Comments on: Firefox 3 RC 2 review http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/ Your source for Mozilla news, tips, reviews, and more. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:11:35 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Firefox 3.0 - New Release provides improved security, performance, and functionality - Harry Waldron - My IT Forums Blog http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62880 Firefox 3.0 - New Release provides improved security, performance, and functionality - Harry Waldron - My IT Forums Blog Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:15:57 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62880 [...] ADDITIONAL LINKShttp://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=23936http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2008/06/12/655/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39246115,00.htmhttp://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.htmlhttp://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/?from=getfirefox Published Jun 17 2008, 11:08 PM by hwaldron [...] [...] ADDITIONAL LINKShttp://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=23936http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2008/06/12/655/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39246115,00.htmhttp://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.htmlhttp://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/http://www.spreadfirefox.com/http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/?from=getfirefox Published Jun 17 2008, 11:08 PM by hwaldron [...]

]]> By: Firefox 3 ve la luz del día hoy » Lost in delta quadrant http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62830 Firefox 3 ve la luz del día hoy » Lost in delta quadrant Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:02:22 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62830 [...] más detalles, recomiendo la revisión que le hacen a la Release Candidate 2 desde Mozilla Links, eso sí, en inglés o la presentación, también en inglés y formato Flash, [...] [...] más detalles, recomiendo la revisión que le hacen a la Release Candidate 2 desde Mozilla Links, eso sí, en inglés o la presentación, también en inglés y formato Flash, [...]

]]> By: Kebert Xela http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62828 Kebert Xela Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:01:59 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62828 "See more Windows XP, Vista and Linux screenshots in this recent post." The screenshots on the "recent post" are pretty outdated. Should you even mention it? "For more details on the Firefox 3 themes update, check out Alex Faaborg’s post." Shouldn't that point to the actualy post, and not the blog? “See more Windows XP, Vista and Linux screenshots in this recent post.”
The screenshots on the “recent post” are pretty outdated. Should you even mention it?

“For more details on the Firefox 3 themes update, check out Alex Faaborg’s post.”
Shouldn’t that point to the actualy post, and not the blog?

]]> By: Firefox 3 viene el siguiente martes 17 de junio | Stuckerboy http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62728 Firefox 3 viene el siguiente martes 17 de junio | Stuckerboy Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:45:33 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62728 [...] Para los detalles completos de Firefox 3, revisa la ultima revisión completa. [...] [...] Para los detalles completos de Firefox 3, revisa la ultima revisión completa. [...]

]]> By: Mozilla Firefox 3 Will Hit the Streets June 17th. « Lingua Franca http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62725 Mozilla Firefox 3 Will Hit the Streets June 17th. « Lingua Franca Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:21:36 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62725 [...] For the full details of Firefox 3, check the latest full review. [...] [...] For the full details of Firefox 3, check the latest full review. [...]

]]> By: Firefox 3 coming next Tuesday. RC 3 is here. - Mozilla Links http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62705 Firefox 3 coming next Tuesday. RC 3 is here. - Mozilla Links Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:43:05 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62705 [...] the full details of Firefox 3, check the latest full review. This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 at 11:53 pm and is filed under Firefox, [...] [...] the full details of Firefox 3, check the latest full review. This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 at 11:53 pm and is filed under Firefox, [...]

]]> By: Firefox 3 Coming Next Tuesday (17th June) « Amarjeet Rai’s Blog http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62688 Firefox 3 Coming Next Tuesday (17th June) « Amarjeet Rai’s Blog Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:52:49 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62688 [...] For the full details of Firefox 3, check the latest full review. [...] [...] For the full details of Firefox 3, check the latest full review. [...]

]]> By: Deed http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62643 Deed Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:07:55 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62643 There are actually a lot of addons that work for Release Candidate 2. Go nuts. There are actually a lot of addons that work for Release Candidate 2. Go nuts.

]]> By: Weekly Links #4 | GrantPalin.com http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62613 Weekly Links #4 | GrantPalin.com Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:44:20 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62613 [...] Firefox 3 RC 2 review - a review of changes made for the upcoming release of Firefox 3, looking good! [...] [...] Firefox 3 RC 2 review – a review of changes made for the upcoming release of Firefox 3, looking good! [...]

]]> By: Uutisblogi - Mozilla.fi http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62604 Uutisblogi - Mozilla.fi Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:58:31 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62604 [...] oikeasti vain nämä suurimmat ja käyttäjälle näkyvimmät muutokset, jotka kaivoin päästä ja MozillaLinksin hienosta arvostelusta RC2:sta (englanniksi). Kuvat ovat muuten myös samasta lähteestä ja siksi englanniksi. Firefoxin [...] [...] oikeasti vain nämä suurimmat ja käyttäjälle näkyvimmät muutokset, jotka kaivoin päästä ja MozillaLinksin hienosta arvostelusta RC2:sta (englanniksi). Kuvat ovat muuten myös samasta lähteestä ja siksi englanniksi. Firefoxin [...]

