Firefox 3.0 is here!

[Downsouthguys]

Firefox 3.0 was just released a few minutes ago.

http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/

If you can't get on to the site, here's another link:

Download Firefox 3.0 - FileHippo.com

I noticed it makes a huge difference in loading some sites. Doesn't take as long to load many of em for me anymore.

 

[D_Portelay Porquesword]

Awesome. I use Fire Fox in addition to Opera.

I can't wait to see how much they have improved it.

Thanks for the post.

 

[HazelGod]

w3wt.

I've been running the beta for some time now, and have noticed it's less prone to the memory leaking endemic to FFv2. Plus, I love the denial-of-redirect feature!

 

[Stretch]

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html

That is the link for downloading for all operating systems, Windows, Mac and Linux, plus in 45 different languages

 

[Mem]

I don't understand how Firefox is available for free. They can't make any money on it. I don't see any advertising either.

 

[Pecker]

I've downloaded it to update my latest version of Firefox. Now I'm waiting for the extensions to start working.

 

[B_lamdellboo]

Yesssssssssssssssssss.

 

[omgiswatdeysay]

Fuckin A right dawggy!

 

[HyperHulk]

I've given up on Firefox because I can't seem to get videos to play. Not sure what I need to do but it's annoying. I've started to use Flock, which is built off of Firefox. It has less extensions but I like it much more, it's like Firefox evolved: Flock Browser - The Social Web Browser

 

[TinyPrincess]

I noticed it makes a huge difference in loading some sites. Doesn't take as long to load many of em for me anymore.

I've only noticed the new look and feel - haven't noticed speed improvements yet - might be more obvious to some depending on bandwidth and cpu.

 

[omgiswatdeysay]

I've noticed a vast improvement in the loading of pages on this site. Coupled with my trick add-ons, its great. But it still feels like waking up in a bed that's not yours.

 

[mindseye]

I don't understand how Firefox is available for free. They can't make any money on it. I don't see any advertising either.

"They" in this case, are two entities:

• The Mozilla Foundation, which is a legally registered non-profit corporation. As a non-profit, they can't make money off their work. There are a few ways in which the Mozilla Foundation is restricted from promoting Firefox (as well as Thunderbird and other Mozilla offerings), so there is a separate legal entity:
• The Mozilla Corporation, which is a taxable corporation that handles a few issues involving promotion, internationalization, and product tie-ins that the Foundation can't legally perform. According to Mozilla,

  By forming a commercial subsidiary, the revenue-generating activities of the new entity can provide funds to support development, testing, and productization of the various Mozilla open source technologies. This benefits both end-users of Firefox and Thunderbird, and developers and others who want to use the Mozilla open source code in various ways. Having the Mozilla Corporation handle revenue-generating activities associated with these products also allows the Mozilla Foundation to achieve its goals while still itself remaining a tax-exempt organization. However, the Mozilla Corporation is not a typical commercial entity and will only pursue revenue-generating activities that are consistent with offering end-users with the best experience possible.

So, to answer your question: They're not making money off of it; that's not a goal of theirs.

 

[Mem]

Interesting. I just downloaded FF3 and I was surprised that I did not have to restart

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my computer to use it. The only flaw so far was a problem with the Google

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toolbar (spellcheck)

 

[HazelGod]

But it still feels like waking up in a bed that's not yours.

You get used to it...besides, depending on whose bed it is you awaken in, that's not altogether a bad thing. :wink:

 

[omgiswatdeysay]

Many a drunken night I've been there Hazel, lol. Pleasant for the most part, but still weird. I'm finding it easier to use and manipulate pages in ways I couldn't with FireFucks 2

 

[HellsKitchenmanNYC]

A few questions if I may: DOes FF have Auto-Fill? What are extensions and add-ons? thx in advance.

 

[omgiswatdeysay]

google tool bar

 

[HellsKitchenmanNYC]

google tool bar

No I know the GTB has auto-fill but does FF let you install it on it.

 

[omgiswatdeysay]

yes, i have just installed it. FF doesnt have its own autofill feature, atleast not to my knowledge.



Certificate for setting a Guinness World Record

Yay go ME!

 

[HellsKitchenmanNYC]

D/L'd it. But damn I can't uninstall the Yahoo toolbar! Ack!