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 [...]
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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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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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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