Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Beta 4

[Viper_Maniac]

I'm loving this release. The only thing I don't like is the way the address bar is now for when you click on the drop down arrow that lists address typed in. It seems like history and previously typed in addresses are combined now. :( I wish it could be like it was in FF2.

[shakey_snake]

The only thing I don't like is the way the address bar is now for when you click on the drop down arrow that lists address typed in. It seems like history and previously typed in addresses are combined now. :( I wish it could be like it was in FF2.

Give it some time to grow on you. It gets better and the more you use it.

I've been using the "awesome bar" since ff3 beta 2 and wouldn't go back now.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

There are patches to allow you to filter the searches a bit better (so you can do a full text search in bookmarks only, for example)

If they are accepted is another matter.

[Viper_Maniac]

Give it some time to grow on you. It gets better and the more you use it.

I've been using the "awesome bar" since ff3 beta 2 and wouldn't go back now.

Maybe I will but I still don't like it(for now anyways). Hopefully something will come along that will let you tweak it or something. I'm not going to stop using this of course. ;)

[MulletRobZ]

What the? They changed the Mac theme again to match the Windows idea of a large back and a small forward button? Oh well. At least Beta 4 can run the Office Live Workspace site flawlessly now on my Mac (couldn't in Beta 3, but could in Firefox 2)! :D

[APH-Alex]

What the? They changed the Mac theme again to match the Windows idea of a large back and a small forward button? Oh well. At least Beta 4 can run the Office Live Workspace site flawlessly now on my Mac (couldn't in Beta 3, but could in Firefox 2)! :D

Can you post a screenshot of Neowin main on your Mac in Fx3b4?

[MGS4-SS]

Greasemonkey doesn't work with Beta 4, bummer.

[Gary2MBz]

I love how the Linux icons are native to the theme I say make variations of it and have it on the final build. I replaced the Ubuntu repo 2.0.0.12 with this and love it while still being able to use all the Totem plug-ins by copying the plugins folders contents to 2 to the version 3 folder and voila.

Screenshot of the native theme:

You can also notice speed difference as well from 2.0.0.12 however sometimes the totem plugin crashes but no so often.

[Digitalfox]

I'm still not convinced about Firefox 3.. Just tested beta 4, but it's far from finished i believe, didn't like the look of it and the way it responds.. :no:

I've been using Firefox since 0.9* and love it, but this new version 3 seems strange... :huh:

[cykosis]

beta 4 was nice enough for me to finally get rid of 2.x

[JustGeorge]

I like the new look now that I've placed the Home icon back onto the address bar. For me though, the best addition is the page zoom. My blind ass appreciates this and it looks ten times better than just a plain text size increase :)

[fred65]

FYI, here's the direct link to the installer:

http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.or...%20Beta%204.exe

[chrisgeleven]

Mac users should try out Firefox 3. It is finally giving Safari some serious competition. It looks like a OS X application, it is just as fast as Safari, and it fits in much better with the Mac. It almost feels like an entirely new application, that is how much better it is.

Really the only Mac complaint left that I have with Firefox 3 is the lack of integration with keychain.

[Julius Caro]

It's ugly. Functional, but ugly !

[EL1TE]

Why there's 2 threads about the same thing open?

If the other one was created FIRST then this one is useless, close it please.

P.S.: If closed continue the discussion here: https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=623547

[theyarecomingforyou]

Until mouse gestures work I can't move over to the Firefox 3 betas.

[MulletRobZ]

Can you post a screenshot of Neowin main on your Mac in Fx3b4?

Voil?!

[Krill]

Until mouse gestures work I can't move over to the Firefox 3 betas.

You can get a nightly build of mouse gestures that works fine with Firefox 3 Beta from here:

http://www.mousegestures.org/nightly.html

Hope that helps :)

[ambiance]

I really want to use this, but not until del.icio.us and autocopy are updated.

[monacelli]

I wish they would add a few more tab-related features. Load homepage in new tab, single window mode, new tab button on tab bar. I know this can all be achieved by using extensions but the having the options there by default would be nice.

[Echilon]

I'm looking forward to the final release, but until them I'm sticking with 2.0. I have too many extenensions to lose.

[+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹]

oops

[cykosis]

Until mouse gestures work I can't move over to the Firefox 3 betas.

I have all-in-one gestures working just fine. You just have to disable the version compatibility check.

[Quillz]

I wish they would add a few more tab-related features. Load homepage in new tab, single window mode, new tab button on tab bar. I know this can all be achieved by using extensions but the having the options there by default would be nice.

I think Mozilla is trying to keep a stock Firefox installation as minimal as possible for simplicity's sake. Especially as they know extensions already bring all these features to the table.

[shakey_snake]

Until mouse gestures work I can't move over to the Firefox 3 betas.

I have all-in-one gestures working just fine. You just have to disable the version compatibility check.

If you really love mouse gestures (and you're on Windows) you should be running Stroke It anyways. ;)