Vista - New Firefox 3 and Addons

The Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 was released recently for user feedback, Its new features, speed, performance and addons make Firefox 3 the best update to the best web browser yet. It includes some cool new features as well as major improvements to performance, memory and speed.

Download Firefox 3 here: Firefox web browser | International versions: Get Firefox in your language

Here are some very good Firefox addons..

CustomizeGoogle is a Firefox extension that enhances Google pages by adding extra tools and hidden options like links to Yahoo, MSN etc and removing unwanted information like ads, spam and more. (One of the best addons)
Download Here: CustomizeGoogle: Improve Your Google Experience -- Firefox Extension (install on right)

IETab Is an extension allowing the use of the Internet Explorer in Firefox...
Download here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419

GooglePreview Inserts preview images or thumbnails of web sites into the Google and Yahoo search results pages.
Download here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/189

Tab Preview Displays a small thumbnail of the contents of background tabs when you mouse over them.Download here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6132

This version is great so what about you? Know of some good firefox addons?

Steven

How new is it wildman? Like today? I'm assuming so since you just posted this. I'm not so pleased with the firefox I have and i've been using Firefox for years. I figure it's just me and my lack of VISTA experience, but I have had no love with add ons on this current version. Guess I'll try the new one, if it's newer than what I have. I have firefox set to auto update.........

Mozilla Firefox 3 Release Candidate Release Notes

The release candidate will not be downloaded through auto update; you have to download and install it manually.

A caution: If you install RC1 using your existing Firefox profile, you will not be able to revert to using FF 2.x with that profile, due to major changes between FF 2 and FF 3.

there is a guy who compiles 64-bit version of firefox which you can get at Mozilla for Windows x64 platform

is the firefox 3.0 officially released yet?

Hi Baste,

Mozilla are waiting for the developers of some addons to be updated before releasing Firefox 3 publicly.

Steven

I been using Gran Paradiso since Alpha 3, and I can tell you this - it has changed a lot, and it is a *lot* faster than previous versions of Fx.

As it gets closer and closer to release time, more and more extensions are being fixed for compatibility with Fx 3. I have since dumped my Fx 2 (Bon Echo) profile for my Fx 3 only profile.

When I say fast - it loads faster than IE and Opera. It renders faster than both. It simply blows most competition out of the water.

it is a lot more stable. And it is a lot more functional.

Since RC 1 has been released, 10 major bugs and 4 minor ones have been reported. On the 27th Mozilla will decide if they take an additional step to RC 2 or release Fx 3 final, and catch those bugs in Fx 3.0.1.

but for now is it safe and okay to install and use?

However I know you lose Flash and stuff like that because they are not x64 compatible, and I *think* you can't use any Add-ons then either. Can anyone confirm the later?

Yeah you loose flash (for now (but you can use ff2 or IE for those times when you need to), but there are a growing number of addons that now work with it. Ive added most of my regular set of addons.