Comments on: Firefox 3 Alpha 7 Inches a Little Closer

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:51:23 +0000

I use both Opera and Firefox on a regular basis, both for different reasons. Firefox has some site compatibility that I need for some services, but Opera can manage dozens of tabs without using insane amounts of memory. So while the theme would be awesome in Firefox, the thing that I really need is better memory management.

By: Tinhed

Tinhed — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:08:14 +0000

Well Ryan I assume you would not waste any time in shifting to firefox completely if they indeed manage to push in a Vista friendly Theme would you

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:04:09 +0000

Alex – I assume that you are probably referring to the parental controls on Vista, and that is something that Internet Explorer 7 already integrates with. I haven’t tried them myself, but that’s what I’ve heard.

I agree with Inferno_str1ke that there needs to be a more Vista friendly theme. This is something that a lot of browsers need to look into because I love the IE7 theme simply because of the transparent effects it has.

By: K-IntheHouse

K-IntheHouse — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:29:20 +0000

As much as I want to try out the new Firefox Alpha versions, I think I’m going to wait it out until the Beta version is out. I don’t mind it if they push the dates back as they are just trying to get things right the first time around than release it and fix the bugs motto!

Thanks for the update..

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By: DKong

DKong — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:33:19 +0000

Ahh..blacklisting sites. This’ll be helpful since my sister likes to go on sites that are popup city.

I also like the password saving feature. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve saved an incorrect password….it’s so annoying.

As for ease of use with bookmarks….how much easier can it get? You can already drag and drop urls into the bookmark menu…

By: Inferno_str1ke

Inferno_str1ke — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:51:56 +0000

I don’t really care about any of these features enough to want the new browser – all I want to see is a more Vista friendly theme, passing the Acid2 Test and more efficient use of memory (make that ‘be faster’). Extensions can do the rest. Though the saving password only if the logon succeeds would be nice.

By: Alex Killby

Alex Killby — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:04:48 +0000

Let’s see how long it takes Microsoft to roll out with these features. I’m so impressed that firefox is so quickly adapting to some of the features in Vista. Congrats, only another reason why Firefox is much better than IE.