not in any real sense

6/17/2008 2:31:26 PM

strange things.

6/17/2008 2:32:16 PM

Firefox 3 = balla

6/17/2008 2:33:20 PM

Quote :

"what was the record they were trying to break, again?"

none. they are attempting to set a record that can't be easily broken in the foreseeable future.

6/17/2008 2:35:38 PM

It still says 2.0.0.14 on the download page.

This is a fuckup of epic proportions.

6/17/2008 2:36:02 PM

Quote :

"Firefox 3 is currently only being offered as a full download from: http://getfirefox.com/ Please DO NOT “check for updates” from within Firefox 2 as we are not yet offering it as an update and this does not count toward the record. Thanks to everyone for participating in setting a new world record!"

[Edited on June 17, 2008 at 2:41 PM. Reason : it's a Http/1.1 Service Unavailable right now, but just a PSA]

6/17/2008 2:41:09 PM

Holy shit this is fast.

...now if only it had a working version of Adblock...

6/17/2008 2:53:39 PM

i finally got through to getfirefox.com, this is the link it gave me

http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.0&os=win&lang=en-US

Quote :

"the build date says 5/29 though so i dunno if it's the final build or not"

i got the same build number on the one i just downloaded too so i guess it was the official build

[Edited on June 17, 2008 at 3:01 PM. Reason : .]

6/17/2008 2:56:09 PM

^^ seems like my ad block is working

6/17/2008 3:28:06 PM

couple of things i dont like/dont know how to get to work

1. it wont let me have my right click gestures addon where you can hold right click and go left and you go back a page and all that good stuff

2. when you have tabs open and you put the mouse over the tabs and scroll the mouse wheel it doesnt scroll through the tabs

3. when you click down with the mouse wheel the scroll do-hicky doesnt come up and allow you to scroll really fast up or down the page

anyone know how to fix these things?

6/17/2008 3:33:50 PM

^#2, when you have multiple tabs open (like 15-20) and they span wider than your browser window, the scroll button scrolls through the tabs that are off the screen... that's probably why they don't scroll/open each tab

#3, when i use my middle click, the scroll 'thingy' does come up and it does allow me to scroll fast, so idk.

[Edited on June 17, 2008 at 3:37 PM. Reason : .]

6/17/2008 3:36:26 PM

Quote :

"...now if only it had a working version of Adblock..."

mine's working, no problems

6/17/2008 3:37:23 PM

Quote :

"now if only it had a working version of Adblock"

adblock plus works fine for me...the only extension not working for me is colorzilla

6/17/2008 3:37:44 PM

Quote :

"1. it wont let me have my right click gestures addon where you can hold right click and go left and you go back a page and all that good stuff"

that's up to the AddOn creator to make the addon compatible with FF3. It's not FF3's fault. You can, however, try one of the hacks where you override the compatibility check

Quote :

"2. when you have tabs open and you put the mouse over the tabs and scroll the mouse wheel it doesnt scroll through the tabs"

i don't think that is default behavior. it's probably behavior from one of the addons that are not compatible with FF3 yet

Quote :

"3. when you click down with the mouse wheel the scroll do-hicky doesnt come up and allow you to scroll really fast up or down the page"

Tools > Option > Advanced > General and make sure "use autoscrolling" and/or "use smooth scrolling" are checked

6/17/2008 3:38:00 PM

#2 would def annoy the shit out of me

6/17/2008 3:39:24 PM

^^ thank you! that makes me much happier

i figured the first concern i had wouldnt be fixable until someone comes out with a new add on but i thought the second was typical for firefox. oh well if anyone knows how to get that working i would appreciate it.

6/17/2008 3:47:20 PM

I can see why people were complaining about the new address bar in the beta releases...

6/17/2008 3:48:29 PM

the new address bar drop-down menu is ANNOYING but you'll get used it, like anything else

6/17/2008 3:49:38 PM

Hmm....perhaps I was just using a very old version of adblock. What's the latest greatest version?

6/17/2008 4:01:35 PM

do you have ad block or ad block plus? i think ad block is obsolete.

6/17/2008 4:05:59 PM

just got back to my desk and picked this up... this thing FLIES

6/17/2008 4:10:41 PM

Original adblock...I think it was version 0.5.xxxxx

6/17/2008 4:13:25 PM

i used the override compatability feature



now my tab bar is gone


dammit

6/17/2008 4:21:11 PM

i hate the address bar.

It is terrible for message boards because it displays every thread URL first instead of the main page URL in the history.

