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Firefox 3 a great improvement!
by irrdev
While Firefox 3 may not include many new user interface features, it appears that Mozilla has finally fixed Firefox's many memory leaks and resource management. Not only is the browser considerably faster at loading, the rendering speed of Ajax-heavy pages, or Web 2.0 websites, is likewise 2-3 times faster. I also really like the improved GTK theme integration on Linux. This latest release is definitely worth checking out, and offers a considerable backend improvement over Firefox 2.
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Good, but somewhat tired
by TheAlienist
I use Firefox 2.01 on a Mac. The whole tabbed browsing features was great 2 years ago, but all browsers do that now. So what's so great about firefox now? Plugins. If you're a web developer there's really no other way to go.
As for complaints, it's slow and a resource hog. I know it's better on Windows, but on a Mac both Safari and Opera feel much faster.
Don't get me wrong - there's not that much to complain about. I just wish they would evolve web browsing beyond tabs and plugins.
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A little to learn from usage of end users
by Prakash
Its a great web browser i have seen so far, there is no doubt about it. But from FF 1.5 onwards, i see very little is done in terms of new "simple" features addition.
By "Simple" features i mean, there should some simple ways of doing routine things anybody would do in their whole day.
For example, i have just tested Opera browser and found few things which are very common for all type of internet user. I saw they have added a
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I love Firefox' plugins, not Firefox itself
by DotMG
With plugins, Mozilla Firefox is the browser I want it to be. I use Fx for its plugins, and especially Vimperator (for my case). No other browser can give me the satisfaction it's giving me, but I'm not that absolutely satisfied.
Firefox evolves much more rapidly than its plugins can do. Almost every plugin developer has to rewrite code with each big release (0.x to 1.0, 1.0 to 1.5, 1.5 to 2.0, 2.0 to 3.0, ...), so now, the plugin I love
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The best
It is the best browser at the moment. Its faster, smarter, better looking, and more free than IE. The ability to install addons and themes are simply genius. This makes browsing a whole lot more fun. I simply cannot think of any browser better than this one, so dont bother looking further - this is your stop.
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A new experience
by autorama
Faster, better, respect standards, innovative. That's cool software.
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What about memory leaks?
I love the firefox web browser according to standards.But it's all the more
hateable for its memory leaks.Since it's first version it's carrying this bloatedness in it.Isn't bloatedware banned in Open source?I would prefer it to concentrate first only on its memory leak and continue for other features later
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Wow, just wow
by dennis56
I've used Firefox since early 1.5, and I say this is definitely the best browser around, any knowledgeable person uses Firefox, if only it came with windows then Firefox would have well over 75% of the internet
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The best browser for me
by roshan
Well, this is my all time best browser. rendering works well in both windows and ubuntu linux. IE is something full of bugs and opera on the other hand, have a poor rendering engine.
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Web Development, Plugins and appearance.
by dessus
As a web developer, I am developing XHTML 1.1 pages and moving towards other standards such as SVG. Firefox 3 now supports XHTML 1.1 compliant SVG which is cool.
The large plugin community for Firefox is definately an advantage, personally I like NoScript.
A downside to Firefox is that firefox really requires skins (which there are plenty of) so that it doesn't look ugly in comparison to IE on Vista (ie the themes are
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