Firefox 3 in Beta 3
The worlds best browser is getting even better.
Firefox 3 is now in Beta 3 release, and ready for you to download and try. You can get it here.
One of the many new features is the redesigned location bar. You can read about that here.
At the suggestion of the Mac Guru at work (aka Paul) I renamed my current Firefox application to Firefox2 so the install of the beta wouldn't overwrite it. I can now run the two versions side-by-side with nary a problem. Windows users shouldn't need this step. I haven't tested it (because I no longer use Win) but from memory the beta installs as a separate program, but you might want to pay attention during the install.
Be prepared for the bug or two, but as yet I haven't found any with the Mac binary. Most of the themes/plugins I was using no longer work, but I expected this. FF3b3 is doing it's update check each time I launch it and it will grab them as they become available. I'm not really concerned with themes as the out-of-the-box theme is so close to the minimalistic one I use in FF2. All is good.
Switch to Firefox, because friends don't let friends use IE.
(Now.. me wonders when the new version of Thunderbird will be released.. last news was late this year 2008.)
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