Firefox 3 beta out *now*

It isn't Beta 1 for starters. It's the first Release Candidate of Beta 1.

These files are not release versions, they are just potential release
versions. Use them at your own risk, without any of the warnings that we
will be putting in the release notes.

To be honest, if you're here from Digg or something similar, we'd really
rather you waited until 3.0b1 was officially announced, so the servers
don't get overloaded and we don't have a bunch of extra work to do.
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Linking to the FTP is bad, mmkay.
 
Firstly if you swear by Adblock Plus, do not install the Beta, as this doesn't work with it.

GFX wise the v3 is not much differenct, except for the navagation bar looking a little smaller.

Just loaded up the 10 most frequented websites, none of which seem to have problems. Load time seems good for the browser to actually load up.

The beta also retains all of your bookmarks from the previous v2 browser.

I will update as and when/if I find any bugs or issues.
 
Adblock Plus will work fine if you override the compatibility check with Nightly Tester Tools.
The biggest issue with extensions between a9 and b1 is going to be the secure update checking - if an extension doesn't provide secure updates, it'll be disabled.

Tried&Tested said:
Are we likely to be sending tens of thousands of people to the link?
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You never know - it wouldn't be the first time that a post on here has spread to other forums...

If you are going to try beta 1 then
a) wait for the proper beta 1 to be released
b) back up your profile - it's impossible to understate this. Profiles aren't backwards compatible, and you can expect to have all sorts of fun if you switch major version.

Why do you care?
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Because it makes everyone's job a PITA when the FTP's getting a hammering.
 
Already tried that version 1.3b3 of nightly tester tools would not install for me due to compatability issues with FF 3 Beta, its only compatable up to FF v3alpha. Unless you know of a later version of NTT
 
about:config and flip extensions.checkCompatibility to false. Guess NTT hasn't been updated yet (not that I'm that surprised).
 
The config options does not have this as a variable option.
Ah well, I can suffer the Beta play about without AdBlock anyway for now
 
This is what the config has for extensions

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I have added it manually as a boolean variable and AdBlock is working fine now, thanks for the advise Tolien
 
adblock plus has had a compatibility update, so it works with it now
so has gmail notifier

can't find a nightly tester tools pack that is compatible yet
 
I expect Mossop won't touch it till Fx3 beta 1 is actually out, and anyone installing RCs (which are essentially nightlies with a switch changed) are expected to be able to work it out themselves.

All you need to is unzip the xpi and edit install.rdf to change the MaxVersion:
Code: 
    <!-- Firefox version -->
    <em:targetApplication>
      <Description>
        <em:id>{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}</em:id>
        <em:minVersion>2.0b1</em:minVersion>
        <em:maxVersion>3.0b1+</em:maxVersion>
      </Description>
    </em:targetApplication>
then rezip, rename and install.

This has been posted too.
 
Just to let you know, various websites which check your browser version will not work at present.

An example I have found it natwests online banking site.
 
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