Making a Move to Firefox 3
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Firefox 3 has finally made it to it’s final beta stage - Beta 5 - and it’s looking and running better than ever.
I just downloaded the new Firefox just a couple days ago to test it out and slowly make the switch from Firefox 2; however, I was very upset when none of my add-ons worked. Naturally, I searched for a way to fix that and make them work and came out with this marvelous add-on that makes all the other add-ons compatible with Firefox 3. The add-on, Nightly Tester Tools, is available on the mozilla add-ons page. I must add that I came across this marvelous piece of equipment through a post on LifeHacker where they do a little rant about Firefox 3 and it’s perks.
After reading LifeHacker’s Firefox 3 article, and a couple of other articles from other bloggers prior to that, I must say it seems like everyone is thrashing Firefox 2 as if it was the worst browser ever. I agree that Firefox 3 is 10 times better; however, I would not thrash Firefox 2 so much. After all, if Firefox 2 was so horrible, then why have they (the people that are now thrashing it) used it in the first place? It must have been, because it wasn’t all that bad after all!
The new Firefox definitely has many awesome features that are just freaking amazing - it is hard not to fall in love with it instantly. The thing that did it for me, literally love at first sight, was the new interface.
It is hard to miss the elegant new dress that Firefox 3 had put on. I 
the darker shade, and the large back button. Love the fact, that the drop down for the back button is off to the side instead of being a part of it - I rarely use it, but it bugged me whenever it would drop down in Firefox 2. On top of that, it has a smart address bar and the pages seem to load much faster.
Overall, it is much sleeker, faster, smarter, elegant and of course - amazing - after all, it’s Firefox.
Take a look and try it for yourself - be amazed!
Read the Beta 5 release notes here.
Download Firefox 3 Beta 5 here.
Tags: Firefox 3
