Mozilla Firefox 3.0 RC1

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I just upgraded from Beta 5 to RC1.

The UI has been updated. The bookmarks manager was updated to the Vista UI look. It wasn't there in B5... was it?

I don't know because I used my old skin in 3.0b5

When I upgraded to 3.0 RC1 I was forced to use the default skin (due to compatibility issues) which did look different to me.

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Same here. I ran it in sandboxie and the bulk of my extensions didn't work.

Other than that, looked good.

Seems good, but it's unusable for me until all my extensions get updated.
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I just upgraded from Beta 5 to RC1.

The UI has been updated. The bookmarks manager was updated to the Vista UI look. It wasn't there in B5... was it?

No it definately wasn't! :) I was using Beta 5 with the default skin for about a month and it was a horrible interface for the library, very un-userfriendly and dull. I LOVE what they have done in RC1. I'm sure it was supposed to be called 'Places' though wasn't it? and not 'Library'??

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Ok, I gave in, despite none of the extensions I love being compatible with RC1 - Stylish, Basics, Glasser (officially) - I went and updated and you know what...? I LOVE it!

Having made the transition from Beta 5, there are many changes I love; from the small changes (like putting a door on the small 'Home' icon) to the big changes (like the green text in the AwesomeBar becoming blue, tags shown in the AwesomeBar aswell as the star and the 'Library' getting a WHOLE new UI overhaul - icons, black bar, etc).

This is an amazing browser, MUCH better than Firefox 2.0 and the biggest number of features and UI changes in a Firefox version update.

I think the UI for Windows Vista fits perfectly, however, one change they should have made is to automatically hide the menubar - would look so much better - and have the 'small' 'Back and 'Forward' buttons as default ;))

One thing no one seems to mention is that they are going to have a brand new application icon for Firefox when it is final. I cannot wait to see what it looks like and hope they release it soon, if not then at least pictures of it! :p

I have one problem with RC1 though. The Neowin banner at the top of the forum does not seem to be loading :/ it could be my Internet connection, but that is strange as it loaded when using Firefox 3 Beta 5. It also says 'Done' in the statusbar... :unsure: screenshot attached)

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pet-peeve

Most won't give a rats ass about the Mac users experience, but I'm just saying that Mozilla really worry me sometimes. For all the mac user out there, if you open a new tab...notice how the close button (the X) is on the RIGHT side of the tab as opposed the left? :p

Oops? :p

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No it definately wasn't! :) I was using Beta 5 with the dafult skin for about a month and it was a horrible interface for the library, very un-userfriendly and dull. I LOVE what they have done in RC1. I'm sure it was supposed to be called 'Places' though wasn't it? and not 'Library'??

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The backend is called Places, the front end remains fairly unchanged.

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and how might that be accomplished

Control + Scroll wheel, or View > Zoom. It now zooms the whole page, including images and flash, instead of just text like it used to in Firefox 2.

It's a bit different than Image Zoom which lets you zoom a single image.

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Control + Scroll wheel, or View > Zoom. It now zooms the whole page, including images and flash, instead of just text like it used to in Firefox 2.

It's a bit different than Image Zoom which lets you zoom a single image.

Uh that's been there for ever. Thats also zooming the entire page. With the image zoom extension you could right click a woman with some nice titties and choose zoom in. That would just zoom in the picture.

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Uh that's been there for ever. Thats also zooming the entire page. With the image zoom extension you could right click a woman with some nice titties and choose zoom in. That would just zoom in the picture.

Hasn't been there forever, unless you're talking "forever" in Firefox 3. I just use the Fire Gestures mapping for increasing/decreasing image size (as well as a different mapping for increasing/decreasing overall page size).

I think someone asked earlier about whether the inactive state of Firefox 3 works properly (chrome goes lighter) in OS X and it does indeed with RC1.

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Uh that's been there for ever. Thats also zooming the entire page. With the image zoom extension you could right click a woman with some nice titties and choose zoom in. That would just zoom in the picture.

Hehehe!

Well if you want to use that extension, try installing Nightly Tester Tools then you should be able to press Force Install.

It should then work (don't know for sure, but all the extensions I used in FF2, apart from the themes & cutemenus were ALL successfully adapted automatically to FF3 using Nightly Tester Tools.

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In v2 there was no 'zoom' for images, only text, in v3 they added zooming for whole page - even images

Anyway does anyone know if this rc1 called version 3.0pre? or RC1? Are the nightly updates good enough?

It's called version 3.0 in the build string:

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-GB; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008051202 Firefox/3.0 ID:2008051202

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Is the different system themes in effect? If so, can I use the vista icon set with XP? It'd look killer with Royale Vista 2.

They've been in effect since the past few betas actually, and at least Vista's theme saw a further update in RC1. :)

I'm starting to be quite satisfied with it now, although I'd prefer to not have the back/fwd buttons look like that in small icons mode, I don't think they fit in. :(

But otherwise I like it, and the Places library ("manage bookmarks") use the Windows Vista Media Player look now too in Vista. (new in RC1)

I don't know how to use the Vista icons in XP or vice versa, but I think I've heard about it and that there is a way (unless someone replied here already and I missed it)

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They've been in effect since the past few betas actually, and at least Vista's theme saw a further update in RC1. :)

I'm starting to be quite satisfied with it now, although I'd prefer to not have the back/fwd buttons look like that in small icons mode, I don't think they fit in. :(

But otherwise I like it, and the Places library ("manage bookmarks") use the Windows Vista Media Player look now too in Vista. (new in RC1)

I don't know how to use the Vista icons in XP or vice versa, but I think I've heard about it and that there is a way (unless someone replied here already and I missed it)

It's possible, as I posted in this thread.

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Force Firefox extensions to work in the latest version

When Firefox updates to a new version, some extensions are disabled. However, you can easily edit the extensions to make Firefox re-enable them -- no particular expertise required.

Problem

Extension authors sometimes abandon their creations, and when Firefox enters a new version, it will refuse to use extensions that are not tagged as compatible.

Solution

Basically, the extension installer is just a zip archive. The installation information file inside contains a "maxversion" note to Firefox letting it know what versions the extension is appropriate for. Just change this value and you're good to go!

Warning! The extension may not be installable for a reason. If you break Firefox, close it and start it in safe mode, then remove the extension.

Instructions:

1. Save the install file to the desktop. (Right-click, "Save Link As...")

2. Rename the file's extension from .xpi to .zip. (In Windows, go to a folder window and click Tools -> Folder Options, then unhide extensions.)

3. Open the file. (WinZip or some other archive program.)

4. Extract the install.rdf file to the desktop. (Drag it.)

5. Open the file in a plain-text editor (Notepad, vi, Gedit, etc.)

6. Find a block that starts with <em:targetApplication>. If there is more than one, choose the one that contains the string {ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}, the ID of Firefox.

7. Find the line that starts with <em:maxVersion>. You will see a value that looks something like 1.5.0.* -- a version number.

8. Change that value to the current version of Firefox. (so input - 3.0.0.*)

9. Pack everything back up! Save the install.rdf file, pull it back into the archive, rewriting the old version. Rename the extension's file extension from .zip back to .xpi.

10. Install the edited extension in Firefox by dragging it onto a Firefox window. Complete the installation by restarting Firefox.

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