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Firefox 3.0 rc3 public release

It is now a public release Firefox 3 Release Candidate 3 is available in more than 45 languages as a public preview release intended for developer testing and community feedback. It includes new features as well as dramatic improvements to…

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@bhast2 Published 2008-05-18
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10,940 historical reads · 12 curated field notes (from 21 dispatches) · 2008-05-18 – 2008-06-12
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@creative_ (4)@Puttabong (3)@bhast2 (2)@WinLinMac01 (2)@R0GUE (2)@naquaada (2)@DoiX (2)@crawle@ToroLoco@zuz242@Voyn1x

It is now a public release

Firefox 3 Release Candidate 3 is available in more than 45 languages as a public preview release intended for developer testing and community feedback. It includes new features as well as dramatic improvements to performance, memory usage and speed.

Edit:
Firefox 3 RC3 (moz illa.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html) released!

Second Edit: rc3 released!

Synthesized Community Field Notes

12 technical responses curated from 21 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @crawle 2008-05-18

Watching the evolution of Firefox 3 is great - I think it's becoming an ultimate browser ...

Field Note #2 @Puttabong 2008-05-18

I am a little shocked about the latest changes of philosphy of the Firefox Browser.
A long time ago Firefox was the cute little fox, which was fast, lightweight and very nice.

But nowadays, after I install Firefox, I see a huge aggressive robot as symbol for Firefox. What the hell? I don't like that.

I always loved Firefox, but I have to admit that I prefer Safari & OmniWeb nowadays. However, I still use it ofcourse.

Field Note #3 @WinLinMac01 2008-05-18

I also like the evolution of the 3rd generation Firefox. Using it on Vista and Mac OS X right now. =) Drastic improvement, web pages load quicker, and it carries smart search capabilities.

Field Note #4 @ToroLoco 2008-05-19

I also have Firefox 3 beta's as my default browser for both Vista and Mac OS X and beta 5 works perfect, faster browsing and full compatibility.

Field Note #5 @zuz242 2008-05-19

i´m also using firefox 3 since beta 4 on osx. quite nice.
only thing missing is my favoured extension, "bookmark sync & sort".
it has jet to be ported to v3.

Field Note #6 @R0GUE 2008-05-19
[cite] Puttabong:But nowadays, after I install Firefox, I see a huge aggressive robot as symbol for Firefox. What the hell? I don't like that.

Type in the address bar

about:robots

I've been using the nightly builds for quite some time and FF3 has seen many improvements up until this release. OS X integration/look and feel has really improved, though, there are some minor annoyances such as form widgets and lack of native OS X services such as dictionary and spell checker (I know FF comes with it's own). It will remain my second browser of choice after Safari.

Field Note #7 @creative_ 2008-06-06

rc2 released

moz illa.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html

Field Note #8 @naquaada 2008-06-08

if somebody is annoyed by the new input bar, try the add-on oldBar (addons.moz illa.org/de/firefox/addon/6227). The web pages from the history need only one line now like in Firefox 2. A nicer Mac skin is AppleGr, it looks more like Safari. There are two versions, Delicious and Yummy, I prefer Yummy. The tabs are plainer here.

Does anyone know how to disable the security information winow when clicking on the favicon before the web address? I'm also used to click on the favicon when I want to mak the line, so this is annoying when every time the window pops up.

Field Note #9 @R0GUE 2008-06-11

Taking a little look at it now. Thank goodness for Aronnax (takebackthe web.org)

Field Note #10 @DoiX 2008-06-11

i personally like the standard ff3 theme still it could be better

Field Note #11 @Voyn1x 2008-06-12

Firefox 3 release date announced - June 17th!

Link (developer.moz illa.org/devnews/index.php/2008/06/11/coming-tuesday-june-17th-firefox-3/)

Field Note #12 @naquaada 2008-06-12

I wait with Firefox 3 - it has a lot of bugs in functions I often use, f.e. dragging links to the tab bar in long distances. The most plugins and themes don't work with FFX 3.

Corroborated & Participated: @Puttabong @creative_ @WinLinMac01 @DoiX
Sources & Contributor Provenance (11 credited usernames · Thread #1057)
UsernameDossier ContributionDispatchesActive Window
@creative_Core Contributor42008-05-18 → 2008-06-11
@PuttabongCore Contributor32008-05-18 → 2008-05-20
@bhast2Primary Author22008-05-18 → 2008-06-06
@WinLinMac01Contributor22008-05-18 → 2008-06-08
@R0GUEContributor22008-05-19 → 2008-06-11
@naquaadaContributor22008-06-08 → 2008-06-12
@DoiXContributor22008-06-11
@crawleContributor12008-05-18
@ToroLocoContributor12008-05-19
@zuz242Contributor12008-05-19
@Voyn1xContributor12008-06-12