Now that FF3 has been released for quite a while, I wonder what
do you hate about Firefox 3? How do you get back what you want
(other than using FF2) ? What do you like about FF3?
Likes
1. Nicer interface. It's now tightly integrated based on your
OS, rather than the older interface that Mozilla used to have.
2. Clearer warning messages. If it's a bad site, it states it.
If it's a phishing site, it states it clearly.
3. Updating function is now better. Whereas it used to inform
you of updates only after you restart Firefox, now it informs you
whenever there's an update available.
4. Better addons and skins manager. Older versions of FF spots a
rather basic addons and skins manager. Newer version is improved,
quite like Opera addons and skins manager.
5. Download manager and download status. It used to be you need
to keep on opening the download manager to check how much time is
needed to download a file. Now, it's stated rather clearly at the
bottom. Although not quite accurate, but still, an improvement is
better than nothing.
Dislikes
1. Address Bar. Can be resolved by installing either of these
addons - oldbar or Old Location Bar.
2. Bookmarking system
3. Issues with SSL website (self signed certs or expired certs
will trigger this - http://xs230.xs.to/xs230/08356/ssl283.png ). Issue
can be resolved by installing this addon called Perspectives.
4. Scanning of files with antivirus. Regardless of your
antivirus settings, if a file is determined to be bad by your
antivirus, it will be deleted once downloaded. On some systems,
some people reported hangs or slow downs.
This will be good for people who downloads files without
checking... but for those who are frequently fixing PCs and
requires to download files (which antivirus programs think are bad)
, you won't be happy to keep finding them missing.
Issue can be resolved by going to about:config and change the
settings.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone
5. Viewing source codes of bad websites. OK, this is only for
the curious. But I don't see the reason to block us from viewing
the source codes of bad websites?
6. View Page Info. Right click on the page and select View Page
Info. Compare FF3's View Page Info with FF2's View Page Info. Which
do you think is more useful?
Get back your old View Page Info.
