have noticed a substantial drop in viri and adware (over internut exploder). None the less 3 looks like it has alot of eye candy in it (my brother downloaded it i probably will not).

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Reply #9 – June 19, 2008, 07:02:37 AM

Eye candy? It looks pretty basic to me, and I'm use themes. I have to see what the default skin looks like now.

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Reply #10 – June 19, 2008, 07:07:25 AM

Eye Candy? It looks pretty basic to me. I put the skin back to the Default to see what you're talking about (I'm a theme user).

If you're concerned that it's graphic intensive and sacrifices speed, you've got nothing to worry about. I just uploaded that image to photobucket in about four seconds flat.

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Reply #11 – June 19, 2008, 09:42:39 AM

I've been pleasantly surprised. Firefox 3 doesn't suck nearly as much as I thought it would. Rendering is a LOT faster now...

Too bad Safari was just as fast, oh, 3 years ago. It won't supplant that as my main browser, but Firefox has been my fave on the PC for awhile now. At least they're moving forward, not sideways. They've been stuck in a rut for awhile now.

Latest figures are that Firefox (all versions) has 20% of the worldwide market now, and climbing. Europe has almost 30% usage. Safari also keeps growing thanks to the iPhone and climbing Mac/OS X sales. IE is down to 65% and falling, from 94% about 4 years ago. How times have changed...

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Reply #12 – June 19, 2008, 09:59:37 AM

I've been playing with the add-ons for awhile today. The three best I've found yet?

-Adblock Plus (naturally)
-Flashblock (no flash animations unless you click on it)
-FoxyTunes (embeds your audio player controls in the browser... any audio player)

I'm also using GooglePreview (Inserts website previews next to the link with your google search results. Yes, this is eye candy, but you can turn it off with a button in the lower right) and the UK English dictionary.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox
There are more add-ons than you could ever make use of. This is perhaps the best thing about Firefox; it's so easy to personalise.

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Reply #13 – June 19, 2008, 12:43:49 PM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1g30Xyh6Wqc

You guys should check out this video. You may find the guy's voice annoying, but the things he says are very informational.

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Reply #14 – June 19, 2008, 04:09:21 PM

Another good addon is youtube player YP it allows you to download the youtube file as an FLV.