]]> By: Paul http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62586 Paul Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:02:12 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62586 Firefox 3 sounds awesome! I previously to a development version and it was great, except for the lack of add-on support but from your review it sounds like it has improved so I'm off to try it out! Firefox 3 sounds awesome! I previously to a development version and it was great, except for the lack of add-on support but from your review it sounds like it has improved so I’m off to try it out!

]]> By: TurboFreak http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62584 TurboFreak Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:44:36 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62584 You wrote: "On Windos, profile guided optimizations (PGO) provides an optimized Firefox build based on the way it internally works." I think it's Windows, not WinDOS. ^^ Sorry for that pun. ^^ You wrote: “On Windos, profile guided optimizations (PGO) provides an optimized Firefox build based on the way it internally works.”
I think it’s Windows, not WinDOS. ^^
Sorry for that pun. ^^

]]> By: User http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62576 User Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:49:16 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62576 A.S., Sounds like you have a buggy system. A badly coded site can certainly still cause crashes but if it's happening constantly you may have faulty memory or a failing power supply. That or some software or OS issues. Also re: speed I really don't see how you can sit here and say that FF3 offers no performance gains over FF 2. Clearly it does based on both legitimate repeatable benchmarks and also first hand experiences. Fine if you prefer another browser but the things your claiming just aren't true A.S., Sounds like you have a buggy system. A badly coded site can certainly still cause crashes but if it’s happening constantly you may have faulty memory or a failing power supply. That or some software or OS issues.

Also re: speed I really don’t see how you can sit here and say that FF3 offers no performance gains over FF 2. Clearly it does based on both legitimate repeatable benchmarks and also first hand experiences.

Fine if you prefer another browser but the things your claiming just aren’t true

]]> By: Deed http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62574 Deed Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:24:54 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62574 ...On second thoughts, Firefox still crashes when I try to open certain Flash-based features such as 3D views for Logitech products. I think it's Flash anyway, or maybe Java. This will be fixed by the final release, right? …On second thoughts, Firefox still crashes when I try to open certain Flash-based features such as 3D views for Logitech products. I think it’s Flash anyway, or maybe Java. This will be fixed by the final release, right?

]]> By: Lançado Firefox 3 Release Candidate 2 | Open2Tech http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62573 Lançado Firefox 3 Release Candidate 2 | Open2Tech Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:22:42 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62573 [...] Review do Firefox 3 RC2 no Mozilla Links [...] [...] Review do Firefox 3 RC2 no Mozilla Links [...]

]]> By: Rilasciata Firefox 3 Release Candidate 2 :: News Orebla.it http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62568 Rilasciata Firefox 3 Release Candidate 2 :: News Orebla.it Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:55:35 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62568 [...] Fonte: MozillaLinks; [...] [...] Fonte: MozillaLinks; [...]

]]> By: Ferdinand http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62557 Ferdinand Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:57:36 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62557 I love the reviews of mozillalinks they have been the best reviews of Firefox for some time. But when a new version of Firefox is released Digg.com is being flooded with lame reviews and announcements from clueless sites and the mozillalinks review is nowhere to be found. If you would provide a digg button at the end of the article I am sure your review would be frontpage news on digg. Other social bookmarking sites would be useful too of course but I think digg is the biggest one. I love the reviews of mozillalinks they have been the best reviews of Firefox for some time. But when a new version of Firefox is released Digg.com is being flooded with lame reviews and announcements from clueless sites and the mozillalinks review is nowhere to be found. If you would provide a digg button at the end of the article I am sure your review would be frontpage news on digg. Other social bookmarking sites would be useful too of course but I think digg is the biggest one.

]]> By: BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62555 BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:38:39 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62555 <strong>Mozilla releases Firefox 3 Release Candidate 2...</strong> Earlier today (2008-06-05) Mozilla released Firefox 3 RC2, if all goes well this should be the last release candidate before Mozilla launches the finished product later this month (exact date still to be announced). Firefox 3 RC2 announcements / review... Mozilla releases Firefox 3 Release Candidate 2…

Earlier today (2008-06-05) Mozilla released Firefox 3 RC2, if all goes well this should be the last release candidate before Mozilla launches the finished product later this month (exact date still to be announced). Firefox 3 RC2 announcements / review…

]]> By: Marvelli http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62547 Marvelli Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:35:56 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62547 Google Adsense power... But he gets backlinks. Google Adsense power… But he gets backlinks.

]]> By: Deed http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62545 Deed Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:44:40 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62545 Actually, on checking one such thing that crashes Firefox, there's no longer any problem with that, so it seems. Looks like RC2 was indeed a significant step up for stability. Actually, on checking one such thing that crashes Firefox, there’s no longer any problem with that, so it seems.

Looks like RC2 was indeed a significant step up for stability.

