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Firefox 3.0 is out, first mirrors & dead servers

Posted on 17.06.2008 at 18:32 in Tech News by Martin

After several beta releases and a planned bid for the Guinness Book of World Records, Firefox 3.0 has arrived. As of 1pm EDT Tuesday, users can download the latest version of the open-source browser, which includes an improved book marking system and drop-down search returns in the URL bar, among other features. Aesthetically, the browser is not drastically different from its predecessor. The forward and back buttons have been altered, while the browser buttons and window frames have also been redesigned to conform to the look of a user’s operating system, but not much else has changed. On the features front, the drop-down URL bar—dubbed the Awesome Bar—offers suggestions of possible Web sites as you type your search query.

Version three offers a three-tier bookmarking system: bookmark stars allow for one-click favorites; bookmark tags allow you to add details to your favorites; and bookmark folders are saved searches that update when you add new items matching that search to your bookmarks, according to Mozilla. Download manager has also been revamped and now includes the ability to pause and resume downloads, search through downloaded files, obtain more detailed file information, and revisit the original download page. Firefox 3.0 also boasts improved color profiles, font and text rendering, and zooming capabilities, as well as malware and phishing protection, Mozilla said.

Version 3.0 is three years in the making. Mozilla released the first beta version of Firefox 3.0 in November 2007, with version two debuting a month later. Beta 3.0 version 3 arrived in February with major code rewrites of the page layout, graphics, and font engines and over 350 plugged memory leaks. Most recently, Mozilla on June 5 unveiled the second release candidate for Firefox 3 with several localization updates. That came a little over two weeks after RC1 was made available. When the download goes live on Tuesday, the clock will start ticking on Mozilla’s bid to break a Guinness world record for most downloads in a single day. Mozilla said last week on its blog that it has already received at least one million pledges from users who say they will download Firefox 3 on release day.

Update: the final version of Firefox 3 is out now for more than 20 minutes, but it’s basically impossible to get it at the moment – all download servers are overloaded with thousands of requests and the official website for Download day times out for few hours already. We will bring you first mirrors in comments when they’re available, feel free to check 10 Reasons why you should update in the meantime.

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  1. Gravity
    June 18th, 2008 | 06:36

    WOW everything in this thing is noticeably faster! It feels like im on HighSpeed again!

  2. Throwbacks
    June 18th, 2008 | 07:03

    Thanx just got my copy!!

  3. papke
    June 18th, 2008 | 08:44

    over 4.800.000 ;)

  4. asd
    June 18th, 2008 | 09:00

    THEY DİD İT!!!

  5. Fi'do
    June 18th, 2008 | 09:07

    yes, and the map show how negligent africans are; they refuse to d/l yet again. :|

    http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord//?country=AZ#country_pledge

  6. What Browser Is Best?
    June 18th, 2008 | 10:10

    People using browsers, downloading browsers, talking about browsers…….
    OMG I’m surrounded by GEEKS !!!

  7. marufai
    June 18th, 2008 | 10:29

    think there is something wrong with firefox 3. My firefox kept crash whenever i open it. Sigh think not stable yet. Re-install back firefox 2 zzz

  8. xyztynz
    June 18th, 2008 | 10:53

    Wow over 5 million downloads and over 2 million downloads from the USA alone. No wonder people here in the USA are fat, always online sitting on their asses… including me :mrgreen: .

  9. Leon
    June 18th, 2008 | 11:07

    @209 Fi’do “yes, and the map show how negligent africans are; they refuse to d/l yet again. :| ”

    Are you serious? In many of those African countries you chide for not downloading FF3, people have empty stomachs. FF3 is as useful to them as your brain is to you.

  10. Mit
    June 18th, 2008 | 12:19

    Cross 6000000 Download…

  11. Billy BoB
    June 18th, 2008 | 15:40

    7,000,000……………and counting

  12. tech guy
    June 18th, 2008 | 16:04

    I think that mozilla might have achieved the first self-inflicted DDoS, on a global scale nonetheless… that’s a really impressive record … and the first legal one if i’m not wrong, as i cannot remember any software launch that has caused this worldwide gold rush. I think the server overload problem was just another PR stunt to get people talking about it..

  13. Penca
    June 18th, 2008 | 16:40

    Firefox is POS.
    Go get [url=http://www.opera.com/download]Opera 9.5[/url] if you want a quality browser.

  14. goonigoogoo
    June 18th, 2008 | 18:51

    anyone else having problems accessing the yahoo portal using Firefox 3???

