A tester’s look at Firefox 3 Beta 3
Posted by Peng on 13 February 2008
[Added additional info on the new Doenload Manager. - Peng]
As Nanci posted last night, Firefox 3 Beta 3 came out yesterday and while some of us are happy with it while others, like me, aren’t so sure about it. There will be at least a fourth beta before Firefox 3 reaches Release Candidate status, but I wanted to give you guys (and girls) a look at how things are shaping up in Firefox 3 so far.
Remember, this version of Firefox 3 is for testing purposes only and is not for use by most people. There are certain things that people need to look out for in terms of bugs that aren’t quite fixed yet, some of which can cause you to lose data like passwords, bookmarks, etc. I’ll give you links for getting your hands on the latest beta but you use it at your own risk. I’ll also point out some things that you need to do before firing up Firefox 3 Beta 3 for the first time.
Also, I’m running nightly builds of the Firefox 3 betas under Linux and since they have gone for a native look in the default skin some things may look different in OSX and Windows from the screenshots I’m providing. In addition, I have customized my Firefox pretty heavily so things may be in different places than you may be used to seeing them. If a difference is because of a new feature in Firefox 3 I’ll let you know. Read the rest of this entry »
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