{"id":863,"date":"2008-02-01T05:28:56","date_gmt":"2008-02-01T13:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wiredatom.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/01\/firefox-3-beta-2-graphic\/"},"modified":"2008-02-01T06:58:08","modified_gmt":"2008-02-01T14:58:08","slug":"firefox-3-beta-2-graphic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wiredatom.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/01\/firefox-3-beta-2-graphic\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 3 Beta 2 Graphic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just out of curiosity (and because I am a new-tech whore like that), I downloaded Firefox 3 Beta 2 to check it out. I was surprised to be greeted with its “welcome” page upon first launch. It’s got a nice retro illustration of a robot destroying some high rises.<\/p>\n

\"firefox<\/p>\n

Seems like going retro is hip again.<\/p>\n

Some quick thoughts on Firefox 3 Beta 2 on my Mac:<\/p>\n

\n1. Snappier performance;
\n2. Some nice visual effects (like the tabs sliding from side to side);
\n3. Crashes from time to time;
\n4. Bookmarks a little messed up; but I simply used the “manage bookmarks” feature and reverted back to a previous backup the Firefox had made when I installed the beta;
\n5. Many addons don’t work; I had to use<\/p>\n

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about:config<\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n

to add a new<\/p>\n

1
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Boolean<\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n

variable<\/p>\n

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extensions.checkCompatibility<\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n

and gave it a value of<\/p>\n

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<strong>false<\/strong><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n

so that Firefox won’t check for addon compatibilities and disable them. Some addons still won’t work, but most will likely work as advertised. Others already have un-advertised beta versions out for this beta release!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So far I like it enough to want to keep using it full time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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