Firefox Download Day (June 17, 2008)

[dr150]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Barack Obama
Opera FTMFW. 9.5 is out and is hawt.

QFT

fuck fire fox

QFT x2!!

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: Deeko
I'll download it sooner or later, but I wasn't too impressed with the fact that beta 5 took about twice as long to load as IE7.

It opens almost instantly for me with 8 add-ons 😕

Fantastic. I'm glad how your computer loads Firefox makes a really big difference in how fast my computer loads Firefox.

It's a fairly new computer, I'm not running anything I shouldn't be or bogged down with spyware. I have no add-ons. IE7 loads twice as fast as Firefox. Simple as that.

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

LOL @ people saying firefox is slow... What the hell do you have in your pc? Im using a 2002 Pentium 4 2.4ghz and it loads in 1-2 seconds 😕 Its IMPOSSIBLE to be any faster... and the page opening time is also as fast as my cpu allows, so youre doing something wrong

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: Deeko
Fantastic. I'm glad how your computer loads Firefox makes a really big difference in how fast my computer loads Firefox.

It's a fairly new computer, I'm not running anything I shouldn't be or bogged down with spyware. I have no add-ons. IE7 loads twice as fast as Firefox. Simple as that.

Your computer or installation of FF has serious issues then, that's all I'm saying Mr Pissy Pants.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: Deeko
Fantastic. I'm glad how your computer loads Firefox makes a really big difference in how fast my computer loads Firefox.

It's a fairly new computer, I'm not running anything I shouldn't be or bogged down with spyware. I have no add-ons. IE7 loads twice as fast as Firefox. Simple as that.

Your computer or installation of FF has serious issues then, that's all I'm saying Mr Pissy Pants.

Well, it's not my computer, therefore something is wrong with Firefox. Hence, I'm in no rush to download this.

 

[RandomFool]

Originally posted by: Deeko

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: Deeko
Fantastic. I'm glad how your computer loads Firefox makes a really big difference in how fast my computer loads Firefox.

It's a fairly new computer, I'm not running anything I shouldn't be or bogged down with spyware. I have no add-ons. IE7 loads twice as fast as Firefox. Simple as that.

Your computer or installation of FF has serious issues then, that's all I'm saying Mr Pissy Pants.

Well, it's not my computer, therefore something is wrong with Firefox. Hence, I'm in no rush to download this.

Well you were using a beta version...

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: palswim
Well, "Release Candidates" are just that. A RC version of some sort will become the Final version.

Yep.

I believe that

3.0 RC 2 (Win/Linux) = 3.0 RC 3 (Mac) = 3.0 Final (All platforms)

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: Deeko
Well, it's not my computer, therefore something is wrong with Firefox. Hence, I'm in no rush to download this.

/me bites tongue and despatches Ewoks to Deeko's house to poke him with sticks

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: ShadowOfMyself
LOL @ people saying firefox is slow... What the hell do you have in your pc? Im using a 2002 Pentium 4 2.4ghz and it loads in 1-2 seconds 😕 Its IMPOSSIBLE to be any faster... and the page opening time is also as fast as my cpu allows, so youre doing something wrong

last I checked, 1/2 second is faster than 1 second.

On a serious note, I don't think I've ever seen firefox load that fast unless I had just exited out of it. Not that load times are slow, it's better than FF2. Overall usage feels a hell of a lot snappier than IE7. Opera... eh, I can't let go of my extensions.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: RandomFool

Originally posted by: Deeko

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: Deeko
Fantastic. I'm glad how your computer loads Firefox makes a really big difference in how fast my computer loads Firefox.

It's a fairly new computer, I'm not running anything I shouldn't be or bogged down with spyware. I have no add-ons. IE7 loads twice as fast as Firefox. Simple as that.

Your computer or installation of FF has serious issues then, that's all I'm saying Mr Pissy Pants.

Well, it's not my computer, therefore something is wrong with Firefox. Hence, I'm in no rush to download this.

Well you were using a beta version...

I saw no change when I went from beta 3 to beta 5.

I'm sure I'll get it sooner or later, I just don't feel the need to run out and get a product I've been disappointed in thus far. I don't care if they break some meaningless record.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: Deeko
I saw no change when I went from beta 3 to beta 5.

I read in a few places the betas weren't so hot. I started using it at RC2.

 

[Omegachi]

i think the site is being overwhelmed. can't seem to get to firefox.com

 

[toekramp]

mozilla.org is finally updated for Firefox 3.0

 

[sswingle]

Originally posted by: toekramp
mozilla.org is finally updated for Firefox 3.0

And for what its worth, the one from the download link I gave, and the current links on mozilla.com are the same URL, and the help/about screens from the install then, and a second computer just now, are identical.

 

[mooseracing]

Originally posted by: ShadowOfMyself
LOL @ people saying firefox is slow... What the hell do you have in your pc? Im using a 2002 Pentium 4 2.4ghz and it loads in 1-2 seconds 😕 Its IMPOSSIBLE to be any faster... and the page opening time is also as fast as my cpu allows, so youre doing something wrong

There are articles out there that have said it loads slower than IE, but after that is speedier.