6/17/2008 4:22:21 PM

you'll get used to it. i used a few of the betas, so its not biggie for me now, but i still find it difficult to see why they implemented such a tacky feature.

6/17/2008 4:24:40 PM

It takes getting used to - I hated it at first - but once you do, it's awesome.

6/17/2008 4:24:41 PM

yeah, i tend to favor it now, just because i am used to it, but not really for any other reason

6/17/2008 4:25:56 PM

i actually like the new address bar

while im an avid opera fan, i like how firefox's "smart" address bar works better than the similar one in the new version of opera. the one in opera not only indexes the url of the site, and the title, but every single word in each page you visit. it's overkill.

6/17/2008 6:15:29 PM

Help my firefox3 hates gmail how do i fix it...

(it won't let me sign in...i think its something with the cookies)

6/17/2008 9:48:16 PM

/message_topic.aspx?topic=530166

6/17/2008 9:56:36 PM

re-install the tubes!!!!

6/17/2008 9:57:29 PM

http://gizmodo.com/5017416/microsoft-mistakes-browser-war-for-browser-party-sends-firefox-a-lovely-cake

6/17/2008 10:44:50 PM

http://freerice.com/index.php

6/17/2008 11:13:48 PM

surpassed 7 million, 2 hours left

6/18/2008 11:01:18 AM

Somebody edited the All in One Gestures to work in FF3 for those who are interested

http://krysiak.net.pl/files/all-in-one_gestures-0.18.0,1-fx.xpi

6/18/2008 12:53:50 PM

8,015,199

6/18/2008 1:51:57 PM

8,206,409 and increasing.

Guess they still haven't closed the count yet ... http://downloadcounter.sj.mozilla.com/

6/18/2008 2:08:48 PM

doesn't close for another 6 minutes.

Quote :

"Please download Firefox 3 by 11:16 a.m. PDT (18:16 UTC) on June 18, 2008"

[Edited on June 18, 2008 at 2:12 PM. Reason : .]

6/18/2008 2:10:40 PM

looks like the final number will be near 8,290,000

6/18/2008 2:18:05 PM

I like 3, but scrolling in TWW is sloooooooow, while other forums seem just fine

6/18/2008 3:59:11 PM

6/18/2008 7:11:34 PM

Wow, this thing is fast. I guess I am behind the times and had not tried it for a few years.

6/18/2008 7:38:44 PM

anyone else having issues with FF3 accessing the disk a lot? i looked in diskmon and it's doing a lot of i/o on "urlclassifier3.sqlite" in my profiles folder...

6/18/2008 10:22:17 PM

sqlite is is an embedded sql server. It stores the bookmarks and such.

6/18/2008 10:33:01 PM

http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/certificate_form

6/19/2008 12:34:03 AM

What does one do at a "Firefox Party"? http://mozillaparty.com/en-US/

6/19/2008 1:21:36 PM

same thing you'd do at a tww party i suppose, get your nerd on

6/19/2008 1:41:56 PM

well, that goes without saying . i mean what do they do, see who can have the most tabs open?

6/19/2008 2:03:02 PM

that was quick

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1288

Quote :

"It’s not all about world records for Firefox 3.0. Just hours after the official release of the latest refresh of Mozilla’s flagship browser, an unnamed researcher has sold a critical code execution vulnerability that puts millions of Firefox3.0 users at risk of PC takeover attacks. According to a note from TippingPoint’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) , a company that buys exclusive rights to software vulnerability data, the Firefox 3.0 bug also affects earlier versions of Firefox 2.0x. Technical details are being kept under wraps until Mozilla’s security team ships a patch. According to ZDI’s alert, it should be considered a high-severity risk: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, permitting the attacker to completely take over the vulnerable process, potentially allowing the machine running the process to be completely controlled by the attacker. TippingPoint researchers continue to see these types of “user-interaction required ” browser-based vulnerabilities - such as clicking on a link in email or inadvertently visiting a malicious web page. It looks very much like the vulnerability researcher was hoarding this vulnerability and saving it for Firefox 3.0 final release to make the sale. In the absence of a fix, Firefox users should practice safe browsing habits and avoid clicking on strange links that arrive via e-mail or IM messages. There are no reports of this issue being exploited but, if you are worried about being at risk of drive-by attacks, consider using a different browser."

6/19/2008 2:23:50 PM

Quote :

"users should practice safe browsing habits and avoid clicking on strange links that arrive via e-mail or IM messages"

That should just go without saying. People need to quit freaking out over security vulnerabilities, and causing unneeded FUD.

6/19/2008 3:37:59 PM