Firefox 3 and download day
Well, I hope they got their Guinness record.
Me, I downloaded Firefox 3, installed, and ended up uninstalling, realizing NONE of the plugins I use every damn day will work in FF3. I enjoyed it for all of five minutes. Though I will say this, that “awesome bar” appears more annoying and distracting than awesome. FF3 is FAST though, and if indeed the memory leaks have been cured, then I can’t wait for the add-ons to catch up.
Which add-ons don’t work in FireFox 3? Almost all the important Web Development plugins– Aardvark, Firebug, & Web Accessibility Toolbar immediately come to mind, since those are the three I use extensively that didn’t work, and that made this a dealbreaker for me. And apparently that about:config editing thing you could do in the beta to allow un-updated plugins to work has been totally DISABLED in FF3, which is annoying to me, though I guess I can understand it, since if people can make the plugins work that way, they won’t put pressure on the add-on developers to upgrade. If anyone knows of a way to get around that, I BEG YOU to tell me about it!
I also wonder about how the downloads can reflect any real number. For instance, I downloaded and I’m not using it. Others download and install it on multiple machines. But if it’s just a publicity stunt, I guess they got their press. The servers almost melted down yesterday. They were reporting something around 14,000 downloads a MINUTE. That’s pretty amazing.
Firefox Add-On Devs, hear my plea! Get your add-ons updated soonest so I can enjoy new Firefoxy goodness!
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June 19th, 2008 at 8:30 am
I agree, Awesome bar is indeed annoying…
I hope the addon devs will get their Fx 3 compatible version very soon.
June 19th, 2008 at 9:01 am
According to Lifehacker, there’s an add-on that reverts it. The add on is called “Oldbar”. There are some other good ideas here. And apparently Firebug has been upgraded, it just doesn’t upgrade automagically, has to be upgraded manually.
http://lifehacker.com/396312/power-users-guide-to-firefox-3
June 20th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Firefox is a big imperium of web browsers, this is a part of google… So, and technically, firefox is the best:)
June 21st, 2008 at 9:57 am
Thanks for the post! I just downloaded FF3 and I am still messing around with it… It looks good, but I do miss my old configuration…