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: dr150

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Barack Obama
Opera FTMFW. 9.5 is out and is hawt.

QFT

fuck fire fox

QFT x2!!

Quoted for FAIL!

 

[judasmachine]

dundid. wow people are militant about their browser, chill out and use which ever one you like, sheesh.

 

[SillyOReilly]

Updated, snappy.

Now get tabmixplus updated to work damnit!

 

[sdifox]

does one have to go through that website to be counted? that website is basicallly under siege.

 

[sswingle]

Originally posted by: sdifox
does one have to go through that website to be counted? that website is basicallly under siege.

I think it needs to be downloaded from mozilla.com to count. FWIW, the site is working decently enough to get installed on several computers for me.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: ShadowOfMyself
LOL @ people saying firefox is slow... What the hell do you have in your pc? Im using a 2002 Pentium 4 2.4ghz and it loads in 1-2 seconds 😕 Its IMPOSSIBLE to be any faster... and the page opening time is also as fast as my cpu allows, so youre doing something wrong

Honestly, if people are saying it's slow in comparison to other browsers, what does it matter? It's still slower. I'm running on a 2.08GHz w 1GB RAM. Theoretically if Opera or IE opens a lot faster, how would that help FF's case? It'd still be slower.

 

[PokerGuy]

Two questions:

1) is there a way to install and run FF3 from a flash drive / stick, or does it have to be fully installed on the client PC?

2) Can you download FF3 and have it simply update your FF2 installation, or do you need to install to a different location and import bookmarks etc?

 

[sandorski]

Didn't Pledge, but just Downloaded/Installed. Painless. Earlier today a Plugin(Foxytunes) that quit working with RC1 automagically Installed. Hopefully PicLens comes online soon and Themes start being released.

Re IE7 vs FF: FF wins hands down. IE7 doesn't load faster at all in WinXP 64 and it crashes. FF never crashes. I only use IE7 for Facebook though and given the amount of crap Facebook does, that might be why IE7 crashes on me.

 

[13Gigatons]

Originally posted by: SillyOReilly
Updated, snappy.

Now get tabmixplus updated to work damnit!

Tabmixplus has a pretty good beta out that works well in FX3: http://tmp.garyr.net/tab_mix_plus-dev-build.xpi

Generated: Tue Jun 17 2008 14:23:38 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0
Build ID: 2008052906

Enabled Extensions: [25]
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- Adblock Plus 0.7.5.4: http://adblockplus.org/
- Better Gmail 2 0.5: http://www.ginatrapani.org/wor.../firefox/bettergmail2/
- CacheViewer 0.4.7: http://tinybenki.sblo.jp/
- Clippings 3.0: http://clippings.mozdev.org/
- Dictionary Tooltip 1.1.3: http://www.rjonna.com/ext/dictionarytip.php
- Download Statusbar 0.9.6.1: http://downloadstatusbar.mozdev.org/
- DownloadHelper 3.0.4: http://www.downloadhelper.net
- DownThemAll! 1.0.3: http://downthemall.net/
- Drag de Go 0.2.5.1: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=440259
- Forecastfox Enhanced 0.9.5.2: http://users.rcn.com/shoofy/forecastfox_enhanced/
- Glasser 1.0.16: http://www.sixxgate.com/
- Grab and Drag 2.7.3: http://grabanddrag.mozdev.org/index.html
- ImageBot 3.5.3: http://pimpsofpain.com/imagebot.html
- Minimap Sidebar Extension 0.2.6: http://www.google.com/search?q...%20Sidebar%20Extension
- MR Tech Local Install 5.3.2.6: http://www.mrtech.com/extensions/local_install/
- MultirowBookmarksToolbar 1.5: http://space.geocities.yahoo.co.jp/gl/alice0775
- Organize Search Engines 1.4: http://maltekraus.de/Firefox/search-tools/
- Password Exporter 1.1: http://passwordexporter.fligtar.com
- PicLens 1.7.0.3458: http://www.piclens.com/
- Resurrect Pages 2.0.2: http://trac.arantius.com/wiki/Extensions/Resurrect
- ScrapBook 1.3.3.5: http://amb.vis.ne.jp/mozilla/scrapbook/
- Stylish 0.5.7: http://userstyles.org/stylish/
- Tab Mix Plus 0.3.6.1.080416: http://tmp.garyr.net
- Taboo 0.1.6: http://runningfrombears.com/taboo

Installed Themes: [2]
- Default 3.0: http://www.google.com/search?q=Firefox%20Default
- null: http://www.mozilla.org/

Installed Plugins: (5)
- Adobe Acrobat
- Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U3
- MetaStream 3 Plugin
- Mozilla Default Plug-in
- Shockwave Flash

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: PokerGuy
Two questions:

1) is there a way to install and run FF3 from a flash drive / stick, or does it have to be fully installed on the client PC?

2) Can you download FF3 and have it simply update your FF2 installation, or do you need to install to a different location and import bookmarks etc?

A different location(just a different subdirectory) is always a good idea. When I went from FF2 to FF3, it automatically loaded all my Bookmarks, Homepages, Quick Link Tabs, the whole works. It was almost as if nothing had changed. Except, Themes, which are limited now.