Firefox 3.0
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So, I’ve been using Mozilla’s Firefox 3.0 for a couple of days and I really like the look and feel of it. It’s more 2008 and has some cool features.
For example, when you type a URL into the address bar, it drops a menu down that makes seeing what you’ve typed in before pretty easy. You see the site’s name, the URL and the favicon. I’m easily amused, you know.
Another cool feature is the “back” button. It’s all gelled out and looking calm, like. You know, it’s like gellin’. And there’s a new icon for “Most Visited” sites. That makes it easy to get to the sites you’ve just been to more than few times.
But even better is an add-on called “Speed Dial,” which works with 3.0. I love it. Shows me all the sites I program into it that I have to look up all the time, which now, I don’t because I have Speed Dial. Nifty.
Here are things I hate about 3.0, OK, Mozilla?:
Some of my add-ons won’t work anymore. Grr. This is unpleasant in many respects. I’ve also lost ColorZilla, which helps me to get the HTML and CSS color codes when I’m trying to match something. Grr..
AND, Tab Mix won’t work. Every time I click a URL, it opens in my current window. That makes me nuts! I changed the setting in Options, but it doesn’t seem to be the option I need. Grr… Do you know how exasperating it is to be in the midst of a streaming .mp3 because you’re trying to fill in a transcript blank and you get sent to another site in that tab, against your will! Well…
You have to frickin’ start all over again! You have to fast forward that puppy and hope to God you land in the general area where you were before. I mean, people send you IMs and tell you to go to other sites during the day. It’s not even me goofing off! CRipes.
OK… So now that I’ve ranted about that…
I have no other rants, really. I like Firefox 3.0 so far, especially the Twitter plugin. It’s easy to see whenever someone I’m following tweets, and I can tweet from there, too. Pretty cool.
I haven’t read all the tech stuff that probably tells you to stay away from Firefox 3.0, but I just saw that Paul Colligan likes it.
So do I, Paul. So do I.
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Tags: firefox 3.0, internet browser, mozilla, Twitter
July 1st, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Hi Pat, just thought you might like to know about the post I did today about a Mashable post: on the 30+ addons for Firefox 3.0, some of them are replacements for addons we had before and some are brand new. Check it out here http://net-proinfo.blogspot.com/
There’s even a new ColorZilla! Have fun!
Annie
http://net-proinfo.blogspot.com/
July 6th, 2008 at 9:58 am
I have also recently joined the Firefox 3.0 club and was iffy at first. I don’t like changes and it took some time getting use to but I slowly did and now love it. I see you pointed out that some older add-ons dont work anymore and I was unaware of this problem. I didn’t have many addons but all the ones I did have continue to work.
July 6th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
I am thinking about trying Firefox 3 myself, but I read from other people that it is best to wait till it get more stable. Maybe you should stick with Version 2.
July 6th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
I just started using the Firefox 3 this week as well. So far, it has worked okay but I agree that the whole system of tabs needs improvement. Minor point but I am so happy they moved the refresh button to the left side. I always naturally went there to refresh and did not like it on the right (I guess from being so used to the old Internet Explorer). All my addons have been working fine with the exception of one that I updated recently is not updated on Firefox 3.
July 7th, 2008 at 4:00 am
I was also thinking of trying firefox 3.0 but i didn’t know how good it woul be since i am so used to firefox 2.0.
July 7th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
That’s the thing about upgrading to the next version of Firefox. There’s always that period of a few weeks where half my add-ons don’t work and I’m an add-on junkie. I should have definitely waited to upgrade. Now my flash is messed up to and refuses to play sounds in Firefox. Hurray for compatibility problems! Now Mozilla should really get to addressing that.
July 8th, 2008 at 10:02 am
I also use firefox and really like it. The only thing that I do not like is that it has a tendency to crash on occasion, but I guess that is par for the course. Plus, I like that it is not owned by microsoft…LOL!
July 12th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
I’ve just recently started using firefox and really like it a lot. I guess it’s already time to upgrade. Thanks for the info, helps us technically challenged. I am going to have to take some time to figure it all out to get it’s full benefit.
July 12th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
I have just started using Firefox 3.0 and I have to agree about the tabs. My problem is that It will only open a new tab sometimes. I’m not sure what I am doing but it’s driving me crazy. Oh well, I guess it’s time to read the documentation.
July 12th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Allen,
Yeah. It’s hard to make tabs behave, unless… You have Tab Mix Plus. You need version 0.3.6.1.010486 for Firefox 3.0. I love it! Makes your tabs behave.
–Pat
July 14th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
I have yet to download Firefox 3.0 because I always forget to! After reading your blog I am going to download it right now. I can’t believe I have been in the dark and missing all of these cool features. I can’t wait to use Speed Dial!
July 19th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Thanks for the great critique of Firefox 3.0! I LOVE Firefox (never going back to IE, so THERE :-P), but I would hate to lose any of my add-ons. Is there a site that tells you which addo-ons will still work with 3.0? I like the idea of ‘Speed Dial’ since there are sites I visit every day, and pulling them out of the bookmarks drop-down is a pain in the derriere. But I’m not much of an early adopter, I think I will give 3.0 a pass for a few months and let other people find out all the quirks.
Kate
July 27th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Have you ever heard of Flock? it’s made by the same company but literally made for blogging and most things are compatible without plug-ins