Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 Coming on March 10

[anarkhy]

They really need to do something with the interface. I'm a firefox addict but chrome is so clean and nice to use.

[Quillz]

Should I bother with Beta 3 if I'm already using the Minefield "nightly" builds? Do those automatically update on their own?

[L0u1s]

I've switched to chrome a few months ago. When I go back on FireFox you actually feel it's sloooooow.

Chrome misses 2 things IMO. Adblock and Foxmarks.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Not at this rate, i think safari 4 will have another beta before going final and SF 4 willl be released before Firefox 3.5 goes final. the third beta has been pushed back to March 12. and Firefox will now go from 3.1 to 3.5. beta 3 will still use the 3.1 number. and they will be a beta 4. Here's the Status on all this.

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Probably wouldn't surprise me, they've been working on Safari 4 for a long time, their first preview release was released just before Firefox 3 was released.

[DanManIt]

The new tab behavior looks good!

[Jayayess1190]

Should I bother with Beta 3 if I'm already using the Minefield "nightly" builds? Do those automatically update on their own?

Minefield is newer than this Beta. It doesn't update on its own, you need to update it.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

The nightlies do auto-update.

[Quillz]

It's March 10... Where's Beta 3? Or did it get delayed again?

[ViperAFK]

It's not coming until march 12th

[ambiance]

It's not coming until march 12th

Doh!

BTW, that Nicholas Cage avatar is hilarious.

[lunarworks]

It's not coming until march 12th

At which point they will delay it until March 14.

[acedriver]

it's here

http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.or...es/3.1b3/win32/

[Steeley]

it's here

http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.or...es/3.1b3/win32/

Thanks for that. I can't be stuffed modifying all my addons to work with the new beta just yet. I'll just wait until I'm bored one day.

[Crazysah]

Finally it is here! YAY!

[yakumo]

Thanks for that. I can't be stuffed modifying all my addons to work with the new beta just yet. I'll just wait until I'm bored one day.

What, the whole 10 seconds it takes to hit the 'override all' button with Nightly Test Tools and restart firefox ?

[Steeley]

What, the whole 10 seconds it takes to hit the 'override all' button with Nightly Test Tools and restart firefox ?

I actually didn't know of the "Nightly Test Tools". Thanks for that, but maybe next time you could offer advice sans the attitude.

[JoHideo]

I'm new to Mac. What's the proper way to update it since the check for updates isn't working at the moment?

[+John. Subscriber¹]

I'm new to Mac. What's the proper way to update it since the check for updates isn't working at the moment?

Just get the .dmg, open it, and drag and drop into Applications. It'll override everything, but should still keep your bookmarks and passwords etc. Easy as pie.

I've noticed various Speed increases around nearly all websites, even Neowin!

[Quillz]

I'm new to Mac. What's the proper way to update it since the check for updates isn't working at the moment?

The Firefox auto-update feature works with stable releases, not betas.

If you want to be as up-to-date as possible, use Minefield instead of this beta. Minefield auto-updates every day to the latest nightly.

[mancode20]

Using it now. Seems to be a little faster.

[CPressland]

Installed and working, seams a little faster, I just miss all my extentions :(

[mancode20]

Did you use the Nightly Tester Tools extension? It seems to make all of mine work.

[Creamy]

Is it me or did they do something to the interface? Is it slimmer?

[Joel]

Using it now. Seems to be a little faster.

Me too.

[LittleNeutrino Veteran]

Acid 3 score is better than last beta/.