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Why You Should Download Firefox 3 Right Now

8 points by nreece 18y ago

peakok 18y ago
This is a piece of propaganda, don't waste your time. Moreover, FF3 is not yet available for download.
- slater 18y ago
  Yeah.. what's this with "Right now"? I suppose you could get the latest nightly (or go look up which nightly they've considered as the 3.0 final), but this is just shoddy journalism. Slow news day at webmonkey?
chrisbroadfoot 18y ago
But. It's not out yet. Fools!
jackchristopher 18y ago
FireFox wants to get press by being the most downloaded software in a 24 hour period. A gimmick hit for the browser wars.
technoguyrob 18y ago
I don't like FF3's "Awesome Bar" so I disabled it. I tried using it for a while, but noticed I mostly type in things like "n", "r", or "t" to get to news.ycombinator.com, reddit.com, or my own domain, respectively, and with the "Awesome Bar" this is removed and it actually takes me LONGER to browse, as I generally type in a letter or two of the URL and go to it directly.
- LogicHoleFlaw 18y ago
  Give it a day or two for the algorithm to stabilize. I had the same problem initially but it now works great for me.
unalone 18y ago
"Mac users will see buttons, scrollbars and tabs that finally look not just “Macish” but entirely Mac-native." Absolutely NOT. The gradient up top is TERRIBLY wrong, the buttons don't follow design style, and the feel is overall one that's very cluttered, one that feels like a definite port. Terrible article. If I was able to downvote I would.
- chrisbroadfoot 18y ago
  I use GrApple Yummy - it's great. Looks just like Firefox, except with the Awesome Bar, and Delicious integration. w00t! Obtain from: http://www.takebacktheweb.org/ http://www.takebacktheweb.org/
  - unalone 18y ago
    Bit of a late follow-up, but - yeah, that's a superb theme. At the same time, using Firefox doesn't FEEL right. It's not as polished as Safari by a long shot. That and MultiClutch go a long way to fixing the problem, but it's a problem that, as long as Safari is around, doesn't exactly need solving.
mynameishere 18y ago
I could give a few reasons why you should download Firefox 1.5.0 right now.

8 points by nreece 18y ago

peakok 18y ago

This is a piece of propaganda, don't waste your time. Moreover, FF3 is not yet available for download.

slater 18y ago
Yeah.. what's this with "Right now"? I suppose you could get the latest nightly (or go look up which nightly they've considered as the 3.0 final), but this is just shoddy journalism. Slow news day at webmonkey?

chrisbroadfoot 18y ago

But. It's not out yet. Fools!

jackchristopher 18y ago

FireFox wants to get press by being the most downloaded software in a 24 hour period. A gimmick hit for the browser wars.

technoguyrob 18y ago

I don't like FF3's "Awesome Bar" so I disabled it. I tried using it for a while, but noticed I mostly type in things like "n", "r", or "t" to get to news.ycombinator.com, reddit.com, or my own domain, respectively, and with the "Awesome Bar" this is removed and it actually takes me LONGER to browse, as I generally type in a letter or two of the URL and go to it directly.

LogicHoleFlaw 18y ago
Give it a day or two for the algorithm to stabilize. I had the same problem initially but it now works great for me.

unalone 18y ago

"Mac users will see buttons, scrollbars and tabs that finally look not just “Macish” but entirely Mac-native." Absolutely NOT. The gradient up top is TERRIBLY wrong, the buttons don't follow design style, and the feel is overall one that's very cluttered, one that feels like a definite port. Terrible article. If I was able to downvote I would.

chrisbroadfoot 18y ago
I use GrApple Yummy - it's great. Looks just like Firefox, except with the Awesome Bar, and Delicious integration. w00t! Obtain from: http://www.takebacktheweb.org/ http://www.takebacktheweb.org/
- unalone 18y ago
  Bit of a late follow-up, but - yeah, that's a superb theme. At the same time, using Firefox doesn't FEEL right. It's not as polished as Safari by a long shot. That and MultiClutch go a long way to fixing the problem, but it's a problem that, as long as Safari is around, doesn't exactly need solving.

mynameishere 18y ago

I could give a few reasons why you should download Firefox 1.5.0 right now.