]]> By: Deed http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62544 Deed Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:43:12 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62544 Are you kidding? For me, this definitely runs a lot faster than Firefox 2, and boots far quicker. The memory cycle collector's definitely a good thing, even if it is overdue, and I for one find the revised URL bar massively useful, not to mention the text shortcuts for search engines. It's a pity that a lot of Flash-based things still like to crash Firefox without warning, but this seems to happen on Opera, Internet Explorer 7 and Safari as well, so maybe it's somehow Vista's fault. Are you kidding? For me, this definitely runs a lot faster than Firefox 2, and boots far quicker. The memory cycle collector’s definitely a good thing, even if it is overdue, and I for one find the revised URL bar massively useful, not to mention the text shortcuts for search engines.

It’s a pity that a lot of Flash-based things still like to crash Firefox without warning, but this seems to happen on Opera, Internet Explorer 7 and Safari as well, so maybe it’s somehow Vista’s fault.

]]> By: foxiewire.com http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62542 foxiewire.com Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:08:25 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62542 <strong>Firefox 3 RC 2 review - Mozilla Links...</strong> More than a year and a half in the making, at Release Candidate 2 stage, Firefox 3 is almost here and ready for the about 150 million current Firefox users and the millions to come, to lay their hands on its code and benefit of the dozens of new featur... Firefox 3 RC 2 review – Mozilla Links…

More than a year and a half in the making, at Release Candidate 2 stage, Firefox 3 is almost here and ready for the about 150 million current Firefox users and the millions to come, to lay their hands on its code and benefit of the dozens of new featur…

]]> By: A.S. http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62535 A.S. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:53:07 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62535 I've been having a lot of problems with all the FF versions: so far, the RC2 has not crashed, but all the others did so abundantly. They all hand at some point or other (screen turning transparently white also), it takes FIVE minutes or longer after startup before it is fully functional, etc. So far, I am not impressed by the revamped product. There are no gains in speed, compared to FF2. Places is redundant, nor is the library interesting. Opera 9.5beta2 is much faster and more stable. Should they ever decide to customize it, I would switch whole-heartedly. No, FF (the betas) is still far from a success. I’ve been having a lot of problems with all the FF versions: so far, the RC2 has not crashed, but all the others did so abundantly. They all hand at some point or other (screen turning transparently white also), it takes FIVE minutes or longer after startup before it is fully functional, etc. So far, I am not impressed by the revamped product. There are no gains in speed, compared to FF2. Places is redundant, nor is the library interesting.
Opera 9.5beta2 is much faster and more stable. Should they ever decide to customize it, I would switch whole-heartedly.
No, FF (the betas) is still far from a success.

]]> By: diskostu sagt… » Firefox 3 im Anmarsch - Release-Party in München http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62534 diskostu sagt… » Firefox 3 im Anmarsch - Release-Party in München Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:49:08 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62534 [...] zweite Release Candidate von Firefox 3 freigegeben (bei MozillaLinks findet sich ein ausführliches Review). In dieser Version wurden “nur” noch Fehler behoben und keine neuen Funktionen mehr [...] [...] zweite Release Candidate von Firefox 3 freigegeben (bei MozillaLinks findet sich ein ausführliches Review). In dieser Version wurden “nur” noch Fehler behoben und keine neuen Funktionen mehr [...]

]]> By: Brent http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/06/firefox-3-rc-2-review/comment-page-1/#comment-62532 Brent Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:23:59 +0000 http://mozillalinks.org/wp/?p=1907#comment-62532 FF3rc2 is like a box of Lucky Charms with mealybugs in it... magically delicious but buggy enough to have second thoughts about using it. I like the bookmark tagging feature, it's super... but it really pops when you use the Tag Sifter extension. Tag Sifter will help you to tag all your existing FF2 bookmarks with a handy wizard. The Nightly Tester Tools extension will help to enable some, but not all incompatible extensions. Don't try to enable the Google Toolbar or Google Browser Sync; these will crash-loop FF3. The All-in-One Sidebar and Colorful Tabs extensions will work once you enable them with Nightly Tester. I recommend that if you install FF3rc2, choose a different folder than default (like Program Files\Firefox3rc2 for example) and this way you can still revert to FF2 if you run into difficulty. In fact if you want to be cautiously geeky about it you can use the ProfileSwitcher extension to have one profile for FF2 and another for FF3rc2, thus keeping extensions for each version separate and happy. FF3rc2 is like a box of Lucky Charms with mealybugs in it… magically delicious but buggy enough to have second thoughts about using it. I like the bookmark tagging feature, it’s super… but it really pops when you use the Tag Sifter extension. Tag Sifter will help you to tag all your existing FF2 bookmarks with a handy wizard. The Nightly Tester Tools extension will help to enable some, but not all incompatible extensions. Don’t try to enable the Google Toolbar or Google Browser Sync; these will crash-loop FF3. The All-in-One Sidebar and Colorful Tabs extensions will work once you enable them with Nightly Tester. I recommend that if you install FF3rc2, choose a different folder than default (like Program Files\Firefox3rc2 for example) and this way you can still revert to FF2 if you run into difficulty. In fact if you want to be cautiously geeky about it you can use the ProfileSwitcher extension to have one profile for FF2 and another for FF3rc2, thus keeping extensions for each version separate and happy.

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