Firefox 3 launches today; Five reasons you can’t live without it

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Firefox 3 launches today; Five reasons you can’t live without it

Posted on 17 June 2008 by admin

After a long wait, version 3 of the popular Firefox browser is officially available today — get yours here. It’s likely the most anticipated Firefox release ever, poised to break a world record for the most downloads in a single day but, does it live up to its lofty expectations?

Frankly, without the browser in widespread circulation it’s hard judge it an unmitigated success. Mozilla’s new baby contains a claimed 15,000 improvements. With a list that long, there are bound to be a few new features you’ll love, a few you’ll hate — and — maybe a few you’ll wonder how you ever lived without.

After putting the betas through their paces and having a nice long chat with Mike Beltzner — one of the user experience gurus from Mozilla — here are five of our favorite things about the newest member of the Firefox family.

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Steve

I am so irritated with Microsoft, that I am willing to try anything that directly competes with them. That being said, I am pleased with the previous version of FF, but 3.0 seams to have slowed down a bit.

bob

memory is still a big issue, seems as if it is even worse than before. not as fast as it purports to be and I think when IE8 comes out I may go back to it after all these years of using FF which is more hype than anything else. also pictures still load slowly and not all at once like IE does, firefox like linux is just hype and the hatred that everyone seems to have for microsoft, which is basically baseless. bob