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Bookmark Improvements New to Firefox 3
www.physorg.com ^ | 11/20/2007 | Staff

Posted on 11/21/2007 7:39:41 AM PST by Red Badger

A new version of the Firefox browser, now available for testing mainly by developers, offers improvements on finding frequently visited Web sites and tools for running Web applications without a live Internet connection.

The Beta 1 version of Firefox 3 released this week still has problems, including the inability to run newer Web-mail programs from Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp., and a final version for consumers isn't expected for several months.

But it offers a window on what's to come.

Many of its new features concern bookmarks, an area typically slow to change in the browsing world. You can now add keywords, or tags, to sort bookmarks by topic. And a new "Places" feature lets you quickly access sites you recently bookmarked or tagged and pages you visit frequently but haven't bookmarked.

There's also a new star button for easily adding sites to your bookmark list - similar to what's already available on Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 browser.

Offline Web support - for example, letting you compose Web mail while offline to send after you're back online - is bound to come in handy as more software developers design programs to be run completely over the Internet, eliminating installation complexities.

But Web developers must add the Firefox offline functionality to their sites, so the usefulness of this feature will be limited at first.

Other new features include the ability to resume downloads midway if the connection is interrupted and an updated password manager that doesn't disrupt the log-in process.

Versions for Windows, Mac and Linux computers were released Monday by Mozilla, an open-source community in which thousands of people collectively develop free products, mostly as volunteers.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0b1/releasenotes/


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: browser; firefox; internet; mozilla
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To: papasmurf
I have ie6 on Linux working do my wife can use her VPN to her office.

have you tried the User Agent Switcher in Firefox for that? I didn't realize any VPNs required a certain browser.

21 posted on 11/21/2007 8:01:13 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Red Badger

Nice! I can’t wait til v3 is fully functional. Just about every I know(outside of work) who has a computer uses Firefox.


22 posted on 11/21/2007 8:01:45 AM PST by KoRn
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To: Red Badger

Oh, you’ve met my wife, have you? LOL

j/k honey.


23 posted on 11/21/2007 8:02:25 AM PST by papasmurf (sudo apt - get install FRed Thompson)
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To: ShadowAce

Security certificates, and active X, are the problem.


24 posted on 11/21/2007 8:03:46 AM PST by papasmurf (sudo apt - get install FRed Thompson)
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To: KoRn

I use Firefox at work, and Camino at home.


25 posted on 11/21/2007 8:05:34 AM PST by null and void (No more Bushes/No more Clintons)
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To: martin_fierro
Foxmarks bookmark synchronizer extension

Firefox prevented this site (www.freerepublic.com) from asking you to install software on your computer. This was the message when I clicked on your link.

26 posted on 11/21/2007 8:06:43 AM PST by BuglerTex
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To: BuglerTex
Firefox prevented this site (www.freerepublic.com) from asking you to install software on your computer. This was the message when I clicked on your link.

That's a standard security procedure that Firefox takes for all such links. Nothing to be suspicious of.

Try the Foxmarks site itself.

27 posted on 11/21/2007 8:09:17 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Red Badger
This thing is buggier than (Pick MS product)!!!

There is no way I’m using this; I’ll keep my 2.x until they get the other 300 bugs dealt with!

28 posted on 11/21/2007 8:13:28 AM PST by Freeport
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To: Red Badger; N3WBI3
Also, KDE 4 RC1 has been released
29 posted on 11/21/2007 8:14:56 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: martin_fierro

I am finding more features on Firefox, I really don’t know it well, but my son insisted I use it some years ago.


30 posted on 11/21/2007 8:20:00 AM PST by BuglerTex
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To: papasmurf

Maybe I should have said:

As long as there are CHEAP winos, there will be Thunderbird!..........


31 posted on 11/21/2007 8:20:35 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: Red Badger
Same here.
I used Sea Monkey to replace Mozilla Suite but it kept changing my color from 32 to 8 bit. Am back to FF and Tbird but would like to access my old Sea Monkey mail.
32 posted on 11/21/2007 9:12:35 AM PST by mcshot (Missing my grade school desk which protected from nuclear blasts.)
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To: Red Badger

Looking forward to seeing what other improvements they’ll come out with. I don’t really use bookmarks but I’ve been FF-only for probably 3 years now and I love it. Especially if they can make it faster - I just got a new computer yesterday and FF already flies on it!


33 posted on 11/21/2007 9:16:31 AM PST by Turbopilot (iumop ap!sdn w,I 'aw dlaH)
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To: Red Badger

Sure hope that they eventually put the ability for a user to set a default text sixe, so that every time I open a new window, I don’t have to keep changing the text size. even when it’s a new tab, it opens in Ff default, and not the user set one. I find that annoying.


34 posted on 11/21/2007 9:17:42 AM PST by DGHoodini (The Dems no longer have the humanity to grasp that there are things worth dying for.)
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To: null and void

We use FF at work and I use Camino at home also. I still use Eudora email at home...


35 posted on 11/21/2007 9:34:27 AM PST by tubebender (The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.)
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To: papasmurf
Security certificates, and active X, are the problem.

In that case I use the IE Tab extension if I absolutely have to go to the site. It basically frames IE functionality in a Firefox tab.

36 posted on 11/21/2007 11:55:51 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: Red Badger
Its beta. It won't be long before the "gold" version is available for release by Mozilla.

"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

37 posted on 11/21/2007 11:57:25 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

I figger 6 months........


38 posted on 11/21/2007 11:58:29 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Thanks! I downloaded and installed T-Bird........works okay, but is there a way to link it and FireFox?.............


39 posted on 11/21/2007 11:59:35 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: antiRepublicrat

IE Tab extension? I’ll look for it right now, thanks.


40 posted on 11/21/2007 12:01:41 PM PST by papasmurf (FRed Thompson hasn't killed anyone, how many has yours killed???)
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