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FireFox 3 Out For Beta

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on February 14, 2008
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firefox3.jpgFor those who use the Firefox Web Browser (and you should of you don’t) or are interested in trying new stuff you may be interested to know that Firefox 3 is in Beta now.

You can download the Beta Version here or the portable version here that won’t interfere with your existing version.

It definitely loads certain things faster and uses less resources. The Page Info and setting for each site is very nice the favorites manager is alot better.

Here’s a few things you’ll notice with a link to a review of all the features.

  • Find the page you were looking for with the new location bar feature.
  • Click on a website’s favicon to find out more information about who owns the site.
  • Download large files? Try pausing and resuming your downloads in the new Download Manager.
  • Check out all sorts of new features in this in depth review.
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    I'm usually not a big open-source fan, but the ONE thing that has been great, is Firefox.

    My main favorites, autocomplete suggestions in the search engine box, IE Tab add-on (switch rendering engines, great for working on my website), spell-check in form boxes. Awesome stuff.

    Some things, though, I'm still quite not ready for making the switch. OpenOffice not ready for primetime for me. Tried Thunderbird, but I'm not ready to give up Outlook just yet (although Thunderbird Portable is great for checking email while at work or traveling). Still torn between Windows Media Player and iTunes.
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    I'm looking forward to the final release. I just recently started using Firefox portable on my 2GB thumb drive to work on my Tiddlywiki files. The new version of Firefox has some superb improvements to make your browsing a lot better.

    The best part I love about Firefox is the add-ins, so many to choose from and new ones popping up all the time.
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    Bruce, I hear ya, I use Thunderbird but still like Outlook a bit more cause of the calendar. You may want to check out Songbird for open-source music goodness.

    Rod, the portable version is incredible. I'm not sure very many people realize that, when everything they do can be done from a browser this is going to be the only program they use. The power of that on a thumb drive, or who knows by the time more web apps are being created. If you look at it, the big graphics and cad programs are the last types of heavy apps to be integrated into a browser, but even the graphic/photo editing web apps have made huge advances in the past year and the thinking about the possibilities of CAD on the web are changing. exciting stuff huh.
 

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