Thread: Anyone using the FireFox 3 beta (2,3,4,) 5?

I really wanted to try it out since in version 3 there are over 300 memory leak plugs...that in and of itself was enough for me to give FF another try....so far so good.

Had a question though, does anyone know a way to adjust the tabs...what I mean is, instead of tabs going all the way across the top...like if you have a ton of tabs open, I'd like to be able to see all the tab headers @ once (to see if any of them are still open).

Otherwise I have to hit the arrow on the right and scroll for days until I get to the end of the open tabs.

I'm not sure about the tabs thing.


But yeah, FF3 (or Gran Paradiso, depending on where you're looking) is amazing.


And I'm not sure how many of you know about it, but I'm working on a new revolutionary filetype! :O

Me and students at Seneca@York are creating the Animated .png.

APNG - the animated PNG

sounds like a cool project for sure!
NOW I know what the transparent button is for with my anigif program!

I just wish my add-ons would work with the beta though

Cool but I don't see myself helping FF to troubleshoot their beta products, can be hell of a problem especially when they keep crashing

Originally Posted by geekonetwothree

Cool but I don't see myself helping FF to troubleshoot their beta products, can be hell of a problem especially when they keep crashing

I've been opening mass tabs...yet to crash yet but you have a point...crashing = bad
part of the process I guess though. hopefully it speeds things along!

Opera>FF!

Nah, i'm still going to try FF3 when it comes out for real, see if it's more to my tastes. Opera is what I like to use now, although I don't like that some things don't work with it (e.g. stumbleupon toolbar, google toolbar, alexa toolbar, and more)

Originally Posted by tsdesigns

Opera>FF!

Nah, i'm still going to try FF3 when it comes out for real, see if it's more to my tastes. Opera is what I like to use now, although I don't like that some things don't work with it (e.g. stumbleupon toolbar, google toolbar, alexa toolbar, and more)

ordinarily I would wholeheartedly agree with you about Opera >>>> FF/IE BUT .....OMG ...Opera totally craps out with shareapic!! the site it totally worthless with Opera...I bet b/c it's so heavily Java scripted!

but yeah, I hate the lack of google TB & roboform with opera though

Yeah, Opera doesn't like shareapic with me either. But for the one site it's not much hassle to open FF or something...

People shoudn't have that much JS on pages anyway (although it's for good use on shareapic, most of it)

Originally Posted by tsdesigns

Yeah, Opera doesn't like shareapic with me either. But for the one site it's not much hassle to open FF or something...

People shoudn't have that much JS on pages anyway (although it's for good use on shareapic, most of it)

yeah, it was pissing me off royally until it finally donned on me that Opera was the cause...I mean SaP is slow enough already, I thought it was just par for the course...I was seriously wrong! :stongue:

No im not using that, but im using firefox 3 beta 5

Originally Posted by Hurley4540

No im not using that, but im using firefox 3 beta 5

yep, I've upgraded on down the line 3,4,5...is there a 6 in the works or are they going to finalize it!

Looks like I'm going to upgrade my Firefox to the latest beta version as well.

tim, there's probably going to be a few more, I'm not sure of the scheduled release date for ffx yet. :P

Originally Posted by NowakFilip

Looks like I'm going to upgrade my Firefox to the latest beta version as well.

I check it @ least once a day to see if there is a new one

Originally Posted by unr

tim, there's probably going to be a few more, I'm not sure of the scheduled release date for ffx yet. :P

bummer...I need my add-ons back

tim, it automatically tells you when there's an update.

It's this really annoying box that sits on the top left of your pc screen and never leaves unless you update.


fscking thing.

Originally Posted by unr

tim, it automatically tells you when there's an update.

It's this really annoying box that sits on the top left of your pc screen and never leaves unless you update.


fscking thing.

i was under the impression that it "periodically" checks for UD's since that's what it tells you!

either that or it tells, you, give you as dialogue box on the bottom of the screen but then goes away...I've missed it a few times.

screw it, I'm going to check again

Lol, tim your crazy.

Originally Posted by unr

Lol, tim your crazy.

huh, no new ud's....@ least i tried

I have upgraded my Firefox to the latest version of Firebox Beta and the interface and everything was looking pretty good, but I'm not used to that interface so I have changed back to the stable version of Firefox.

