Anyone using Firefox 3 - is it better than version 2?

[Ratchet]

Hi all,

Just upgraded my firefox to the last version of firefox 2 (Ver 2.0.020). Held off upgrading to ver 3 due to some reviews suggesting not better than ver 2. Anyone using version 3? What do you think of it?

[shortyball]

personally dont see much difference, hasnt effected my browsing. Not had any issues, seems just like ver.2

[.: JaCkPoT :.]

Very similar

[caveman_nige]

well it has a lots of fixes in it to patch the holes in 2 that you still could be vulnerable to.

[bugaloo41]

With the exception of the security updates there aint really much difference to the end user.

[Ratchet]

Well, updated to ver 3. thanks for the feedback

[surv55]

try opera much faster than the memory hungery firefox 3

[hashleyf]

the latest release of firefox (v3.05) seems to have some memory useage changes in

it has dropped my multi and single tab browsing "firefox.exe" memory use by around 30mb

[saj1985]

its similair mate,
but the bookmarks organising etc is defo better in version 2

[Ratchet]

Well, i un-installed v3 back to v2 due to the RSS feeds not updating - I use them regularly, so until they sort them out it's v2 for me.

[Raven]

Another thing to consider for all you ~~~~ophiles out there is that in version 3 your internet webpage history does not get deleted! So I've gone back to version 2 for this very reason!

In all seriousness though how can you release a new version of a browser and have such a glaring and basic bug such as webpages not being erased upon command ? I mean how did it see release without this going unnoticed ? Major oversight.

The shit thing is that as of mid December version 2 is no longer supported and therefore will not see or receive any updates in the future that version 3 will receive. Which is bullshit to be honest. They are ditching version 2 before version 3 is ready. If they are going to basically try to force people into using their latest and "greatest" then at least cover the basics of web browsing Mozilla!

[hashleyf]

Another thing to consider for all you ~~~~ophiles out there is that in version 3 your internet webpage history does not get deleted! So I've gone back to version 2 for this very reason!

it does, but you need to tell firefox to do it, it takes about 10 seconds...

tools>options>privacy

check > "always clear my private data when i close firefox"
click "settings" and checkbox what ever items you want deleted

Now your secret internet habits are secret once more

[Raven]

Except I did that ...still nothing, now wether they have released a small update since which fixes this i don't know. But when I used it a couple of months back it wasn't erasing webpages.

Thanks for the effort tho!

[grizzlyt]

I use the 3.1b2 Version and it is really faster than the 3.0 or 2.0 Version ! You also have the "private browsing" capability aka ~~~~ mode . But if you use the No Script plug-in you are pretty safe.