If you check the snapshot that i have posted, you will notice that it is a snapshot of all running processes on my system. The firefox process that appears there is the process for the messagebox itself, not the process of "not responding firefox", so when i press the O.K button in the messagebox, the process disappeares from the list. I don't know why firefox says that "firefox is not responding", actually it is not running at all !! So the only way is to restart the system.....

This post has been edited by patrick22: May 15 2008, 12:40 AM

hmm...what OS are you running? What version of Firefox are you running? Cause after having a clearer mind and thinking about it I do remember running across this problem and all I did was click ok and waited a few seconds then clicked on firefox again. As for a possible answer on that point hard to say except to press ok and wait a few seconds, but another idea I got is get RAM Def XT, it is a memory cleaner and if you run that program and clean up the cahce to see if that works.

cuze that i say to my friends wait untill the Offical download and the final

Wow, I certainly feel behind the times. I didn't even know that a FireFox3 was released, even if it's stable or not yet. I'm still working in my version 2. I don't think that I'll update quite yet, but I think I'll look around for some more screen shots to see what it's all about first. Even if the default version that shows up after the download isn't quite what people want, I'm sure that there are skins that can work with it so that you can change the looks, so I'll be on the look out for that.

I really find it funny though about how many people mentioned that they hid the home button in the favourites bar. Why there? I use that button all the time, so I'm definitely going to have to pull that one out. Mind you, maybe it's that a lot of people don't really use that button.

I know that as web savvy people, the button makes sense to us, but I really had no idea how many people didn't even change their homepage, let alone use it. It seems to me that people who don't understand the web that much never bother to change their homepage from the page of their internet provider. I've also seen many people that want to, but just don't know how. Or other people that didn't even know it was possible, so they don't use the home button, because it's of no use to them.

So maybe, the home button is more limited to the younger generation, and the web developer group, and the people that created the new FireFox version thought it got in the way of many people's browsing, since there's a big group of people that don't use it. But that would be a poor excuse because there is also a large group of people that do.

Whatever the case, I'm going to have to look into it more. I'll probably download it in the end, and if it really is that bad, then I can always revert it back to an earlier version I guess.

well i guess firefox is rated much hire than other browsers out there, and personally i love using firefox.

Are you serious?
Firefox 3 Sucks - Time For Another Browser

It's funny how people argue and yell about releases. Has anyone heard of Safari? IT IS FASTER then opera. IT IS FASTER then ff3.
I'm a web developer and deal with this EVERYDAY. Yes FF2 was a nice browser but it still doesnt compare to safari 3.

OMG have you tried scrolling this page up and down on FF3? Commpare that to safari 3. WAKE UP PEOPLE.

Just cause safari don't give you extensions and addons... Don't mean it doesnt have everything. You want passwords filled out for you? It comes with the browser. Your a web developer and need debugging... It comes with the browser. My gripe with FF is, in order to use a decent browser you need to download the app then download the addons/extensions/themes... Then... We get a new browser so now we wait for all the addons/themes/extansions to be upgraded too...

Vista anyone?

-reply by Rob C

[quote]-With the address bar it works with the bookmark system and using keywords from your book marks you will no longer have to open your bookmark folder and then click on a website.[/quote]

That's annoying and unnecessary. I want my Bookmarks in my BOOKMARKS. Keep them there.



[quote]The browsers should now re-invent itself as as a platform for developing RIAs. [/quote]

Right, because being a platform really helped the Mozilla suite, WMP, RealPlayer, and all the other crapware that's gotten bloated over the years.



To me, the only reason to use FF3 over any other version is a reduced memory footprint. If it weren't for that, I'd still be using 1.5

-reply by gerf

Replying to Saint_Michael

I agree. I downloaded it last night expecting some interesting updates-- but it was of a (down)date. None of the old extensions which worked previously on all the 0.X updates now don't work, or aren't supported.

FF3 feels bulky because it is. I've noticed it actually running slower than all my other browsers- including YBrowser. Web sites take longer to load now.
I'd actually re-download the last version FF before 3 came out.

-reply by Jarred