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Firefox 3.0 Download Day

~C4Chaos said Jun 17, 2008, 3:55 PM:

Hello Everyone,

Firefox 3.0 is now available for download. As you know, we at Gaia recommend using Firefox. So give Firefox 3.0 a try and help set the Guinness World Record :)

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/?p=downloadday

Once you've downloaded and installed Firefox 3.0, start using it on Gaia and use this thread to let us know of any issues with the latest version.

Thanks!

~C

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Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

Samme said Jun 17, 2008, 4:00 PM:

Download is quick!

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

*Ladybear~ said Jun 17, 2008, 4:14 PM:

I just downloaded it and can't get the headlines to load.

it looks different with the grey top bar, can we change that color somehow?

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

~Matthew said Jun 17, 2008, 5:11 PM:

Hi Ladybear,

What are “the headlines”?

Curious,
~M

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

*Ladybear~ said Jun 17, 2008, 5:14 PM:

you know, in the browser bar it shows FF & Mozilla and Latest Headlines.
On FF 2.0.0.14 and before, when you roll over the headlines button all the
headlines from the world happenings open up.

UPDATE! They just started to load.
now organizing my bookmarks is going to be a lesson!

my text is smaller, and my buttons in my blog turned yellow!

can we change the text size? this is really small as i type it now

SEE ~C4s blog post

OH i just noticed that the hypertext is now PURPLE when you do it!

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

~Matthew said Jun 17, 2008, 5:22 PM:

Interesting. None of that has happened to me with the new FF. But I never had (nor have) the headlines button. I wonder if some setting in your browser that carried over is messing with the new one….

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

*Ladybear~ said Jun 17, 2008, 5:34 PM:

I'll work it out, and gratefully my guru will be coming by the end of the week.
he's been driving the tour van for a UK band called The Restarts.

So if I have continuing text size problems, he'll be able to find it alot faster
then me.

right now to organize my bookmarks is really testing me!
They all have folders now and i can't drag links into the folder.
the link will go under the folder, on top of the folder, but not into the folder!
LOL!
on second thought, I need the guru now!

This is fun anyway, until i totally screw something up and then go back to FF 2!

HUGS XOXO

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

~Matthew said Jun 17, 2008, 5:39 PM:

:-)

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

~princess~ said Jun 17, 2008, 5:53 PM:

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LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the best eva ^.^

~

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

David said Jun 17, 2008, 7:45 PM:

So far so good! A lot of great new features in here. :)

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

Meenakshi said Jun 17, 2008, 8:09 PM:

Things seem to load faster; and I like that little star on the navigation toolbar for bookmarking a page.

When a pdf needed to open, the page with all tabs blanked out for a minute; then I got a certificate. Didn't realize this was such a big day!! Now I've told my family –Gaia told me first!

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

~C4Chaos said Jun 17, 2008, 8:31 PM:

thanks to all your feedback. keep 'em coming. e.g. try your blogs, pods, photos, video embedding, books, bookmarks. let us know if you encounter any problems.

as for me, one thing i noticed is the improved loading speed! Gaia pages load faster and Firefox 3.0 looks less buggy than the previous version. sweet!

~C

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

*Ladybear~ said Jun 17, 2008, 8:59 PM:

I posted a blog with the info and my FF certificate for doing it w/o a problem. :-)
i like my very own FF certificate!

hehee

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

*Ladybear~ said Jun 18, 2008, 8:28 AM:

Just wanted to ask you if your new browser bar is GREY?

the other was all the same color, like a white transparent. but mine is totally grey
above our purple gaia stuff.
like where the house, stop, reload buttons are. it's grey!

is yours?
thanks!

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

~C4Chaos said Jun 18, 2008, 9:37 AM:

yep. they're all grey. or more accurately, chrome. FF 3 uses the native look of the system you're using. so if you're on a Mac, FF3 would look and feel like Safari :)

here's a list of enhancements with Firefox 3.0.

see also:

Lifehacker’s Top 10 Firefox 3 features

Lifehacker’s Power User’s guide to Firefox 3

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

*Ladybear~ said Jun 18, 2008, 9:41 AM:

Thanks ~C, I'm trying to get use to it.
there are alot of new things in here.
Appreciate the help!

