Is Firefox 3 ready yet?

Firefox 3 ^ | 06.17.08 | perdogg

[Perdogg]

What happend? Was firefox bought by Boeing?? I thought it was supposed to be ready today.

[stainlessbanner]

IT's UP

Download FF3

[stainlessbanner]

It's Up

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Out here we have a little thing called the Missouri boat ride

[ShadowAce]

The last information I heard is that mozilla is having tech issues with the web site. Firefox 3 is ready, but the website isn't.

[stainlessbanner]

I just pulled a full version and installed. Some of the exensions are not compatible, but the installer will check for updates to those packages.

FTP link ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0

[ShadowAce]

The official site is up and running.

[Perdogg]

thanks!

[kevkrom]

Posting this from FF3.

[ShadowAce]

According to a Firefox developer blog, there are 14,000 copies being downloaded per minute--that's around 233/second!

[Wyatt's Torch]

Just loaded my copy as well. So far so good.

[ShadowAce]

Here's the downlo0ad counter for Firefox 3. It seems to be live.

[KoRn]

I downloaded v3 from the Firefox website about an hour ago. They seemed to have some problems with the transition from 2 to 3 with some links and graphics. Most of it appears to be corrected now. It’s crazy slow with so many users hitting the site. Mozilla is trying to set a single day record for software downloads.

[engrpat]

I just finished installing the update on XP and a Vista machines. On the Vista it went well, no hiccups that I have found. On the XP it raised the devil with my bookmarks, deleted a bunch and moved others. May want to copy your bookmarks before installing.

[ShadowAce]

It’s crazy slow with so many users hitting the site. Mozilla is trying to set a single day record for software downloads.

Yeah--I was going to wait until this weekend before I DL'ed the linux version as I am currently on the road, but then I figured I'd help with the effort.

[Perdogg]

I am in!!! No problems so far.

[ThePythonicCow]

Maybe the remote backup is optional with Foxmarks; I don’t know.

Foxmarks requires some common system, accessible via the web from all the computers whose bookmarks you are synchronizing.

By default, and the easiest way, it uses the Foxmarks server. But, as explained at Using Other Servers, you can use your own web server, so long as it supports FTP or WebDAV. I use Fastmail.fm for email service, and they provide WebDAV services, which I use to synchronize my Firefox bookmarks via Foxmarks.

[BibChr]

One thing I like a LOT so far: if you mark to open automatically with a given app, it actually does. Unlike 2.

A problem: in the newer version of Yahoo! email, right-clicking an email wrongly in the Spam folder doesn’t bring the popup menu allowing the “This is not spam” option.

[BibChr]

...and another thing I don’t like is that my minimize-to-systray addon isn’t compatible.

[SlapHappyPappy]

Problem is some of the add-ons, one of the best reasons to use Firefox, are not FF3 ready.

[goldstategop]

The "gold" version is here! Downloaded it tonight; runs well. Most of my add ons where incompatible with Firefox 3. But its the latest and greatest version of the world's most popular little web browser!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus