Comments on: Ubuntu: Firefox 3 beta and unhappy users

By: paul

paul — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:27:49 +0000

firefox 3 is un actual shamble!!
I am extremely dissatisfied…do something about it!!!
I wll NOT ADVISE TO ANY ONE

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 30 May 2008 04:38:38 +0000

Ubuntu 8.04 is supported for something like 3 years on the desktop. In 3 years, FF2 is going to be outdated and possibly not getting any more security updates. You think that Ubuntu users that are running LTS should be stuck with an insecure browser for so long? Shipping FF2 as the default browser wouldn’t make sense in the long term. FF3-RC1 is coming to Ubuntu in about a week (it’s in hardy-proposed at the moment, so it is getting some testing).

By: Glen

Glen — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:55:38 +0000

Very disappointing that they thought it would be a good idea to include the beta firefox 3.

Part of the user experience is making sure everything works. 6 months between releases isn’t a long time to do quality assurance. When you start throwing beta software into the mix it’s just asking for trouble.

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:49:06 +0000

I’m not sure how the beta versions compared, but I’m using FF3RC1 and it beats FF2 performance-wise without a doubt. The new features are great (especially the tags against bookmarks — it has changed how I browse, again, much like tabs did back when they came out.)

I’m still sorting through some of the plugin issues, but I got FireBug working by grabbing the latest milestone from getfirebug.com. Yes, yes. More beta software. It really works quite well, though. I’ve had as few (or possibly less!) problems with this version of FireBug as the last.

By: Ashish

Ashish — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:50:47 +0000

My FF 2 on windows crashes every now n then man but its still better than IE. BTW your ubuntu enthu is really getting big on me, ubuntu install is on the card for sure and i know where to look for if i get stuck working on Ubuntu