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Old Jun 6, 2008, 7:56 am
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Firefox 3.0 Really Rocks

I downloaded it an hour ago and have been using it ever since. Its in late beta but is faster than Opera and compatible with 4 of my 5 Firefox 2.0 add-ons. It runs FT so fast I may quit complaining about getting new batteries.

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Old Jun 6, 2008, 8:39 am
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Except Google Browser Sync doesn't work with it.

That makes me a Sad Panda.
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Old Jun 6, 2008, 10:28 am
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Im running v 2.0.0.14, but when I check for updates it shows none available. Hmmmm.
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Old Jun 6, 2008, 10:49 am
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Originally Posted by N965VJ
Im running v 2.0.0.14, but when I check for updates it shows none available. Hmmmm.
That's the current released version, FF 3 is still in beta testing, you have to manually download and install.
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Old Jun 6, 2008, 12:40 pm
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If you're not ready to install it, get the PortableApps version. They make portable versions of all kinds of useful apps, mostly targeted at people wanting to run them off a USB key and take all their apps with them. But the other bonus is you can use Firefox 3 Portable on your hard drive without actually installing anything in Windows. It's my preference until the final edition of FF 3 is released sometime next month.
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Old Jun 6, 2008, 12:52 pm
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Originally Posted by N965VJ
I’m running v 2.0.0.14, but when I check for updates it shows none available. Hmmmm.
You can download it here. It automatically installeded all my add-ons except fasterfox........which honestly is not needed anymore.

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Old Jun 6, 2008, 1:45 pm
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Love firefox, but I will wait until its officially released.
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Old Jun 6, 2008, 1:52 pm
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It doesn't seem to like the Foxmarks or Farecompare extensions ...
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Old Jun 6, 2008, 1:56 pm
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It doesn't seem to like Foxmarks...
Are you sure? I have FF3 on all my PC's and it works fine with Foxmarks on all of them.
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Old Jun 6, 2008, 1:58 pm
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Originally Posted by SRQ Guy
Are you sure? I have FF3 on all my PC's and it works fine with Foxmarks on all of them.
I get cookie errors from the setup wizard, "Could not set cookie." I tried uninstalling/reinstalling it.

EDITED TO ADD: I found the answer: http://wiki.foxmarks.com/wiki/Foxmar...not_set_cookie
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Old Jun 6, 2008, 2:28 pm
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Thanks for the heads up. Will download and install this new version today.
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Old Jun 10, 2008, 4:08 am
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This version is lightyears ahead of the old one.

Is anyone else getting random hangs occasionally on a Mac?
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Old Jun 10, 2008, 10:13 am
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Originally Posted by xyzzy
It doesn't seem to like the Foxmarks or Farecompare extensions ...
i noticed none of the addons or extensions were available. but i still like the way it looks and runs
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Old Jun 10, 2008, 11:40 am
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this version passes the acid2 test

http://www.webstandards.org/files/acid2/test.html
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Old Jun 10, 2008, 1:46 pm
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Most of the extensions from FF2 work. You have to remove them, edit the version number and re-add them in. It's pretty easy. PM me for instructions.
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