Firefox 3

bazza
 May 20, 2008 at 05:59 AM posted in General Discussion

Firefox 3 is available for testing:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html

It installs separately from version 2 at the moment.  

Profile picture
bazza
 May 20, 2008 at 06:10 PM

I will install separately, you just have to select the custom install option and specify a different directory name.

Profile picture
changye
 May 20, 2008 at 12:51 PM

Hi goulniky,

I’m afraid that I don’t get your point. As far as I know, software, regardless whether it is free or not, usually has a lot of bugs especially just after it is upgraded (or released), and later minor upgrades eliminate those bugs.

For example, I’m now using Firefox version 2.0.0.14 released this spring. And I think the number “2” is, so to speak, the equivalent of “the second edition” of books, and “14” is “the 14th printing” or something like that.

I still believe my analogy is not so off the mark.

Profile picture
goulnik
 May 20, 2008 at 11:52 AM

changye, there is a major difference between printed dictionaries and web browsers, the majority of the latter being freeware!

Profile picture
changye
 May 20, 2008 at 10:18 AM

Hi bazza,

You should have said that first. Anyway, I don't usually buy a copy of the first printing of a dictionary since it is highly possible that it contains many typos and misspellings.

Profile picture
bazza
 May 20, 2008 at 10:04 AM

It's also pretty unstable and incompatible with almost every addon so I wouldn't recommend installing it yet unless you're really curious.

Profile picture
bazza
 May 20, 2008 at 06:51 AM

Correction: it doesn't install separately, it overwrites your current version.