http://people.mozilla.com/~beltzner/overview-of-firefox3.swf


I saw this a few days ago but it recently popped up on Digg. Thought it was a cool look at Firefox 3.

The new address bar seems to be the biggest addition to Firefox 3 and honestly I hate it with a passion. I use Firefox 2 on my windows system, but both work and my roomates computer ( which I use more then she does. >.< ) has Hardy Heron on it, which comes pre installed with Firefox 3 and honestly it's the biggest pain in the *bottom* to play with.

First I don't want my porn history randomly popping up while I'm searching for "big" trucks or something ridiculous like that. Also it's kind of intrusive as it just seems out of place and takes up too much space. Very unappealing to the eyes. The book mark feature is actually something I really like, but I'm sure I could find a similar feature with an add-on that's already in existence for Firefox 2.

The Synaptic like system for Firefox 3 add-ons is nice and all, but I would much rather browse a website that has them organized in a larger font and have more options as far as ratings, downloads and top searches go.

The new malaware prevention is actually really cool, I wish it would have came on Firefox 2 but I guess the saying better late then never plays a role here.

So what do you guys think? =x

 

 

 

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I don't like how the "go" button is removed. Sometimes I might press it rather then pressing enter.

I like the new addons, the bookmark thing, etc, but I have the same "ehh" feeling you do about the address bar (It's not an "awesome bar", just an extended address bar). And I also don't like that favicon thing, I reckon they could of use that for better purposes myself.

Hopefully, you can turn these extra features off. Or risk upsetting a large user base.

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It's probably unlikely that you'll be able to turn most of the features off. It just means that people like me will be keeping a copy of the latest Firefox 2 close to hand. I won't update unless I have no other option. If that's the case I'll head over to Safari for windows or Opera.

 

 

 

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Or extensions which are released which changes these.

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Whoa, I'm gonna love Firefox 3. No need to type much. But I hate the new look

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They still have themes.


Also one feature he didn't mention in the video is that every operating system, Windows, Mac, Linux based, have their own default layout that has the theme of the operating system.

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I like it, anyway you are right about the adress bar showing the porn sites. The ratings system is some stupid, i dont think that i can find an use for it.
I have not tested it in Linux, but in Windows works pretty good.

Regards

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Me love Firefox 3, I've been using it since beta 2, right now I'm on a nightly build... Waiting for the BIG download day: (http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord).

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I was not a big fan, not even a fan of firefox, i must admit, i used to use maxthon browser which has a lot more features, but the problem is that it uses the internet explorer technology, it is not original like firefox, and it is not as secure as firefox, allthough firefox is not secure, i prefer to say that firefox has a much more secure system/program then intenet explorer but, still today, people do not know this for a fact.

The spread firefox thing does not work as it should because they do not explain people why, in a very detailed way and with a high impact way, i guess that is why internet explorer is still the most used browser.

I see my websites statistics and the difference is huge, almost the triple of people use internet explorer, and the main fault is the microsoft, which uses internet explorer, obviously of course, even the 7 version is still far from beeing secure as firefox.

Thanks for letting me know there is a version 3, i did not know to tell you the truth.

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You'd be amazed just by how many people *don't* know what Firefox is yet! They are totally content with IE, and why shouldn't they be? As far as the general population is concerned, IE goes onto the internet and surfs it. That's speaking on-behalf of the internet-enabled general population. The people who don't care how well the pc works, as long as it works and does what they want it to. Who don't know what the hell HTML/CSS/PHP, apache, mime-types, etc etc is. They run Nortans and never defragged in their life. Why should they know or care?

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