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 Jun 29 2008, 06:59 PM
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QUOTE(usasma @ Jun 27 2008, 03:59 AM)  I am miserable with it for one (and only one) reason. The STOP button should be RED!!! Mine is red? |
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Jul 1 2008, 03:05 PM
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I'm happy now, after changing all FF add-ons for 3.0 compatible. I have no more problems with FF 3. Of course, nothing is perfect but for now my FF works flawlessly.
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Jul 12 2008, 10:03 AM
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Distinguished Member Group: Members Posts: 604 Joined: 21-July 07 Member No.: 144,952 |
Overall, I am quite satisfied with the way it works. I like the feature that allows you to skip back directly to a page you've been to, rather than pressing the "Back" button over and over.
I don't like the cosmetic changes. I liked the way FF looked before. But that's just me. |
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Jul 13 2008, 09:03 PM
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 I can see what you post! Group: Members Posts: 6,313 Joined: 14-February 05 From: Somewhere in North East Ohio Member No.: 12,053 |
I am happy with it, but I must stop using the betas because it ruins the whole "wow" effect when the final release comes out.
 haha. However, I am back to Opera though on Ubuntu. I must say Opera does everything I want FF3 to do, plus some more/less. The one thing I miss is the on-the-fly spellchecker, but Opera will still spell check just have to right click for it. And eBay doesn't work (the java-script / ajax) in Opera 9.51 on Ubuntu 8.04. Still has be going back to FF3 over that. However, it makes me happy and I like using the less popular but powerful software.  I like rooting for the underdog.
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Jul 14 2008, 06:02 PM
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It runs smoothly, and I like the option that it gives you if you want to save your tabs for when you open Firefox again. In older versions, I had to shutdown my computer without closing Firefox so that I could restore my tabs when I logged back on. The only add-on I use is No-Script.
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Jul 15 2008, 03:46 PM
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After getting rid of all the "2" stuff (profile folder and all) and a fair bit of "about:config" tweaking, I'd say, more or less. -------------------- "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster"  |
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Jul 17 2008, 04:52 AM
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 The BSG Malware Fighter Group: HJT Team Posts: 4,350 Joined: 20-April 06 From: Hamburg Member No.: 64,788 |
QUOTE(jgweed @ Jun 26 2008, 01:01 PM) I have had absolutely no crashes or problems with the new release, except that one add-on was not compatible. There have been some very good changes from the user's point of view, and it does seem to have a smaller footprint from what I "feel." Have to concur with john here. Except, its more than one addon thats not working yet. But then again its normal for FF to take some time for all of them working. Btw, FF 3.1 is out now.Regards, John -------------------- - "How did I get infected?" - "Safe-hex" - Member of UNITE - - The HJT forum is very busy. If I've not posted back within 24 hrs., send a PM with your topic link. Thank you. - HELP REQUESTS VIA THE PM SYSTEM WILL BE IGNORED. The Forums are there for a reason! Thanks-  |
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Jul 17 2008, 05:18 AM
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 Distinguished Member Group: Members Posts: 779 Joined: 25-October 07 From: Sydney, NSW Member No.: 165,216 |
I'm very happy with Firefox 3.
Except its caused issues with site advisor for me. -------------------- I'D RATHER LIVE THAN LIVE FOREVER! |
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Jul 17 2008, 12:37 PM
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QUOTE(Yourhighness @ Jul 17 2008, 03:52 AM) Have to concur with john here. Except, its more than one addon thats not working yet. But then again its normal for FF to take some time for all of them working. Btw, FF 3.1 is out now. Do you mean FF 3.1, or do you mean FF 3.0.1? |
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Jul 17 2008, 04:05 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 12-July 08 From: Florida Member No.: 222,276 |
I just really hate that there are barely any skins and add-ons that are available at the moment. I haven't noticed too big differences.
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Jul 17 2008, 09:49 PM
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Forum Addict Group: Members Posts: 3,221 Joined: 14-April 06 Member No.: 64,042 |
I installed Ubuntu yesterday and it comes with Firefox 3. I was still using Firefox 1.5 with XP before. Have to say, that
it is quiet a change. One thing I noticed is I can not have a blank page once I have clicked on a link. Only have a blank home page when opening. Google appeared. So I changed it to Dogpile. Has anyone figured out how to just have a blank home page? Another thing---Bleeping computer is out of focus like the images/graphics are distorted and the text is faint and small when I allow it to choose its appearance. Anyone else using Ubuntu and Firefox have this problem? I haven't noticed any significant increase in speed either, as advertised by Firefox. |
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Jul 17 2008, 10:41 PM
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Distinguished Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 9-May 06 From: PCLinuxOS Land Member No.: 67,460 |
QUOTE(buddy215 @ Jul 17 2008, 10:49 PM) Has anyone figured out how to just have a blank home page? Have you tried the setting under Preferences> Main>Startup>When Firefox starts>(drop down )show a blank page ? My setup is a little faster than before, but I was fast enough (for me) to start with. Seconds to load a webpage: Goggle 0.424 microsoft.com 0.670 (I never go here though  )Yahoo 1.304 SiteAdvisor 0.533 bbc.co.uk/ 1.322 GRC.com 1.885 arstechnica.com 1.5991 youtube.com 1.464 on average probably 1-2 seconds faster (times from http://www.numion.com/stopwatch/ ) -------------------- "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster" |
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Jul 17 2008, 10:59 PM
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Forum Addict Group: Members Posts: 3,221 Joined: 14-April 06 Member No.: 64,042 |
No One---Yes, I set that to blank. The Google page shows up by default though once you have clicked on a link and
closed the link. You no longer have a blank page. That probably will require editing Firefox to have a blank page every time. That is why I chose to set Dogpile as "home page". You know, spread the wealth. If you or anyone knows which edit is needed, please let me know. I thought maybe the Zoom addon was causing the problem with this BC site. But that is not the problem. Kind of odd that the images are distorted and large while the text is small and dim. I am still setting up so maybe I will figure it out if it is something that I can fix. EDIT: I must have used Zoom and screwed up on BC. I corrected it. Hope it stays this way. This post has been edited by buddy215: Jul 17 2008, 11:53 PM |
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Jul 17 2008, 11:15 PM
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The BSG Malware Fighter Group: HJT Team Posts: 4,350 Joined: 20-April 06 From: Hamburg Member No.: 64,788 |
QUOTE(sharpe95 @ Jul 17 2008, 07:37 PM) QUOTE(Yourhighness @ Jul 17 2008, 03:52 AM) Have to concur with john here. Except, its more than one addon thats not working yet. But then again its normal for FF to take some time for all of them working. Btw, FF 3.1 is out now. Do you mean FF 3.1, or do you mean FF 3.0.1? -------------------- - "How did I get infected?" - "Safe-hex" - Member of UNITE - - The HJT forum is very busy. If I've not posted back within 24 hrs., send a PM with your topic link. Thank you. - HELP REQUESTS VIA THE PM SYSTEM WILL BE IGNORED. The Forums are there for a reason! Thanks- |
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