Firefox 3: A Safari User’s Review
Officially released in November 2004, Firefox has grown to become the second biggest browser, with a market share of nearly 18%, all platforms combined (Internet Explorer has 75%, to web developers’ great regret).
Today, it seems that version 3 of Firefox is just around the corner. Mozilla has released a “Release Candidate” version on its U.S. website (other users have to manually change the web address to this to get it). This is not a public release version, merely an “almost ready for public release” version.
If you’re a Firefox 2 user, then the upgrade will be more than welcome. But what changes have been made? What would the average user gain by adopting Firefox 3, rather than Safari for example?
First of all, one must stress that Firefox 3 requires Mac OS Tiger or later to work. So if you’re still on 10.3 or below, spare yourself the trouble.Secondly, I am a Safari user, and never enjoyed using Firefox 2, so some bias is bound to come forth.
Now that that is cleared, let’s tackle the user interface.
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