Firefox 3 release date set: June 17
Mozilla has set June 17 as the official release day for Firefox 3. The introduction of the new browser marks the beginning of a race for the title of the fastest browser on the market. With more than one million people already pledged to download Firefox 3 on the first day of its release, Firefox 3 could set a Guinness World Record as the most downloaded software with the first 24 hours of launch. Mozilla has set next Tuesday, June 17, as the official release day for the upgraded Firefox 3 browser, following months of beta testing and release candidates that have been publicly available to users over the past few weeks. Firefox 3 will be shipped for both Mac and Windows on the same day.
Firefox 3 has already won critical acclaim for its reliability and noticeable performance improvements. It Besides code optimization, Firefox 3 brings numerous new features, including one-click bookmarking and tag support in bookmarks, smart location bar, the ability to save and restore browser sessions, smart zoom that enlarges all web page content (not just text) and significantly improved protection against phishing attacks and malware. Mozilla claims that Firefox 3 has 15,000 tweaks and enhancements when compared to Firefox 2. The official release of Firefox appears to be also launching the beginning the battle for the fastest browser on the market. The JavaScript engine seems to be the primary battlefield for now, as the scripting interpreter optimization directly translates to user-visible speed gains in Web 2.0 sites and Web applications that run faster and show more a responsive user interface.
Source: TG Daily
Comments(93)
I will download it!!
Can’t wait for the final
Took a while. Hope it’s as good as it’s said to be.
15,000 tweaks from Firefox 2? hmm.
Ubuntu downloaded the final for me the other day. It runs very well.
already testing the beta, seems pretty good, you can tell a few glitches in the beta though e.g if you refresh a page the next time it loads there is always an error.
hopefully the full working version will be avaliable on the 17th june ey..
Minefield vs. Firefox 3?
@5 that’s not the final!
cant wait !
opera ftw
If you havent already jumped to F3 betas and RC’s your missing some great stuff, nevertheless the final is out soon and Mozilla once again will reign supreme. Opera is great but has nothing on Firefox powerful addons system, too many good addons to list that skyrocket your web experience, so what are you waiting for?, go ahead and grab the Release Candidate.
Firefox 3.0 RC3+
Adblock Plus+AutoContext+CustomizeGoogle+FastDial+Chatzilla
+WebMailNotifier+Downthemall and many many more….
Opera just released 9.5 for those interested
Don’t get me wrong, I am a Firefox user but competiton makes everyone work harder and better ^^
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/
Set a Guinness World Record
Enjoy a Better Web
Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours – it’s that easy. We’re not asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although that would be kind of awesome.
WOW i really like this app.
link
Firefox 3.0rc3
http://rapidshare.com/files/122125869/Firefox_20Setup_203.0_20RC_203.exe
Already added a pic for it on my website.
Tried a new one I’m developing in internet explorer 8 which works perfectly in 7, Firefox, opera, safari etc…TOTALLY FUDGED!
Tried it in FF3, expecting similar problems…oh…Guess what? It’s perfect.
I don’t need more convincing than that. As a developer, I always feel as though firefox & safari are easiest to develop for. I seem to have a few problems with opera, despite it’s fairly good reputation. I really hope this knocks microsoft off it’s perch.
Microsoft would be doing the whole world a favour if they just scraped including IE with their OS and included a better alternative. I doubt this would affect their domination at all, but everyone would be better off.
hope all the awesome extensions work here with little or no problem! i’ve been using opera 9.5 since yesterday and it is quite nice. i like the fact that when u zoom in, everything gets bigger (not just the text size). also, speeddial works very well. the interface is also very new to me and it is attractive. my biggest gripe with it is its lack of something like AdBlock. it has its own that you could use but it doesnt seem to be as effective as the one that is available in firefox. some cool features i did notice: integrated IRC and bittorent. standard features rock. glad i have so many alternatives. currently i got 3 web browsers: epiphany, firefox, and opera. pleased with all. cant wait to try firefox 3.
Will my FF2 settings/bookmarks/toolbars,etc migrate?
Yes
Thank you
ff3 was not realy fast imho
kind of disapointed. ff2 + fasterfox is way faster in displaying pages. when fasterfox is avaible for ff3 … i´ll take a look again 
@Gukke
So I only need to uninstall FF2 and install FF3 and all my settings, bookmarks, etc. that are compatible will still be there working the same way
smart zoom that enlarges all web page content (not just text)
How does one access this feature?
I’m ready for the more improved firefox. I already signed up for it->http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord Make your pledge too!
Wow that screenshot seriously looks like Safari
The problem I see is Mozilla’s constant failure to care about addons. Why is it so hard to make them stay compatible from version to version.
@xacco
Don’t uninstall, just run the installer and takes care of everything. At least that’s how the release candidates work, I’m assuming final will be the same.
@mupet0000
They do that to ensure that everything works as intended, not necessarily because it can’t work. As long as someone updates them semi-regularly it’s not a problem. With this new version they apparently did a lot of changes to how add-ons work, so that’s why a lot of them needs updates. Out of the 12 add-ons I use though, only 1 is currently not updated for 3.0. So it’s coming along nicely.