Lb

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

Meenakshi said Jun 18, 2008, 6:18 PM:

Today, the back and forward buttons aren't lit. So, I can't go back to a page I was on.
They were okay last night; but not now. I didn't change any settings; so not sure what happened.

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

~KES said Jun 19, 2008, 5:13 AM:

It installed faster than the jet that flies across this screen!!!
It reminds me of Safari but better…more features under the hood.

I uploaded a picture I took of my husband and that went fine.
The CoolIris function the our Dev Chris recommended works beautifully with this new Firefox and I didn't have to download it again.

I looked at all the sites and “hatting” from ~C above and tried out those links and was amazed on how user friendly it is.

My hope is that we can get a Widget in the Mac downloads for Gaia unless someone knows of one that I can put for this site in my dashboard. I like the fact that it is not that drastic of a change and makes navigating routine and not much learning curve. I am going to drive it a few days but I already like it. Thanks for the referral.

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

FenixRizing said Jun 24, 2008, 1:16 PM:

I downloaded and have been using FF3 and just found a bug that probably won't get fixed until 3.1 (according to the .Mac gurus)… I have a .mac account and can't access my iDisk via FF 3.

that sort of stinks but is a minor inconvenience - i just have to launch safari whenever i need to access my iDisk. =(

Fenix

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

~Matthew said Jun 24, 2008, 1:37 PM:

Yeah, that DOES suck, Fenix! Good find, though.

All my best,
~Matthew

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

FenixRizing said Jun 25, 2008, 8:45 AM:

=) you called me fenix.

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

~Matthew said Jun 25, 2008, 9:35 AM:

That's what you requested!

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

MarleMac said Jul 8, 2008, 2:59 AM:

Hi there!
Have recently switched to FireFox so am new to everything! Is it just me or has things changed since Monday (when the system was down to speed things up a bit?) I now have no photo/video button in new blog post window?!!!!!?? Is it gaia, FireFox, what? Things started slowing down dramatically for me since last night! Thumbnails funny or some missing on page?! Displaying the links…
HEEEELP! Wanna post my blog, but stumped, can't add photo from photo album on gaia…not even from my disk, nothing wants to work!!!!???

Please…
having withdrawal symptoms…
(will post photo to demonstrate feelings …. when I can!)

PS couldn't even access support group…!?

Thanks
Marlene

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

~Matthew said Jul 8, 2008, 7:04 AM:

Hi MarleMac,

Are you still having these issues? I wasn't able to duplicate. It could be a temp issue. But if you're still having troubles, let me know, and I'll inform the developers.

~M

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

MarleMac said Jul 8, 2008, 10:22 PM:

Thanks Matthew! Thanks for getting back to me….WHEWWW!

It was temp, looks like, I left it for a while, and because I was in such a huff, forgot where I posted this!

I went and had a look at Firefox site, discovered addons and the rest is history!

All fixed, screen looks beautiful and

Firefox is magic!

Don't know what happened, but whatever it was, its OK now, thanks to whatever fixed it!
Just another challenge in my life conquered by JKG (just keep going) !!!!

I could even get to the support pod finally and wanted to post a thank you there…but here you are!

Have an absolute stunning day!
We've had snowfall around us on our mountains, no central heating, so my hotwater bottle is keeping me company on my next excursion into the magical world of gaia!

hugs
marlene

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

~Matthew said Jul 9, 2008, 7:19 AM:

Glad to hear it's back to normal now!

Enjoy the snow?

~M

Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day

~C4Chaos said Jul 9, 2008, 10:01 AM:

FYI. for those who are using Firefox, you might be glad to know that Firefox users are safest:

“Mozilla Firefox users are the safest Web surfers on the Internet, according to a study by The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Google and IBM's Internet Security Services. According to the study Firefox users were the most likely to use an updated version of their browser.” [read more]

enjoy your online experience and keep it safe :)

see also: TIP: Are Your Browsers Fresh and Secured?

~C