Differences between Firefox 2 and Firefox 3??

Discussion in 'Computers and Technology' started by Cacklenub, Jul 26, 2008.

  1. Cacklenub

    Cacklenub Level IV

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    I don't notice many myself, other than a few different layout things(like the Most Visited thing and the new star by the url bar).


    But I was wondering what other changes happened??
     
    #1 Cacklenub, Jul 26, 2008
  2. Zer0

    Zer0 Level IV

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    Well Firefox 3 implements the new Gecko 1.9 layout engine, a significant improvement over the previously used Gecko. FF also now passes the Acid2 test and scores better on the Acid3 test. New download manager, new plugin manager, new password manager. More features for bookmarks and history pages. It is also more customized to the OS (it looks different under Windows, Macs, Linux, etc). Its basically just all around better.
     
    #2 Zer0, Jul 27, 2008
  3. Cacklenub

    Cacklenub Level IV

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    So they didn't really do much to make the browser faster, but make it better as a whole??
     
    #3 Cacklenub, Jul 27, 2008
  4. Zer0

    Zer0 Level IV

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    What do you mean by "make the browser faster"? You mean that FF is slow?
    I think Gecko 1.9 is more efficient than the previous version.
     
    #4 Zer0, Jul 27, 2008
  5. Charlie

    Charlie Level IV

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    I think its faster =D And I like the new Download Manager. However I miss the old skins though =[
     
    #5 Charlie, Jul 28, 2008
  6. Zer0

    Zer0 Level IV

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    Can't you just pick an older theme?
     
    #6 Zer0, Jul 28, 2008
  7. Charlie

    Charlie Level IV

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    Well all my custom downloaded themes dont work =[
     
    #7 Charlie, Jul 28, 2008
  8. Zer0

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    lol, they're not ported to FF3 yet?
    I'm still using FF2 because my software tree still hasn't unmasked FF3 yet.
     
    #8 Zer0, Jul 28, 2008
  9. omgmelson

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    so do you guys recommend upgrading to FF3?
     
    #9 omgmelson, Jul 29, 2008
  10. Cacklenub

    Cacklenub Level IV

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    It's not slow, it's just I always want to go faster until I get 0.0001 page loads lol.
     
    #10 Cacklenub, Jul 29, 2008
  11. Zer0

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    Disable all themes and extensions. Get rid of as many toolbars as you can. Don't load images/java/javascript automatically.
     
    #11 Zer0, Jul 29, 2008
  12. Charlie

    Charlie Level IV

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    Wouldn't hurt. I kinda like it.
     
    #12 Charlie, Jul 29, 2008
  13. Tofurky

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    Does FF automatically upgrade to FF3?
    Or do I have to download it.?
     
    #13 Tofurky, Jul 29, 2008
  14. Phee

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  15. angelsgalore

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    I just notice that lay out of it is kind of different.
     
    #15 angelsgalore, Aug 6, 2008
  16. masalaking

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    I miss my old extensions. Half of them don't work on FF3 yet. :( But I really notice the speed increase and not to mention the the safe site blocking function. :)
     
    #16 masalaking, Aug 11, 2008
  17. toanaruto

    toanaruto Newbie

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    the buttons are different and it has Javascript 1.3 which makes using Greasemonkey scripts faster and opening Javascript windows
     
    #17 toanaruto, Aug 11, 2008
  18. Noone

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    get openDNS if faster is what you are looking for

    also did FF3 fix the memory leak?
     
    #18 Noone, Aug 12, 2008
  19. toanaruto

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    what memory leak? i think they did cuz it loads faster than Firefox 2
     
    #19 toanaruto, Aug 13, 2008