Firefox 3 Alpha 5 released today
Mozilla today made an early testing release of its Firefox 3 browser available for download, and this alpha version (code-named Gran Paradiso) for the first time adds the anticipated Places feature for bookmarks. According to Mike Connor, director of Firefox development at Mozilla, the Places feature in Firefox 3 Alpha 5 represents the biggest upcoming change for the new browser version. With Places, your bookmarks and browsing history are stored in a SQLite database, which allows for better performance, more stability, and other features. Places won’t look much different initially, and in my brief look at the Gran Paradiso alpha, the user-facing portion of Places didn’t appear to function any differently at all. “People with very large history or bookmark files will notice a big difference [in performance],” says Mike Connor, director of Firefox development at Mozilla. The database can be queried as needed, he says, rather than having to keep the full history or list of bookmarks in memory.
For other bookmark upgrades, Mozilla is planning to enable bookmark tagging, and is considering building its own synchronization client into the browser capable of backing up and sharing bookmarks. Today, extensions from Foxmarks and del.icio.us can sync bookmarks; Connor says Mozilla is in talks with both groups to ensure their services continue to work with Firefox 3. If you’re thinking about trying the alpha, keep in mind that it’s early testing software and not meant for everyday browsing. Other Firefox 3 updates will include improvements to password handling, so that users won’t be prompted to save credentials until after a successful login, and better add-on management, according to Connor.
Source: PCWorld, Mozilla Foundation
Comments(30)
damn i love the picture
please fix the comments and rating system they dont work in firefox anymore
I am on it…
wtf i downloaed it and it didnt even work
what a hairy pussy
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http://wallpapers.dpics.org/21__Firefox%2C_The_Browser%2C_Reloaded.htm
for the image if anyone wants to use it as a wallpaper, like i did
No it’s not a hairy pussy. I reckon she just firmly farted on Redmond, Microsoft’s HQ.
shave your legs and cut your nails, babe
is this kind a hobbit?? rofl
Fun pic 4/5
cool any other alternative FF wallpaper pics like this one?
if you search google for firefox wallpapers you’ll get these:
http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=firefox+wallpapers&hl=en&um=1&sa=X&oi=images&ct=title
will give it a try.
Those are cool pics Pipsqueak. I was using the firefox alpha 5 for awhile but I got tired of having to reboot firefox for the daily updates.
Disappointed with it so far. The beta of IE8 is even better than this
thanks for fixing it Martin
Opera is still better than FF.
nice. faster than ff2. as for opera imho it suxx. but everybody is free to choose what suits him best.
yup, comments/rating problem fixed
comments still dont show right away, but at least i know its been posted now
scratch that works 100% now
Done anything about the ridiculous memory usage yet have they?
I thought the high memory usage in Firefox was a feature? My rig has 2gb of ram, heck I wish I could have firefox loaded permanently in my ram.
I love the software.Just have got 2 grudges against it so far…One the time it takes to cold start.Solved tht problem by installing Firefox Preloader….and secondly the memory usage once more than 8-10 tabs are opened.
Wish FF3 final will have the answers.
I have same grudges against firefox as sujit. Also Opera browses faster.
The upside about ff is that it’s more customizable, but I don’t use that, so w/e.
It’s easy to have FF preloaded in system memory before it starts. If you’re on winshit XP, then right click the FF shortcut, and in path add a space after the path and then paste /prefetch:1 . You have to re-launch FF twice to notice the difference.
FireCrotch Furry! lol
But anyways , firefox rules
zomgwtfzorzroflmao!?! Does that toon in the logo have silicone tits or what? Suddenly I wanna dump my old ball’n'chain opera and start fondling with firefox lol.
FF is good, the plugins especially. But Opera is even better. It has had some features for years than FF has just added. Also the instant back-forward feature is excellent (and without high memory usage).
Hmmm, well hope they fix the memory and start up problem when the final release comes out.
It’s not FF, it’s Fx.
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/faq#spell-abbreviate
Opera is clearly the superior browser …
Gotta love the foxy firefox girl =)