Comments on: Firefox 3 release date set: June 17

By: Edward

Edward — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:03:20 +0000

@93:

you might be right, cause now if you try to access mozilla.com it says “Service Unavailable”…

By: hell rell

hell rell — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:20:43 +0000

is this the right version?
http://www.filehippo.com/download_firefox/

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:18:32 +0000

yea its past 10 am san fran time and i dont c it will wait a little longer.

By: Edward

Edward — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:14:45 +0000

Er..where is it? it’s 12;14pm here….and I don’t see it anywhere

By: vasconcelos

vasconcelos — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:10:37 +0000

the best browser!

By: dmestre

dmestre — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:31:03 +0000

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

By: BiG-ArFI

BiG-ArFI — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:30:59 +0000

what time is 10am pdt if it is now 9:30AM Eastern time

By: PorkChop

PorkChop — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:11:58 +0000

the exact time is 10am PDT

By: Adam Jones

Adam Jones — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:59:26 +0000

ok its the 17th now. where the f*** are you supposed to download it from?

By: PorkChop

PorkChop — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:52:37 +0000

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.

By: Ok

Ok — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:47:51 +0000

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/

By: Joe Blough

Joe Blough — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:30:06 +0000

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.

By: VampSpiro

VampSpiro — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:29:49 +0000

Opera 9.5 ftw is beautiful firefox are taking long to release while opera leads the way

By: ohrly

ohrly — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:24:59 +0000

“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.

By: goobimama

goobimama — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:04:59 +0000

Safari rocks! Check out the Safari 4 developer preview. Ultra fast!