Kirk M on November 13th, 2008

Quite some time ago I wrote up a post concerning a “fix” for Firefox 3.0 that involved setting “browser.cache.memory.enable” to “False” in “about.config” (Firefox’s options editing dialog). This “fix” solved the ongoing problem with Firefox 3.0.* causing unacceptably high CPU usage when a page was loaded into a foreground tab. A problem which not [...]

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Kirk M on August 11th, 2008

When it comes to fast browsers, Firefox 3.0.* tops them all but hold up…it has competition coming and that competition comes in the form of none other than Firefox 3.1, due near the end of the year.
When the folks at Mozilla first started work on Firefox 3.0 and began releasing the nightly builds thereof I [...]

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Firefox 3.1, which is scheduled to ship before the end on the year, will incorporate new ways to filter the results shown in the Smart Location Bar’s drop down list. Something that many Firefox 3.0.x users are looking forward to having. One of the reasons that this could not be done in time for the [...]

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Kirk M on July 13th, 2008

As an update to my to my previous post concerning the current version of Google Gears not being compatible with the upcoming update to Firefox, I just got word this afternoon that an update to Google Gears will be pushed out early and in time for the release of Firefox 3.0.1.
As per Aaron Boodman on [...]

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Kirk M on July 12th, 2008

The first maintenance release, 3.0.1 for Firefox 3.0 is tentatively scheduled for a July 16th release date and that’s right around around the corner. This release is the beginning of the evolution of Firefox 3.0 just as we’ve seen in previous versions of Firefox.
These maintenance releases usually include various non-blocking bug fixes that didn’t make [...]

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