This is a problem for those of us who just want to get our work done and do not like to be forced to use another OS which won’t talk to our perfectly good peripherals, networks, etc and which won’t run our perfectly good (and expensive) programs.

Another example of the tail wagging the dog when it comes to microcomputer software.

I suppose this will accelerate our transition to all-Linux servers.

I guess FF3 is supposed to be more secure than FF2, and such. I’m contemplating switching over to Opera 9.5 actually. It’s clear that non-commercial products have their limitations…

Yeah. You did. It’s impossible to avoid if you open up more than one tab.

check out the “Tab Mix Plus” Add-on which will give you great additional control and features for the tabs.

TheBigOldDog on June 18, 2008 at 3:42 PM

I don’t think they have updated this extension for FF3 yet. I wish they would though.

SouthernDem on June 18, 2008 at 6:59 PM

Thanks! I’m going to see if I can get used to the awesome bar, but if I can’t I’ll use the add on thingy.

. I heard AVG 8 isn’t compatible…. new systems always have bugs and stuff…. but I swear by Firefox.

MNDavenotPC on June 18, 2008 at 7:21 PM

I think it’s just the new-fangled link scanner that doesn’t work. At least I hope so, since that’s what I use.

No obvious differences in performance or functionality that I’ve noticed

Yeah, I haven’t either. I opened up the Task Manager to see how much memory my usual 5-6 tabs was taking up and it was about the same. Maybe it’s just me but it seems like switching from tab to tab is a bit faster. Hard to tell.

but that is one honking big dropdown menu in the address bar.

A bit too big if you ask me. All we need is URL, not page title and a giant logo to i.d favs and such. That’s too much. At least offer a setting to bring down the font on that thing.

The upgrade is obligatory if you’re already a Firefox user but is there anything in the new release warranting a switch from, say, Safari?

Safari Users = Failures. Internet Explorer Users = EPIC Failures.

Buy Danish on June 18, 2008 at 4:01 PM

Go to mozilla.com, then add-ons, search for awesome bar. There should be results for an add-on that will revert it to the old bar.

Nevermind: HERE

Haven’t tried it yet, so fair warning.

Mozilla’s attitude kind of fits with Apple’s general mindset that if your hardware/software is more than three years old, you should be buying new stuff anyway. But it is annoying when you’ve got a five-year-old computer that’s not yet old enough to justify the corporate expense in replacing, but also not new enough to justify spending $140 to upgrade to the latest OS just to run a few extra applications.

jon1979 on June 18, 2008 at 6:41 PM

I’d recommend a Linux tailored for old computers: Damn Small Linux, Puppy Linux, StiTaz, Slax, or ?. (I’ve probably missed a few.) These Linuxes have alternative light-weight browsers that enable the full web experience. Of course, you could keep using Firefox on them with better results than you have now.

Another thing to keep in mind about Mozilla and Firefox is that they are fighting for standards on the web and to make it easier for you to get what you need. If you’ve ever complained about not being able to see RedLasso video or some similar issue you should be supportive of Mozilla and use Firefox. Microsoft tries to undo standards and make the web less user friendly. Avoid at all cost Microsoft’s new evil plot called Silverlight. I removed Mono the programming language available in Linux that makes viewing Silverlight possible in some compromised forms of Linux.

thuja on June 18, 2008 at 5:30 PM

This man speaks truth. +11

thuja on June 18, 2008 at 5:22 PM

If someone in the Linux community can figure out how to make Windows based games run just as well on Linux as they do on Windows just as quickly (read: no multi-year lag) I will have their babies. I will bow at their feet and worship them. I will build statues in their honor and cry their name in the wilderness. I might even make them tacos or something.

The main problem I have right now is the limited backwards computability for Firefox 3.0 in the Mac platform. It’s compatible with all OS is Windows from 2000 and up, so any PC nine years old or less can use it. But my eMac at the office running OS 10.3.9 can’t, apparently because Apple’s changed things under the hood enough so that the the latest Gecko platform Firefox runs on doesn’t play well with the system, and the Mozilla folks don’t see the point of trying to modify 3.0 to work with 10.3, even though computers sold as recently as the start of 2005 are using it.

Mozilla’s attitude kind of fits with Apple’s general mindset that if your hardware/software is more than three years old, you should be buying new stuff anyway. But it is annoying when you’ve got a five-year-old computer that’s not yet old enough to justify the corporate expense in replacing, but also not new enough to justify spending $140 to upgrade to the latest OS just to run a few extra applications.

I went to the page allah sent me and it froze my computer. Sure, I’ll trust mozilla… not. Overhyped piece of ****. I’ll stick to maxthon. Just like firefox and IE it screws up way too often for my liking but at least maxthon makes navigation easy.