If you like nice interfaces you should definitely give Firefox Beta version a try, if you don't like good interfaces just stay with Firefox Stable version like I did.

the FF3 interface is awsome.
Nice and simple.

unlike ie7 which was an idiot and moved everything around. :\

Yeah in Internet Explorer the interface sucks.

But I think the interface is much better in Firefox 2.0 than in the Beta version.

This is just my opinion, other people might be having different opinions so express them here.

I thought the same thing, but now that I've been using FF3 for a while, I prefer this one much much more.

About to get the download for FF3 now...
Firefox has been the love of my pathetic life.
IE has the Don't Send stuff, and Opera is funny about dragging things, Safari is just slow for me for some reason.
Yaaaaay, FireFox! =D

Originally Posted by NitsujX

About to get the download for FF3 now...
Firefox has been the love of my pathetic life.
IE has the Don't Send stuff, and Opera is funny about dragging things, Safari is just slow for me for some reason.
Yaaaaay, FireFox! =D

just be advised, most add-ons don't work with FF3Bx yet

I haven't tried it yet but I'll probably wait until it's out of beta.

Originally Posted by netrepreneur

I haven't tried it yet but I'll probably wait until it's out of beta.

good plan. normally I don't beta myself but I figured what the heck...was curious about the memory leakage thingy

I have both FF2 and FF3b running, but they tend to compete with each other to take over the position of "default browser" on their own.

Anyone else face this problem?

Originally Posted by joseph

I have both FF2 and FF3b running, but they tend to compete with each other to take over the position of "default browser" on their own.

Anyone else face this problem?

I hadn't even considered running both! I'm surprised they haven't fought it out and taken over your system :twisted:

Originally Posted by NowakFilip

Looks like I'm going to upgrade my Firefox to the latest beta version as well.

the lastest firefox is firefox 3 beta 5, but i strongly suggest you use firefox 2.0.0.14 version....

Originally Posted by c55

the lastest firefox is firefox 3 beta 5, but i strongly suggest you use firefox 2.0.0.14 version....

I've had a lot of crashed with 5, not with any of the others but then again I'm putting it through it's paces opening 242-252 tabs @ time (pictures).

I tried doing so with 2.0.0.14...hahahahaha it could not even remotely handle it!!! @ least FF3 can do it!!

Use Firefox 3 beta 5 Mac version, I think it better than Firefox 2

Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 is now ready!
Was not due until end of this month, but they just released it.

Way better than firefox 2!

Read all about it on my blog, plus where to go to download it.

Plus it comes in 45 different languages right now.

http://www.dailydomain.us

Originally Posted by iowadawg

Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 is now ready!
Was not due until end of this month, but they just released it.

Way better than firefox 2!

Read all about it on my blog, plus where to go to download it.

Plus it comes in 45 different languages right now.

http://www.dailydomain.us

how funny, as I was reading this I went to "check for UD's" and it said it is already DL'ing it

will it support my current add-ons is all I care about.

Like I blogged, it may not support the extensions from ff2.

As my ff ftp extension, not supported yet in this release.

Originally Posted by iowadawg

Like I blogged, it may not support the extensions from ff2.

As my ff ftp extension, not supported yet in this release.

that makes sense...now I feel the stupid for not reading your blog :twisted:

Well I know I said I was going to wait for a stable release but I got bored of waiting. I have just installed FF3rc1 and it is looking good up to now. A lot of my plugins haven't been ported across but that was expected. Besides, I don't use a lot of them anyway.

I love my compact skin, maximum browsing space

yes, I am, and I love it. But it sucks that non of the plugins or themes work for it yet.

Originally Posted by Locke

yes, I am, and I love it. But it sucks that non of the plugins or themes work for it yet.

adblock plus works

This awesome extension moves your tab bar to the left side of the browser window and stacks tabs vertically. Highly recommended for people with 20 and above inch screens. You can add a splitter to resize the tab bar to any width you want.

Too Many Tabs? Firefox Add-ons to manage a TAB JAM | MakeUseOf.com

There's a few other tab add-ons there as well.