Firefox 3

Only One In All · Post by **Only One In All** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:42 am

Who here has downloaded it, and what do you think of it compared to Firefox 2?

So far, I'm not sure I like it much better, or notice much difference. It says that it renders pages faster, but it actually seems to be going slower for me. I'm not sure about using less system resources either, it seems to be consistently using more than 2. Plus, it currently doesn't support the Realplayer video download add-on, so that's another minus.

But what do I know? You guys tell me what you think.

Twinconclusive · Post by **Twinconclusive** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:03 pm

It's a bit quicker, nearly all of my old add-ons no longer work, and the zooming is disgustingly blurry now.

Uncommon · Post by **Uncommon** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:23 pm

Lonely Rolling Star wrote:Plus, it currently doesn't support the Realplayer video download add-on...

That sounds like a plus. People need to stop with that slime.

Newbie Newtype · Post by **Newbie Newtype** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:29 pm

Image blurring is the most unnecessary and most poorly implemented feature (can't turn it off!? What the heck!?). Hopefully this will teach developers not to add fancy things that could alienate users.

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:19 pm

I have been using Firefox 3 for a couple months (since it was in beta)

I haven't noticed any serious differences other than the awesomebard, which annoyed the heck out of me for about 2 days-- until I got used to it,and now I love it and miss it whenever I am using a computer with an older Firefox.

I haven't noticed any plugin problems (I am using a combination of the mplayer plugin and the totem plugin on Linux.)

The only extension I use is adblock plus, so I haven't noticed any problems there.

I cannot tell whether it is any faster or not. I am of the opinion that network speed matters so much more than browser speed that browser speed is largely irrelevant.

<s>As for the "blurry zooming" issue, I wasn't even aware that firefox could ever zoom. How the heck do you zoom? (and why?)</s>

Oh, I get it. it scales everything with a bilinear filter, which mangles pixel art... except It doesn't happen for me at all. No idea why. <s>Is it a Windows-only feature?</s>

EDIT: okay, I tested on my Mac, and I see it there. I don't know if the feature just doesn't work on Linux, or if the Ubuntu people patched it out when they packaged Firefox 3.

Newbie Newtype · Post by **Newbie Newtype** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:21 pm

You can zoom in on forums that have the zoom feature, such as Castle Paradox or Pixelation. The problem is, Firefox will use filtering to smooth out images at different sizes. This was meant for the view image feature for pictures that were too large, but in the end it ruins the ability to zoom in pixel art.

Shadowiii · Post by **Shadowiii** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:00 pm

It's good, but I still think Safari is faster.

Rue · Post by **Rue** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:29 am

I've got Firefox 3 (wanted to help out with the world record). So far it's basically the same, though I must say I'm quite pissed about half of my addons not working, and the fact that some php upload scripts arn't working right with it.

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