Thread: Spread FireFox3 World Record

I'm there!

Firefox 3 really is quite offensive, they've tried to fix the many things wrong with Firefox 2 but many of the fixes are awkward and clumsy. Their download manager is still a joke, for instance. Whereas, Opera 9.5 has been delayed somewhat but it should be released very soon, and is looking like a huge, genuine improvement on an already superior piece of software.

I think it works a lot better, Identity.

Pledged.

Get with the program Samoa; Only 18 votes?

I wonder if people using package management will be counted
probably not...

We can always download directly from the site too, just to make it count.

That would be today for anyone who's interested!

Aaaaaaaaand alltheirsitesaredown

is it just me that thinks this whole
"come on, hammer our servers all at the same time, lets set a record, ignore p2p, ignore local repositories, ignore all the things designed to mitigate huge server loads and website downtimes - we're setting a record"
is completely crass

I wouldn't have thought Mozilla would stoop to poorly thought out marketing gimmicks, but here we are...

Originally Posted by Identity X

Firefox 3 really is quite offensive, they've tried to fix the many things wrong with Firefox 2 but many of the fixes are awkward and clumsy. Their download manager is still a joke, for instance. Whereas, Opera 9.5 has been delayed somewhat but it should be released very soon, and is looking like a huge, genuine improvement on an already superior piece of software.

We all know you love Opera, but your post seems just a bit too biased. I personally find Firefox 3 a very nice improvement over Firefox 2. It seems snappier, and the GUI is much nicer on Mac OS X (I didn't notice a big difference in Arch Linux) than it was in Firefox 2 or than it is in Opera 9.5. I agree that the download manager is no great shakes, but who uses their browser to download anything other than small files? Anything larger than a few megabytes is a job for a full-featured download accelerator like axel or aria2 IMO.

Originally Posted by dsr

We all know you love Opera, but your post seems just a bit too biased. I personally find Firefox 3 a very nice improvement over Firefox 2. It seems snappier, and the GUI is much nicer on Mac OS X (I didn't notice a big difference in Arch Linux) than it was in Firefox 2 or than it is in Opera 9.5. I agree that the download manager is no great shakes, but who uses their browser to download anything other than small files? Anything larger than a few megabytes is a job for a full-featured download accelerator like axel or aria2 IMO.

I was basing that comment on the cruddy RC that came with Ubuntu. Now I'm using Win XP again I can see the bebnefits over Firefox 2, yes, plus it doesn't look like shit like the Tango theme does . Opera 9.5 is still nicer though, once you replace the idiotic new skin with the classic one, because it's so fully featured and once you start using it's little conveniences it's hard to go back to the relative minimalism of Firefox (I'm not an extensions person). FF3 does seem fast though (whereas FF2 ran in slo-mo), faster than O9.5 in most tests, but O9.5 is fast enough (a huge improvement on 9.27) and, like I say, so much nicer to use.

Okay, that's fair. I like all my software minimalistic (my X11 setup is a single xterm running GNU screen with ratpoison as my window manager ), so Firefox 3's snappiness and less bloaty feeling was a pleasant change for the better. Once I get fully used to Vimperator (I'm cheating right now), I'll be able to seal away my mouse forever until the next time I have to use apps like GIMP or Inkscape.

Woot next week they post the results if firefox broke the record, and i'm personally loving my new Firefox 3, being able to save bookmarks so they come up when i start it again is making me want to lick my computer...

Originally Posted by Volcon

Woot next week they post the results if firefox broke the record, and i'm personally loving my new Firefox 3, being able to save bookmarks so they come up when i start it again is making me want to lick my computer...

Opera did that years ago

Shhh, i wish to revel in the bask of Firefox 3, don't disrupt my pride in it!

When I installed the latest release candidate, most of my plugins stopped working, and it said there were not available compatible ones. Luckily, they are starting to come in now.

The thing I really like about FF3 is that you can type just about anything into your url bar, and it will bring up not just based on URL, but also based on page titles. That's pretty awesome.

Yeah, the new URL bar is awesome. I wish I could use the basic Vim bindings in Vimperator (h, j, k, l, etc.) without having to sacrifice the rest of the GUI, so I could keep the address bar and the other Firefox keyboard shortcuts that I'm used to. Maybe there's another extension that let's one do that. Or maybe I'll have to write it myself...

I wouldn't mind a "vimperator lite" myself.

By the way, has vimperator fixed the "javascript doesn't work" issue? Like if I were to click on your login on the left, it pops up a menu with "view public profile", "send PM", etc. - in vimperator, that kind of thing didn't work, last I checked, which is what turned me off it.