Comments for: Firefox 3 beta 4 hits the web

#34. Posted at 07:52 AM on Mar 12th 2008, Edited at 07:53 AM on Mar 12th 2008

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pedro

OK. Here's what I want to know.

When I open up Firefox I start typing in the address bar and, depending on how fast I'm typing that day, I get a couple of symbols into the URL and then all of a sudden I find that I'm typing in a Google search for something like 'hreport.com'.

Does the FF3 fix this extremely annoying problem? I'm typing in the address bar because I want to be typing in the address bar ffs.

#34, If you move away from the URL mentality and start typing the... : BenBasson (#37) «

#37, No, this is the more general "focus-stealing tab stealing... : Flying Fox (#42) «

#42, Turn off javascript, or install noscript and selective... : indeego (#45) «

#45, Thanks very much. I'll have a try. I already have No... : pedro (#47) «

#45, Doesn't work, but thanks for trying. It [i]almost[/... : Saber Cherry (#48) «

#40. Posted at 12:12 PM on Mar 12th 2008

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Homerr

This is hopeful news because Firefox has become a buggy POS the last 2-3 weeks on the 2 PC's I use regularly.

#40, If it's only happening in the last couple of weeks, it may b... : UberGerbil (#46) «

#1. Posted at 01:02 PM on Mar 11th 2008

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sativa

is there a way to disable the list of websites from dropping down when you type in the url ? even if i clear my history, it will still suggests entries from my favorites.

#1, You have to clear all your "private data" (except passwords ... : b4b2 (#4) «

#4, Ctrl+Shift+Del and check what you need : Madman (#15) «

#4, I don't think that's what he means. He's saying that it d... : mongoosesRawesome (#19) «

#19, ding ding ding ! you understood my post :) : sativa (#23) «

#1, found it! Set Browser.urlbar.maxRichResults = 0 in the about... : sativa (#24) «

#24, Hmh...I've never had it do that on my comp. Oh well, glad ... : b4b2 (#38) «

#38, weird, i had to do it on 3 separate computers. : sativa (#44) «

#43. Posted at 08:49 PM on Mar 12th 2008, Edited at 08:53 PM on Mar 12th 2008

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todd

Holy crap the fonts are big!
At first glance appears to be significantly faster. Have yet to notice the memory hogging.

#3. Posted at 01:38 PM on Mar 11th 2008

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BobbinThreadbare

I like everything about the new firefox except for the theme.

Do people actually like the forward and back buttons being different sizes?

#3, I'm not seeing this. They are the same size for me. I didn't... : indeego (#6) «

#6, Here's a screenshot. http://freelowell.com/uploads/41/fire... : BobbinThreadbare (#8) «

#8, Jeeze, I wouldn't like to use it either when the theme... : Nitrodist (#14) «

#8, :o !! no ABP? Ad Blocker Plus is the best. Does it wor... : b4b2 (#39) «

#39, Yeah, it's the best to get you banned. : Flying Fox (#41) «

#6, You're probably using small icons, where the back button ... : BenBasson (#11) «

#11, ah. right you are. Of course I'd use small buttons. mo... : indeego (#16) «

#3, ugly at first. but sort of got used to them. been using sinc... : etilena (#7) «

#7, I've been using another theme but it hasn't been updated ... : BobbinThreadbare (#9) «

#3, I don't really ever click the buttons, i just use the backsp... : Corrado (#10) «

#3, It is simple. People use the back button more often than the... : Meadows (#13) «

#3, Unfortunately, when some graphic designer was told me make F... : dermutti (#22) «

#25. Posted at 06:42 PM on Mar 11th 2008

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Firestarter

When are they going to fix the scrolling that occurs when scrolling down a image heavy page? A very common example for me is image heavy forum threads that I've read before, I click on them and scroll downwards (or an anchor does that for me), only to be thwarted in my attempts by the images that are loading further up the page! This destroys the function of said anchors and is at least mildly irritating otherwise.

A quick test shows that IE7 also does this :(

#25, That happens because the image sizes aren't defined in HTML,... : titan (#36) «

#2. Posted at 01:34 PM on Mar 11th 2008

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Corrado

Why has there no 64-bit FireFox available? The only one I can find are very old...

#2, no 64-bit plugins, probably. I know that's why 32-bit IE is ... : derFunkenstein (#5) «

#2, What's the advantage of a 64bit firefox? : Nitrodist (#17) «

#17, http://fedora.thelinuxpimp.com/files/amd64vsi386.pdf indi... : BenBasson (#18) «

#17, If nothing else, it should mitigate their poor design tha... : UberGerbil (#26) «

#17, Whats the DISadvantage of 64bit? We almost all have 64bit... : Corrado (#27) «

#27, plug-ins, java, flash, none would work [well] on a 64-... : indeego (#28) «

#28, Its gotta start somewhere. They won't make 64-bit p... : Corrado (#31) «

#27, I'm guessing that sooner or later, Mozilla and plug-in... : BenBasson (#29) «

#27, Just because there aren't any disadvantages doesn't ma... : Nitrodist (#35) «

#21. Posted at 05:02 PM on Mar 11th 2008

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adisor19

Installed it last night and damn it's shaping up to be one great browser ! The new interface on OS X is getting very polished and very mac like. I see no reason for all those Mac purists to bitch that FF is not mac like.

Oh and it's fast too ! :D

Adi

#21, I see no reason for all those Mac purists to bitch that FF ... : bozzunter (#33) «

#12. Posted at 02:12 PM on Mar 11th 2008

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emorgoch

Going to give it till the end of the week till I install it. Let some of the plug-ins that I use to catch up. Mouse Gestures FTW.

#12, A nightly build of Mouse Gestures for FF3 is available here: ... : Prospero424 (#32) «

#30. Posted at 12:13 AM on Mar 12th 2008

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Prospero424

I really, really like the performance of these latest versions.

As soon as Foxmarks for FF3 is out of beta, I'm switching over permanently.

#20. Posted at 04:49 PM on Mar 11th 2008

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titan

Wow. It really is faster. I have an Athlon XP-M 2400+, and there were a few pages that took a long time to render with 3.0b3.

Also, it looks like the URL history search is faster as well. Plus, they fixed an issue I had where if the mouse was hovering over one of the URLs and I hit enter, it'd go to the page that was highlighted instead of the page I typed in.

There was also a rendering issue with some graphics, that I don't seem to be having now. White lines used to go through some graphics when I used the scroll wheel. It wasn't all the time, but most of the time.