Yes! finally! Firefox FTW!
The best part of FF3 is the memory handling specifically for tabs. I have alot of tabs open (over 100 at a time) and FF2 use to consume over 600 megs of memory. In FF3 I rarely have it shoot over 300 megs (usually in the 200-250megs range). I love it!
Cool but for me I prefer Opera. In MY Computer, in MY internet connection speed Opera is fastest to me.
I love its tabs and the no load back button and speed dial. Those are great features.
Dont get me wrong I have FireFox and as well as Safari but I mostly like Opera (I also have IE but no need to mention that eh
FF3 – simply the Best Browser Ever!
Personally, I hate the “smart” zoom. I would much rather prefer to keep the old zoom.
i love opera and downloaded the new 9.5 which is very good
but i have been using ff3 since the early beta days with currently rc3 which is quite good
so i really dont see the reason any one with a sane mind should use IE or safari as firefox and opera both are very good in response times and easy usage which i think is the first thing a browser should do good
anyways i will download the new one on june 17th for sure call it be a part of history or whatever
Great news!
Only reason I’m not using the Fx3 RC is that Mozilla made a stupid change when they released their new Addons page. They removed the info about what version each addon supports. So now you have to download the Fx3 RC and then try each of your addons to find out if they are working. Instead of just being able to tell from a single text line on each addon page.
I’ll download Fx3 on releaseday for sure, but I might wait a couple of days to install it to make sure all my addons will be working.
Opera puts Firefox in a corner. Period.
@24: you can zoom in by pressing Ctrl and +, or Ctrl and mousewheeldown. Zoom out by pressing Ctrl and – or Ctrl and mousewheelup. And pressing Ctrl and 0 (zero) will show the page in normal size.
@36 download nightly tester tools and all your addons will work
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6543
feels like it was not so long ago FF2 was released
LOL @ 40. Nice try to infect us. Imageshack site is imageshack.us not imageshaack.org
But it is worth the try. You should be banned.
40 should definitely be banned with that lame attempt.
Yep…
Mr. RS @ 40 ought to be banned for good…
thanks for the virus watch guys… keep this place free of the human dog poo, cheers
Beware of outdated plugins. I’m sure many will update for the final release but I had to remove the release candidate because almost every single one of my plugins refused to work with it at the time. Just install into a different folder and see what happens before uninstalling 2.0.0.14. Or just wait a week or two, I guess.
Firefox is the best browser I have ever used. I even use it in my job. They only use Internet Explorer, but I went ahead and installed the beta of firefox 3. The beta is even faster and much easier to use than IE.
The only real problem is add on compatibility, otherwise FF3 is a long way ahead of most browsers. Opera 9.5 beta is pretty good too….
using the beta for ages, don’t think it’s ready. we’ll see.
For your PC – http://www.opera.com
For your MOBILE – http://www.operamini.com
Even if u are a FF fanatic give opera mini a got – it roxx
Great..Firefox has made IE look the the crap it always was and will be
Hell yeah
maby now microsoft will finally get some competition in the browser market
FF3 is definitely improvement over 2 in speed.
but too much hassle with addons and compatibility of addons..
and i tryed to switch to FF3 for time, but i just could not bear waiting when i make gesture “previous page”
its only a sec but still slower then opera..
thou i loved lots of addons in it.
Well the RCs have been great. Java compatibility got better by every release since Beta 4.
Can’t wait.
Tried FF3 beta 4 once. It was WAY slower than FF2, specially when initializing the browser (FF2 also takes too damn long to load).
@ 26 mbdc
I was thinking the same thing, looks A LOT like Safari. Maybe just the mac version looks like that.
ive been using the rc 2 version for some time and its pretty much bug free… well… it aint crashed on me yet so id say its bug free for me
Lets hope they fix the bookmark bugs… if u got more than about 60 groups of book marks it doesnt import them ALL. Even if u export all ur old book marks from ff2 then import them it only does so many then misses the rest off.
until greasemonkey doesn’t get updated i won’t install ff3
but is nice to see that almost every other extension in my list already supports ff3 ^^
ill wait till all my add ons are compatible with ff3
Support Download Day by hosting a Firefox 3 party, by inviting your friends to participate or by placing our buttons on your site.
wow, now that’s a party i would not liek to attend
@58
That’s one of the new features. It looks like a native application of whatever OS it runs on.
I agree with the others about the add ons. Until FF3 is compatible with the add ons I use now I don’t see any point in updating. The main reason I use FF is because of the ability to use the add ons and without them it is definitely worth waiting.
yeps gonna download this. firefox ftw!
i seriously hope it doesn’t look like that! the reason i like firefox so much is that it looks the same on all platforms it’s on. and looks a lot better than safari.
hopefully that’s just a skin
try opera 8.50. firefox 3 interface is back from windows 95??
nice, greasemonkey just got updated, now i can migrate to ff3 ^^
firefaux system hog is yesterdays news…anyone who knows their stuff knows that maxthon is the best, lightests and fastest browser available nowadays with more features even.
@70
Maxthon maybe is a best and lightest browser or what not that you claim it to be. However Firefox along with some plugins make firefox the SAFEST browser for surfing the web with.
