Firefox 3 Download Day 2008 [Archive]

yauhui

15 Jun 2008, 15:16

The Firefox 3 Download Day 2008 takes place on the 17th of June this year!

www.spreadfirefox.com

Anyone of you pledged?

franpa

15 Jun 2008, 15:44

Bleh, I'll download it because I like FF3, I won't download it because of some ****ty record thing but that will most likely occur as a side effect anyways.

Xinos

15 Jun 2008, 15:48

I might download it just to se if they fixed the glitch were firefox will bounce up and down. I've had that problem for months ;D

Plasma

15 Jun 2008, 17:09

Should've been kept in the "Which browser do you use" thread.

Muzer

15 Jun 2008, 18:57

Opera 9.5 is already out, and it is much faster than the old version and way faster than Firefox! Why not upgrade to Opera?

Kelster23

15 Jun 2008, 19:09

If I remember I'll get it.

Paul.Power

15 Jun 2008, 19:18

Downloading it at the same time as everyone else? That's gonna lead to some slow rates...

Xinos

15 Jun 2008, 23:07

Downloading it at the same time as everyone else? That's gonna lead to some slow rates...

What's a couple of minutes more or less?

Pickleworm

16 Jun 2008, 04:03

Opera 9.5 is already out, and it is much faster than the old version and way faster than Firefox! Why not upgrade to Opera?

Okay. I'll give her a shot but if I'm not into the interface you owe me something not yet determined.

franpa

16 Jun 2008, 04:20

Is there a way to change the tab behaviour so it is like Firefox? IE: focus is NOT put on new tabs? I see nothing for that in opera 9.50's basic options.

SupSuper

16 Jun 2008, 14:49

To open a link in the background just middle-click/Ctrl-Shift-click it.

franpa

17 Jun 2008, 02:42

So there is NO way to change how context menu options behave? :(

yakuza

17 Jun 2008, 16:59

So there is NO way to change how context menu options behave? :(

Right click. You can either open in new tab, or open in second plane.

shadowman

17 Jun 2008, 20:06

I came to this thread and downloaded Opera.

Wierd.

super_frea

17 Jun 2008, 20:08

I've recently discovered that I prefer Safari to Firefox.
The End.

franpa

18 Jun 2008, 02:47

So far, June 18th 2008 and no Firefox 3 :(

*Splinter*

18 Jun 2008, 10:45

So far, June 18th 2008 and no Firefox 3 :(

What do you mean? I got it last night?

EDIT: At last, I found an improvement over FF2: alt text (i.e. on images) can now be much longer and are displayed in a box instead of a line :cool: Example: Hover on the image! (http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=39&issue=11)

franpa

18 Jun 2008, 11:07

not on there update server, I went to use firefox's built in updater and there was no update when i made the ^ post.

Plasma

18 Jun 2008, 12:16

not on there update server, I went to use firefox's built in updater and there was no update when i made the ^ post.
IIRC, the built-in updater doesn't update to later versions, it only updates the current version.

franpa

18 Jun 2008, 15:36

yea, i was using 3.0.0 rc2 though. not 2.0.0.x

Muzer

18 Jun 2008, 18:55

EDIT: At last, I found an improvement over FF2: alt text (i.e. on images) can now be much longer and are displayed in a box instead of a line http://forum.team17.co.uk/images/newsmilies/cool.gif Example: Hover on the image! (http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=39&issue=11)
That has happened for a while in Opera.

SupSuper

18 Jun 2008, 19:36

So there is NO way to change how context menu options behave? :(Sure, you can change the mouse gestures, keyboard shortcuts or context menus, just edit the respective INI (http://operawiki.info/EditingINIFiles).

Muzer

18 Jun 2008, 20:18

Yeah, .ini editing is useful. Just delete the open in new tab option. Edit standard_menu.ini , go to the section [Link Popup Menu] and put a semicolon and a space before 'Item, MI_IDM_MENU_PAGEBAR_LINK_IN_NEW_PAGE = Open link in new page, -2, "urlinfo"'

*Splinter*

18 Jun 2008, 20:19

That has happened for a while in Opera.

Well done, have a point a cookie an enormous sense of self-worth

mmm... fuzzy...

shadowman

18 Jun 2008, 20:51

And pow. I got rid of Opera because it doesn't like me.

FF3 AHOY!
It got the Colbert Bump.

MtlAngelus

18 Jun 2008, 21:31

So did they break any records?

Muzer

18 Jun 2008, 21:50

shadowman: In what way did Opera not like you?

Metal Alex

19 Jun 2008, 01:18

shadowman: In what way did Opera not like you?

He's a human, Opera is a computer program... Their love is impossible.

shadowman

19 Jun 2008, 03:10

Though metal Alex is partly right, opera just had the tendency to go unresponsive. They boasted that they were the fastest, but Firefox just loves me like crazy.

franpa

19 Jun 2008, 04:11

Opera is like 7 times faster then firefox 3 at rendering pages >.> hence why i jumped ship.

Kelster23

19 Jun 2008, 07:26

I didn't like Opera, dunno why. I guess I'm just a Firefox person.

franpa

19 Jun 2008, 07:35

Thanks to muzer, Opera pretty much IS firefox :P or atleast for me it is.

yauhui

20 Jun 2008, 11:14

So did they break any records?

Amazing work! Over 8,000,000 downloads in 24 hours!

Thanks to your support there were over 8 million downloads of Firefox 3 in 24 hours! Please be patient while our judges and Guinness validate our record attempt.

Just wait...

*Splinter*

20 Jun 2008, 12:18

There was no previous record set, so basically they cant fail

bonz

20 Jun 2008, 14:05

He's a human, Opera is a computer program... Their love is impossible.
Opera obviously has knowledge about Shadowmoon's posting habits.

SupSuper

20 Jun 2008, 16:39

What is it with this constant mixup between Shadowman and Shadowmoon?

Plasma

20 Jun 2008, 17:47

What is it with this constant mixup between Shadowmoon and Shadowman?
They're all probably trying to copy me, the sheeporms!

First one to spot the extra detail in this post wins a point!

*Splinter*

20 Jun 2008, 18:47

They're all probably trying to copy me, the sheeporms!

First one to spot the extra detail in this post wins a point!

Is it... that your a 'massive tool', or something? 'cause Im pretty sure that's been mentioned before...

shadowman

20 Jun 2008, 19:01

I don't get the confusion either, because we're not really alike.
Someone should change his username.

*whistles* Oh Andrewwwww! :p

MtlAngelus

20 Jun 2008, 21:05

They're all probably trying to copy me, the sheeporms!

First one to spot the extra detail in this post wins a point!

That you switched the names in the post, and also changed shadowmoon's name to shadowmon possibly because you have some bizarre and incredibly embarrassing fetish with pokemons?

Muzer

20 Jun 2008, 22:14

Or Jamaicans

*Splinter*

22 Jun 2008, 21:35

Does anyone here (with FF3) use Windows Live Hotmail?
If so is yours working properly? Mine has forced me into 'classic' mode telling me to try deleting cache/cookies but I dont want to do this if the fault is just caused by FF3 not being compatible or something...

Kelster23

22 Jun 2008, 21:49

*Splinter*

22 Jun 2008, 22:16

Damn, Ill have to purge my cookies and remember all my logins again :(
Thanks for the help

franpa

23 Jun 2008, 02:04

FF3 works/worked with Live Hotmail (normal edition).

Shadowmoon

4 Jul 2008, 10:45

We did it!

Check your email inbox if you haven't already. But they got the record!