Firefox 3, Beta 5

I have been running Firefox 3, Beta 5 for several weeks now.  It seems to be flawless (although of course that depends on your specific configuration, etc. etc.)

My two favorite new features are:

1) The fact that it asks if you want to remember a login only AFTER you have successfully logged in. How many times have you told it to remember and then made a mistake in the login?  This is much nicer. However, the question appears in the menu area, not as a popup, so it takes a time or two to get used to it.

2) When you start to type a url, it not only fills it in, but gives you a plain language description of the site involved. So for example, if you start to go to weather.com, it will list all the different parts you have visited, such as “Old Lyme Weather Forecast and Conditions Connecticut (06371)” and other variations on the weather.com site.  Very slick.

The back and forward buttons are bigger (and different sizes), so they are slightly easier to distinguish. There are a number of similar minor improvements.

Based on a purely subjective reaction, it also seems a bit faster. 

The beta installs parallel to an existing Firefox installation , it does not overwrite it, but it does import all your settings and bookmarks, history, etc. So if you do experience issues, you can always go back to Firefox 2.

Comments

[madmilker]

thanks!

[heidi]

Have you learned whether Time Matters works with Firefox 3.x yet?

[John Heckman]

Yes, the link with Firefox 3 works with both TM 8 and TM 9

John Heckman