  15. Marc
    June 18th, 2008 | 19:17

    To disable the almighty bar (plus the history) and the annoying drop down while you type, do this :

    type about: config in the address bar
    browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped … change the value to ‘true’

    Then search for :
    browser.urlbar.richresults and change the value to “0″ …

    This way you are not bothered by the title bar dropping and suggesting all sorts of pages, plus you can hide your porn browsing better, hah !! ;-)

    Restart firefox. Enjoy. I like the new version but it’s a lil’ harder to add bookmarks, my old ADD BOOKMARKS extension doesn’t work anymore … still seems very good.

  16. 0RT3G4
    June 18th, 2008 | 19:23

    <3 Firefox ! :x

  17. Gabriel
    June 18th, 2008 | 20:57

    i have install it without error but … its not loading …

  18. xyztynz
    June 18th, 2008 | 21:06

    Oh – My – Gawd ! Almost at 9 million!

  19. moe
    June 18th, 2008 | 23:04

    The Firefox team is in full celebration mode here at Mozilla headquarters. People are watching the numbers and excitedly discussing plans for Firefox 3.1, the next update.

    http://media.arstechnica.com/news.media/450/IMAG0066.jpg

    What a celebration………..

  20. doug
    June 18th, 2008 | 23:10

    The Firefox team is in full celebration mode here at Mozilla headquarters. People are watching the numbers and excitedly discussing plans for Firefox 3.1, the next update.

    http://media.arstechnica.com/news.media/450/IMAG0066.jpg

    What a celebration…

  21. VampSpiro
    June 19th, 2008 | 00:41

    boring.

  22. VampSpiro
    June 19th, 2008 | 00:41

    boring.

  23. opera fan
    June 19th, 2008 | 05:07

    its not impresive at all

  24. opera fan 2
    June 19th, 2008 | 05:22

    WOOOW NOT !
    my case Firefox 5 tabs use 65 M
    Opera 9 tabs use 32 M

    your choise, but mine is opera by far

  25. OB1
    June 19th, 2008 | 07:19

    Firefox 3 Vulnerability Found

    Nancy Gohring, IDG News ServiceWed Jun 18, 8:00 PM ET

    Five hours after Mozilla officially released Firefox 3.0, researchers found a vulnerability in the new browser.

    Tipping Point has verified the bug and reported it to Mozilla, Tipping Point said on Wednesday.

    Since Mozilla is still working on a fix, the researchers won’t share details about the problem. Tipping Point ranked the severity of the vulnerability as high, but said that users would have to click on a link in an e-mail or visit a malicious Web page before being affected. The issue affects users of Firefox 3.0 as well as Firefox 2.0.

    Once the problem is fixed, Tipping Point will publish an advisory on its Web site, it said.

    Tipping Point found out about the vulnerability through its Zero Day Initiative, which lets researchers earn cash by submitting new vulnerabilities to the company. Once Tipping Point validates the issue, it pays the researcher for the information and notifies the relevant software vendor of the technical details.

    Mozilla did not respond to a request for comment.

    Mozilla launched its newest browser on Tuesday along with a marketing stunt that went a bit wrong. The company announced that it wanted to set a Guinness World Record for the largest number of software downloads in a 24-hour period. However, the volume of downloads crippled Mozilla’s site, and so customers in the U.S. couldn’t begin downloading the software until two hours later than expected. Still, Mozilla said it logged more than 8 million downloads within 24 hours. There is currently no record for number of software downloads in a day, but Mozilla must now wait for review of the stunt by Guinness officials.

  26. toblakai
    June 19th, 2008 | 11:29

    @189 oblodo: hah, ur clueless and don’t even understand the meaning of bloat. In-built functionality, which is only activated if you want to; which don’t take up any resources if you don’t activate then; which even if activated use extremely little resources; which if compared to the firefox extensions most ppl install anyway cuz they want the same functionality pwns them tenfold in resouces efficiency != bloat.

    Not that there is anything wrong with Firefox, although most ppl seem to live somewhere up in the skies believing firefox is made by a non-profit organisation with the sole goal of lifting u even higher up in the sky, lolz to that. Go firefox.. yay…

    Oh and did I mention that Opera wins and that Firefox is made by a commercial company?

  27. Talos
    June 19th, 2008 | 21:47

    FF3 more secure than ever?
    Hahaha tell me another joke:
    http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/06/19/code-execution-vulnerability-found-in-firefox-30

    Not even 2 days since the release and this POS already has a big security hole.

  28. any1
    June 27th, 2008 | 00:48

    how do i get firefox

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