I upgraded to Firefox 3 yesterday (the day after it came out) and after using it for a couple days I’m learning what I like and what I dislike. So far, this is what I’ve found.
What I like:
- When you delete a bookmark from the list after clicking on Bookmark, it keeps the list open instead of automatically closing it.
- It seems cleaner somehow and runs a bit faster.
- Upgrading was a snap. It downloaded and installed quickly and I was lucky that all the add-ons I had installed were compatible. There was no need for me to change anything.
- The Bookmarks menu has a “Recently Bookmarked” option that allows me to quickly see the last 10 pages I bookmarked instead of having to scroll down through the list. I have a long list so this is a bit of a time saver for me. I’m not sure if that feature was in the previous version, but I don’t think it was.
- It doesn’t take up as much of my computer’s memory which is nice since my computer is a piece of crap with less than a gigabyte of RAM
- Session Restore – The older version had this as well but it’s a great feature. If anything crashes, you can easily restore any web pages you had open before the crash.
What I don’t like:
- The URLs in the address bar are harder to look at when you click on the drop-down button. Before, they just showed the URLs. Now, they show the URLs and page title. It seems harder to search for the link I want. I guess it just looks messy.
- When you bookmark a page, the bookmark window pops up in the top right-hand corner instead of the middle of the page. It will take some getting used to. I have a 22″ widescreen monitor so I have to turn my head to see the window. Who knew that physically turning your head would be a pain in the butt.
In time I’ll probably discover more things that I like and dislike, but I’m impressed. Only two things that I don’t like so far and they’re relatively small things that I’ll get used to in time.
Update: One more thing I dislike. When Firefox asks you if you want to save your password, the window pops up at the top of the page in the browser rather than in the middle. Another issue of moving my head. Dammit. I hate moving my head.
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My son upgraded and is singing the praises of this new version. He says he notices better speed. How about you?
I’m waiting a bit to see if I hear of any of my favorite plugins not working – I depend of them so much!
Kelly – I noticed a definite improvement in speed. The last version was getting really sluggish so it’s a breath of fresh air to have it running smoothly again.
I was hesitant to upgrade at first because I was worried my favourite add-ons wouldn’t work but the developers have all done a great job at preparing them for this latest version.
My top 3 add-ons are Adsense Notifier, Google Toolbar, Search Status, and the Web Developer. Ok, that’s 4. They all work perfectly though.
I depend on mine too, but I wouldn’t be surprised if yours all work. If in doubt, you can always check beforehand to see if each developer made them compatible with version 3.
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