firefox 3 beta impressions

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maniamania
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
okay so my firefox 2 just seemed to be getting really slow over time on this old powerbook. finally got sick of it today and downloaded firefox 3 from here



http://www.mozilla.org/developer/#builds



and my conclusion? ITS WAY SNAPPIER! really it is. go for it you will thank me.



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  • Reply 1 of 4
    toxotestoxotes Posts: 102member
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    Originally Posted by mania View Post


    okay so my firefox 2 just seemed to be getting really slow over time on this old powerbook. finally got sick of it today and downloaded firefox 3 from here



    http://www.mozilla.org/developer/#builds



    and my conclusion? ITS WAY SNAPPIER! really it is. go for it you will thank me.







    Okay, gonna give it a try right now... thanks for the link
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    teedoff087teedoff087 Posts: 348member
    It's code named Minefield for a reason...
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    toxotestoxotes Posts: 102member
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    Originally Posted by teedoff087 View Post


    It's code named Minefield for a reason...



    Yes, IIRC they commonly do that for these early builds...
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    1337_5l4xx0r1337_5l4xx0r Posts: 1,558member
    I disagree that it's WAY snappier. I say this as a full-time firefox user. Then again, I've used many about:config tweaks to get oodles of performance out of the 2.0.0.x release.
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