[MikeSwim07]

its been officially released today!

[nlmisra]

Hear Hear...FF3 is out...n finally just by going onto updates can one download it wighout gettin timed out. But watchout...several add-ons by different softwares lke Realplayer Download Plug-In, Crawler Toolbar with Webguard Security(These are what I use so...)will not work, nor can you disable them or uninstall them or update them.
I learnt this the hard way. Please check with all your add-ons sites if they also have the upgrade or not..else you'll simply suffer..

[Rivera42]

There's a "Mozilla Field Guide" for the new release, including links to additional resources:

http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2008/06/12/655/

I gotta be honest, I'm not exactly in love with the new default theme, but it's definitely an improvement.

We are all co-holders of a Guinness World Record!

[dragjack]

ah yes!! Installed it! It's indeed faster BUT.... what I'm missing most is the VIEW LINKS tab that used to be under the VIEW PAGE INFO option...

now i can't quickly check for unwanted links without having to go through source... meeeeehhhh

[Rivera42]

The slowest loading page of all, myspace.com, comes up in seconds. FF3 really IS faster!

[MikeSwim07]

Alot of addons don't work yet though.

[nlmisra]

Faster...well that's really strange..my FF3 is running really slow unfortunately..I mean in comaparision to the great upgrade that I was expecting. IT certainly is workin atleast as fast as FF2 if not slower..cud there be some problem with my system. Also lots of add-ons don't work as yet

[ferrija1]

The download count is approaching 10 million. I'm sure it'll reach that by the end of the week.

[JohnWill]

I'm a little reluctant to install FF3, since they seem to be saying that many plugins won't work that are working on FF2. I would really be disappointed if that happened.

[JStergis]

I can say that Adblock Plus works...that's my only plugin though, so I can't speak for others.

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by JStergis

I can say that Adblock Plus works...that's my only plugin though, so I can't speak for others.

I can. Almost all of the add-ons I had installed in Firefox 2 aren't (yet) compatible with Firefox 3, including my favorite theme (Noia).

With time, this will change as the add-on and theme maintainers get around to upgrading their add-ons and themes..

Peace...

[Rivera42]

FEBE isn't compatible...yet. But several other important extensions are, including NoScript, AdBlockPlus, FiltersetG Updater, IE Tab, SiteAdvisor, ForecastFox, Better GMail 2, Google Bookmarks Button, Google Toolbar, FoxMarks, FoxyMeter (pages-viewed odometer), CoLT (Copy Link Text), FavLoc, Firefox Showcase, Zotero, ColorfulTabs, and StumbleUpon.
Compatible themes include AeroFox, Kempleton and some of Bodizzle's themes. They all look very professional as well, IMO.

I have found that some of my customizations, e.g. the IE Tab button near the address bar, had to be manually re-enabled, while others, e.g. the NoScript button near the address bar, did not.

@tomdkat: I'm anxiously awaiting the noia as well, in fact I could have sworn he said he was turning his attention to FF3 months ago:
QUOTE: "Fixed several minor bugs. This will be the last version of Noia eXtreme that supported Firefox 2.0.x before I move all code into Firefox 3.0. Noia eXtreme 3.4 will be released when Firefox 3.0 final released."
SOURCE: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/72 (bottom of page)

For users who need DOM Inspector it is NOT included with the FF3 release and MUST be downloaded as a plugin.

To All: Just keep checking for updates thru the Add-Ons manager and you will have "your" Firefox back up and running again in no time.

[redoak]

See the last two paragraphs in this article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7462900.stm

{redoak}

[CTPhil]

I have no problems with my current FF version. You guys let me know when the kinks get worked out of FF3, OK?

[Rivera42]

Originally Posted by redoak

See the last two paragraphs in this article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7462900.stm

{redoak}

Sounds like the same "flaw" that exists with any software. As always, there's an easy fix. Know what you're clicking.

While I was sitting here staring at the page, I received a small pop-up notification that FF3 has found another update for an add-on. I'm sure the smooth, unobtrusive update process will apply to security holes as well as all the tinsel.