Mozilla Ready to Launch Firefox 3 into Browser Wars
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DonShula84moderatorOPJust more than 10 years ago, Mozilla threw its open-source code into the public domain. Today, its browser -- Firefox -- is preparing to launch its third major release in hopes of continuing to eat away at Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
Firefox already has more than 18 percent of the global market, according to Net Applications. With the release of Firefox 3, Mozilla could see a boost in downloads and market share. Microsoft's next version of Internet Explorer won't come to market until later this year.
On June 17, Mozilla will release Firefox 3. After more than 34 months of active development and the contributions of thousands of people, Firefox 3 will be downloadable free from the Mozilla Web site. Mozilla is promising this is the best browser -- period.
Just a heads up for those who use Firefox. I made the switch thanks to some people on this forum who wouldnt stop talking about it, and I've been much happier with it than I was with IE.
like2godluxury_boxYeah, I'm thinking of switching as well. IE is a pain and AOL isn't much better, so I guess I'll be joining that 18% tomorrow.
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Mozilla is the fastest internet I have ever had. I like it a lot and theres a feature that you can use where everytime you close it, it saves where you left off so you can just pick up the next day. Definitely recommend it.
Thanks for the heads up Don.
Oh yeah and their Miami Dolphins Theme is GREAT looking! :up:.
finfansince72subscriberDefinitely recommend Firefox, I made the switch a few years back its way better than IE IMO.
The RevadminFirefox > IE :up:
unluckylucianoNew Memberhmmm will they be notifying us of an update? anyone know?
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His'nBeatYour'nNew Member"unluckyluciano wrote:
hmmm will they be notifying us of an update? anyone know?
I don't think so. If memory serves, when they updated to Firefox 2 Firefox 1 would just update itself to newer versions of 1.
like2godluxury_box"unluckyluciano wrote:
hmmm will they be notifying us of an update? anyone know?
I'm sure there are will be a link to update on their site. All there is right now is a link to download the 3.0 test release.
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So wait... do I have to go download it or will it update on its own?
unluckylucianoNew Member"alen1 wrote:
So wait... do I have to go download it or will it update on its own?
they are saying probably download.
thanks to VO for the sick ass sigs.
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Desidesforum_veteran"alen1 wrote:
Mozilla is the fastest internet I have ever had.
Web browsers aren't the Internet. So, uh... huh? :confused:
"unluckyluciano wrote:
hmmm will they be notifying us of an update? anyone know?
If you have Firefox 2, you should receive an automatic update notification within 24 hours of Firefox 3's release--that is to say, Wednesday. But you can always download the stand-alone installer at mozilla.com when it comes out tomorrow. Automatic updates are always behind the downloadable release just by their nature.
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"Desides wrote:
Web browsers aren't the Internet. So, uh... huh? :confused:
If you have Firefox 2, you should receive an automatic update notification within 24 hours of Firefox 3's release--that is to say, Wednesday. But you can always download the stand-alone installer at mozilla.com when it comes out tomorrow. Automatic updates are always behind the downloadable release just by their nature.
Web browsers, sorry I call them all internet lol.
Desidesforum_veteran"alen1 wrote:
Web browsers, sorry I call them all internet lol.
Well, Firefox 2 is hardly fast at anything. They had a design philosophy of implementing caching throughout the browser, and it just led to more memory usage while netting few performance benefits. They threw a lot of that out with Firefox 3.
I think you'll be very surprised at how snappy Firefox 3 is. (Though I wonder how it'll stack up to Safari's new Javascript engine.)
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Muckretired_adminI've been running 3 for awhile now. It is pretty fast, and quite smart.
I'd run Bon Echo and Deer Park at various times in the past. Used to be into that bleeding edge stuff.
Make the throwback uniforms permanent!
Muckretired_adminOT: Firefox accounts for 42% of our traffic.
Pretty cool stat for a non-techie site. :)
Make the throwback uniforms permanent!
CrunchTimeretired_adminI like Firefox but it sucks as far as displaying my gifs so I am still using IE for that and Firefox to browse as it picks up much less spyware.
I hope this new version corrects the gif problem
Desidesforum_veteran"Muck wrote:
I'd run Bon Echo and Deer Park at various times in the past. Used to be into that bleeding edge stuff.
I'm running a custom-compiled version. Does that count as bleeding edge? :lol:
Crunch, what kind of GIF problems are you having? Your GIFs always displayed fine for me.
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DOLPHAN1luxury_box"CrunchTime wrote:
I like Firefox but it sucks as far as displaying my gifs so I am still using IE for that and Firefox to browse as it picks up much less spyware.
I hope this new version corrects the gif problem
i have problems with YouTube, so i use both as well.
I am using the "Ready To Launch Firefox 3 into Browser Wars" web browser right now. It's fast. I like it :yes:.
TheAnswer385forum_veteranIts up and ready for download
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/
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