Firefox 3 Beta 2

[PrntRhd]

Next beta for the new Firefox version is released.
This is BETA, not ready for prime time yet.

Performance improvements such as: better data reliability for user profiles, architectural improvements to speed up page rendering, over 330 memory leak fixes, a new XPCOM cycle collector to reduce entire classes of leaks, and reductions in the memory footprint.

http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2007/12/18/firefox-3-beta-2-now-available-for-download/

[pentachris]

Here's (http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1061) a peek at it from ZDNet.com.

it’s quite likely that I might consider making a switch to it as my main browser. While I find Internet Explorer 7 to be fine, I think that there would be advantages to switching to a unified browsing platform across Windows, Mac OS and Linux.

Yeah, I think you should work on that, buddy... :rolleyes:

Functionally and visually, beta 1 and beta 2 are hard to tell apart, but after a few seconds of using them side-by-side I think that I could tell them apart on pretty much any system. Beta 2 feels snappier and far more responsive than beta 1 (or Firefox 2.0 for that matter) and I can feel the difference on all the systems that I’ve tried it on - from a lowly Sempron system to my quad-core monsters.

Sounds like good progress to me! :cool:

[pave_spectre]

I just want them to bring back the 'Get Mail' unders 'Tools'. That was really convenient, then it vanished with (I think) version 2.

[PrntRhd]

Pave,
What type of mail do you want it to get? There are extensions that give you POP mail, Gmail, Yahoo mail....

[pave_spectre]

The get mail control automatically loaded thunderbird. It won't do that anymore and there doesn't seem to be a way to get it to do it again.

[Paul Komski]

There is a Get Mail extension to restore it to Firefox 2 as a toolbar button.

http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2006/10/firefox-2-tweaks-restore-the-get-mail-button/

[pave_spectre]

Thats what I've been looking for. Thanks :)