I play a few MMO’s and there has been hax going around which use browser exploits to hack people’s accounts. These hacks varies from iFrames to Flash!
Firefox has protected me through these rough times when there is so many unsafe pages around on the web. Even if you think its safe, you never know when hackers have compromised the site!.
I have read various forums which discussed people who got their accounts hacked, Everybody mentioned what browser they used… and there was not 1 post mentioning somebody using Firefox and got haxed…. This shows that firefox is indeed the most safest browser on the web!
You can go off and use your maxthon or what ever, however i value my computer security therefore i will be continuing to support Firefox in their efforts.
Firefox is fast. IE is slow. Simple as that. It’s the best browser.
Another Opera fan here too, but I’ll give FF3 a try. I like the tweaks in Opera – I use mouse movements to close a tab and go to either the tab to the right or left of the one I close. I couldn’t get an older FF to do it the way I like. I’ve probably saved a year of my life with Opera. :p
I currently use FF2 but I’m getting more interested in trying the new Opera than FF3. The last time I tried FF3 beta it didn’t work with the ajax version of yahoo mail. Also I hate following trends and fashion.
@75
‘…I hate following trends and fashion’
That statement makes you a sap. You hate following trends and fashion? Just by saying that you are following a trend and a fashion.
the hypocrisy of morons.
Firefox ftw!
Get on board be part of the world record
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/
whats up with june 17th? spores supposed to come out on that day too
dont be fooled by the opera people telling you its faster than fire fox
http://www.osnews.com/story/19811/Browser_Benchmark:_IE_Firefox_Opera_Safari
“Overall, and taking the performance of the beta versions into consideration, the browser performance rankings are as follows: Firefox and Safari in a clear lead ahead of Opera and finally Internet Explorer. Firefox 3, due in June, promises very good performance and efficient memory usage. No browser used less memory to open multiple sites than the Beta 5 version of Firefox 3, and only a few sites failed to display correctly. Safari and Opera, however, are more likely to exhibit incompatibilities.”
want more proof, heres a 7 page review of all 3 browsers including there betas. this also has chart and charts of benchmarks to prove to you firefox is faster than opera.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/reviews/software/internet/soa/Browser-faceoff-IE-vs-Firefox-vs-Opera-vs-Safari/0,139023437,339289417-1,00.htm
Opera 9.5 its final and very good, do not forget all that opera is the brwoser who came withe the tabs, just give it a try and you will see how faster is it.
And realy FF3 looks like Safari.
Opera does change your browsing habits. You use it once and you start expecting so much more from other browsers.
Safari rocks! Check out the Safari 4 developer preview. Ultra fast!
“Firefox 3 brings numerous new features… smart zoom that enlarges all web page content (not just text)”
Opera has had that forever. Funny how Firefox keeps getting it’s “new” features from Opera. Restoring sessions after a crash? Been using that for years with Opera.
Add-on makers are also copying Opera features. Speed Dial anyone? It’s time the makers of Opera get the credit they deserve.
Opera 9.5 ftw is beautiful firefox are taking long to release while opera leads the way
Ubuntu update service has already pushed out 3.0. Looks like the production version as the previous installed version said beta 5 and this just says 3.0.
Bleez staff member
June 13th, 2008 | 11:05
Minefield vs. Firefox 3?
Minefield is the code name that was used for the Trunk nightlies behind Firefox 3.0 for over a year until it branched a while ago. Now there is the 1.9.0mozilla Branch nightlies (3.0.x) and the bleeding edge 1.9.1 Trunk nightlies for Firefox 3.1 and both are still labeled Minefield when the 1.9.0mozilla Branch should probably be relabelled to the “Gran Paradiso” codename for Firefox 3.0, just like the BonEcho codename for Firefox 2.0 and 1.8branch nightlies so as to reduce confussion.
The Ubuntu made version is NOT the Final as it is based on the RC2 source. “RC#” is not added to the version number because it could end up being the Final release. It does look like the RC3 (was really a Mac release mainly) could be the final though.
Just because Opera had some things similar does Not mean Mozilla stole the idea(s) from Opera for Firefox. And Opera was Not the first to have Tabs and besides it is a MDI browser. Also since Opera is a Suite rather than a web browser, it would be better compared to the suite “SeaMonkey” (think Mozilla 1.7.x) at http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
goobimama,
I ditched Safari for Webkit (same code though)
Webkit nighlty builds are great, they already have what Safari 4 only will have for a long time now.
ok its the 17th now. where the f*** are you supposed to download it from?
the exact time is 10am PDT
what time is 10am pdt if it is now 9:30AM Eastern time
here’s the countdown to Firefox 3 (to every body in the world):
http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/customcounter.html?month=6&day=17&year=2008&hour=10&min=00&sec=00&p0=224
the best browser!
Er..where is it? it’s 12;14pm here….and I don’t see it anywhere
yea its past 10 am san fran time and i dont c it will wait a little longer.
is this the right version?
http://www.filehippo.com/download_firefox/
@93:
you might be right, cause now if you try to access mozilla.com it says “Service Unavailable”…