Comments on: Mozilla offered Beta 2 of Firefox 3.0

By: ruisu

ruisu — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:11:43 +0000

what’s this about the toobar buttons being gone? that’s my favorite feature…lol. really though.

By: toma

toma — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 09:06:38 +0000

firefox still doesnt work on my computer.. still hogs 100% usage since i upgraded my ram… pile of useless junk.. stick with ie/opera..

By: bzz

bzz — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:14:10 +0000

Firefox 3 will pass the acid2 test. This beta is passing it allready.

By: Darth Arcon

Darth Arcon — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:01:41 +0000

What?! No hot, half naked Firefox girl this time?! Im insulted…

By: RaynLog2399

RaynLog2399 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:36:35 +0000

Well I only have this site open on firefox beta 2 and it is at 45 MBs, that seems like alot to me.

By: Rekrul

Rekrul — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:34:55 +0000

Everyone talks about memory usage being reduced, but what about resources? Those of us still using Windows 98/SE (yes, there are still a few of us) have to worry about programs using up system resources, of which there are a finite amount, no matter how much memory you have. It’s been my experience that newer versions of programs almost always use more, not less, as the authors add all kinds of graphical bells and whistles that really do nothing more than serve as eye candy.

By: robert99

robert99 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:42:34 +0000

Well, actually the web designers do care about the acid2 test so let’s hope they will eventually solve it.

By: su

su — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:00:46 +0000

Memory usage ~ 30.000 K with 5 tabs opened. Finally they did it !

By: robert99

robert99 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:52:37 +0000

@ Mr. X: Not yet, but who cares about the acid2 test, most web sites are made to display correctly in any major browser, Firefox included. What is interesting in this beta is the solid improvement in memory usage and speed. Also some practical features have made their appearance so overall a promising Firefox 3 is around the corner.

By: odies

odies — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:37:43 +0000

Yeah betas are guinea pigs, but someone has to do it.

And whoever said saving memory is pointless… noob.

The release sounds awesome, respect to them for actually caring about memory leaks etc. Look forward to seeing it.

By: RS4U

RS4U — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:36:33 +0000

Thank God for the bomb.

Er…, I meant I.E.!

By: Mr. X

Mr. X — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:55:07 +0000

Will this be able to pass the acid2 test ?

By: RaynLog2399

RaynLog2399 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:51:49 +0000

I am using the beta 2 right now and it doesn’t seem to work very well on this site. Or maybe it could be my new nvidia drivers..

By: Night

Night — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:49:27 +0000

I don’t know if this specifically unique to my system but earlier tonight, in fact, maybe 20minutes ago whenever i typed anything anywhere in the browser it would type it backwards, the arrow keys wouldn’t move the text line, and i could also not move it over w/ the mouse. I’ve since gone back to Firefox .11 and while i’m happy to be back, i did notice that even though beta 2 didn’t have all the add-ons i use, ie tab, mouse gestures, tab effect and fasterfox, it used much less memory than version firefox 2. I can’t wait to see it go Gold.

By: Paradox

Paradox — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:45:51 +0000

im not even going to consider messing around with beta stuff. I remember when i first started using computers some years back now and an expert told me “never use beta software”