Just out of curiosity (and because I am a new-tech whore like that), I downloaded Firefox 3 Beta 2 to check it out. I was surprised to be greeted with its “welcome” page upon first launch. It’s got a nice retro illustration of a robot destroying some high rises.
Seems like going retro is hip again.
Some quick thoughts on Firefox 3 Beta 2 on my Mac:
1. Snappier performance;
2. Some nice visual effects (like the tabs sliding from side to side);
3. Crashes from time to time;
4. Bookmarks a little messed up; but I simply used the “manage bookmarks” feature and reverted back to a previous backup the Firefox had made when I installed the beta;
5. Many addons don’t work; I had to use
to add a new
variable
and gave it a value of
so that Firefox won’t check for addon compatibilities and disable them. Some addons still won’t work, but most will likely work as advertised. Others already have un-advertised beta versions out for this beta release!
So far I like it enough to want to keep using it full time.