FireFox 3 RC2 now available!

Balb0wa · 17 May 2008 at 12:22

im liking it, lot better than ff2, all my passwords transfered ok to

iMacMart · 17 May 2008 at 13:55

Will the open home page on new tabs add on still work do we think?

Suppose I could just try it

doh.. it doesn't

Rackerz · 17 May 2008 at 14:11

It's pretty, looks more Vista intergrated now

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suarve · 17 May 2008 at 14:13

Must say, this is notably faster when loading pages and uses around 45 MB less memory than FF2.

TriedandTested · 17 May 2008 at 14:20

How do you force the extensions? I right click but don't have anything that'll do it.

Big Kev · 17 May 2008 at 14:37

Loaded it up and I had to log in to all my websites each time I started it, it wouldn't restore my backup and now I've lost all my old passwords and am not happy with it so far.

mrk · 17 May 2008 at 15:08

lightbulb said:
I like the theme of your firefox (in particular the white menu/bookmarks bar and buttons) is that the default firefox 3 theme with Glasser or do you have a custom theme/other addons?

It's the default theme but Glasserfied

TriedandTested said:
How do you force the extensions? I right click but don't have anything that'll do it.

After installing nightly tester tools restart FF3 and simply right click override any extension that is greyed out.

I've also noticed GMAIL loads much faster and there's a new window the tells of progress (even though it's brief) anyone else get this?

http://robbiekhan.co.uk/root/temp/firefix3_gmail.wmv

Mp4 · 17 May 2008 at 15:43

yeah i get this - always have

very fast indeed! nice!

What add-ons does everyone have?

lightbulb · 17 May 2008 at 15:57

mrk said:
It's the default theme but Glasserfied

I've also noticed GMAIL loads much faster and there's a new window the tells of progress (even though it's brief) anyone else get this?

http://robbiekhan.co.uk/root/temp/firefix3_gmail.wmv

Cheers ears, looks good.

I've been getting that gmail loading thing in ff2 for the past few days also. I thought the loading time was getting so long that I had time to actually see the progress bar

[edit] shame that Tab Mix Plus isn't working for me with NTT

I got used to the undo close tab feature by middle clicking on the tab bar/close tab button. I keep middle clicking the tab bar only for nothing to happen lol!

iMacMart · 17 May 2008 at 16:27

mrk said:
After installing nightly tester tools restart FF3 and simply right click override any extension that is greyed out.

Nice one

Cob · 17 May 2008 at 16:29

Still isn't really compatible with my theme (Noia Extreme)

tolien · 17 May 2008 at 17:08

mrk said:
After installing nightly tester tools restart FF3 and simply right click override any extension that is greyed out.

Settings extensions.checkCompatibility to false will do it as well.

Big Kev said:
Loaded it up and I had to log in to all my websites each time I started it, it wouldn't restore my backup and now I've lost all my old passwords and am not happy with it so far.

There's no reason why it shouldn't have retained your old saved passwords - you did backup your profile first?

mrk · 17 May 2008 at 17:34

using the about:config tweak didn't work for me as many extensions said they didn't have secure installations so would not work.

tolien · 17 May 2008 at 17:43

Which is where extensions.checkUpdateSecurity comes in. Ultimately, they're going to have to update for the release or be left behind.

Big Kev · 17 May 2008 at 18:06

tolien said:
There's no reason why it shouldn't have retained your old saved passwords - you did backup your profile first?

I used Mozbackup first and when restoring it, it transferred bookmarks, but no passwords and everytime I reload all tabs, I have to login again, it obviously isn't saving properly for some reason.

tolien · 17 May 2008 at 18:30

Having to log back in is a separate issue - that's handled by stored cookies. Does it remember the username and password you need to log in though?

If it doesn't, try knocking out signons3.txt and key3.db - it'll take out any saved passwords there were, but it should recreate those files and start saving logins down the line.

In the case of having to log back in, but your username/password being stored, try moving/deleting cookies.sqlite.

In both cases, you obviously will need to shut Firefox down first.

sunderland · 17 May 2008 at 19:27

tried that thunderbird with this version and it works ok but ive got it to check for mail every minute but the only time i know ive got mail is if i go into the thunderbird mail programme itself to check and then it comes up in the taskbar,i thought if i had mail after 1 minute it would just come up in the taskbar without me having to go into the programme itself,any ideas please

tolien · 17 May 2008 at 19:32

As long as it's running, it'll throw up a notification that you've got mail.

sunderland · 17 May 2008 at 19:54

doesnt do it toilen m8,its in the quick launch box but have to go into it then messages will start coming through then it will show up in the taskbar a little envolope box,but if im in firefox and close the thunderbird box i will not get to know if i have messages,and ive got it to check every minute

tolien · 17 May 2008 at 20:11

Well yeah, it won't do anything if you don't run it - it's a completely separate application from Firefox...