Comments on: Get Firefox 3 early http://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/ Fresh hacks every day Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:34:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Dalex http://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/comment-page-1/#comment-37112 Dalex Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:32:31 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/#comment-37112 Its great. I dont use Firefox 2 anymore, althought some Plugins dont work in Firefox 3... Its great. I dont use Firefox 2 anymore, althought some Plugins dont work in Firefox 3…

]]> By: barry99705 http://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/comment-page-1/#comment-37111 barry99705 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:56:29 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/#comment-37111 Heh, it's broken...<br><br>The outpouring of interest and enthusiasm around Firefox 3 has been overwhelming (literally!). Our servers are currently feeling the burn and should be back to normal shortly. Download day will officially commence once the site goes live. The 24 hours period will be clocked from that moment. Thanks for your continued support. Heh, it’s broken…

The outpouring of interest and enthusiasm around Firefox 3 has been overwhelming (literally!). Our servers are currently feeling the burn and should be back to normal shortly. Download day will officially commence once the site goes live. The 24 hours period will be clocked from that moment. Thanks for your continued support.

]]> By: Alex http://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/comment-page-1/#comment-37110 Alex Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:30:37 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/#comment-37110 They provide you a nice product that you use. They don't ask for anything in return. If you like it so much you MUST have it (in which case use the RC candidate like everyone else and wait for the autoupdate - and I'll still download it just for the count) then when they do ask you for a small favour that doesn't require you to go out of your way, honour it. They spend their time and lives so you have a good browser. It's doesn't cost you shit. And you get to bitch and whine when it doesn't do something right and they'll fix it. And it still doesn't cost you shit. Even if you could care less about promoting the browser, just do it to keep them happy. It's called courtesy. They provide you a nice product that you use. They don’t ask for anything in return. If you like it so much you MUST have it (in which case use the RC candidate like everyone else and wait for the autoupdate – and I’ll still download it just for the count) then when they do ask you for a small favour that doesn’t require you to go out of your way, honour it. They spend their time and lives so you have a good browser. It’s doesn’t cost you shit. And you get to bitch and whine when it doesn’t do something right and they’ll fix it. And it still doesn’t cost you shit. Even if you could care less about promoting the browser, just do it to keep them happy. It’s called courtesy.

]]> By: Al Deeb http://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/comment-page-1/#comment-37109 Al Deeb Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:02:51 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/#comment-37109 Yeah Firefox I use it too , now can we get on with being able to wire gizmo's into toasters and nuke the editor of Hack a day's computer remotely . Yeah Firefox I use it too , now can we get on with being able to wire gizmo’s into toasters and nuke the editor of Hack a day’s computer remotely .

]]> By: merlinyoda http://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/comment-page-1/#comment-37108 merlinyoda Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:40:34 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/#comment-37108 @jett<br><br>So the folks at the Mozilla Foundation who are providing this product for no cost and Google who are providing some extra bandwidth should wait until 4 PM their local time to release Firefox 3? What if something goes wrong with the downloading a couple hours in? Would you want to be the poor sap that gets called in while you're in the middle of eating supper (... or in the middle of something else). <br><br>Also, it's not so much that it's USA-centric as "Mozilla Foundation"-centric (and to a point Google-centric) as they are both headquartered out of Mountain View, California which just so happens to be in the USA . If they were headquartered in, say, London, they would probably release at 10:00 GMT instead. @jett

So the folks at the Mozilla Foundation who are providing this product for no cost and Google who are providing some extra bandwidth should wait until 4 PM their local time to release Firefox 3? What if something goes wrong with the downloading a couple hours in? Would you want to be the poor sap that gets called in while you’re in the middle of eating supper (… or in the middle of something else).

Also, it’s not so much that it’s USA-centric as “Mozilla Foundation”-centric (and to a point Google-centric) as they are both headquartered out of Mountain View, California which just so happens to be in the USA . If they were headquartered in, say, London, they would probably release at 10:00 GMT instead.

]]> By: DarWin http://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/comment-page-1/#comment-37107 DarWin Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:05:40 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/#comment-37107 @fartface<br><br>have you tried removing third party add-ons with memory leaks such as ABP and the like? srsly, i've been using FF3 since i upgraded to ubuntu 8.04 and the only issues i've had are due to broken third party mods i removed until they were patched.<br><br>thanks for the new features, mozilla! @fartface

have you tried removing third party add-ons with memory leaks such as ABP and the like? srsly, i’ve been using FF3 since i upgraded to ubuntu 8.04 and the only issues i’ve had are due to broken third party mods i removed until they were patched.

thanks for the new features, mozilla!

]]> By: fartface http://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/comment-page-1/#comment-37106 fartface Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:51:03 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/#comment-37106 does it no longer stop working and eat all memory on MAC yet? all the RC's did and still do.<br> does it no longer stop working and eat all memory on MAC yet? all the RC’s did and still do.

]]> By: Jett http://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/comment-page-1/#comment-37105 Jett Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:57:19 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/#comment-37105 @alex, well I'm not interested in the USA centric approach of Mozilla. Like WTF? If it would really be a world record it would have been released at 0:00 GMT ! @alex, well I’m not interested in the USA centric approach of Mozilla. Like WTF? If it would really be a world record it would have been released at 0:00 GMT !

]]> By: barry99705 http://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/comment-page-1/#comment-37104 barry99705 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:52:44 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/#comment-37104 It still doesn't render .mac websites like mine. It still doesn’t render .mac websites like mine.

]]> By: Andy http://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/comment-page-1/#comment-37103 Andy Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:12:38 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/#comment-37103 Don't be stupid, the "pre-quill" is almost exactly the same. Dick indeed. Don’t be stupid, the “pre-quill” is almost exactly the same. Dick indeed.

]]> By: Alex http://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/comment-page-1/#comment-37102 Alex Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:58:42 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/#comment-37102 Thats not nice. Theres a reason that your supposed to wait till 5UTC - it wont be counted by the guiness book of records if it's downloaded before. The links arnt a secret - you can get them off mozilla, it's just they specifically ask you not to:<br><br>[quote]<br><br>The files in the FTP directories of our mirrors are - for now - only meant to be used by our testers. We would appreciate it if our fans didn’t follow direct links there that they might see on sites like Digg, Reddit, or Neowin. Downloading them directly can harm our ability to distribute Firefox efficiently, and will also not be counted as part of our attempt to set a Guiness World Record for the most software downloads in a day.<br><br>[/quote]<br><br>Don't be a dick. Thats not nice. Theres a reason that your supposed to wait till 5UTC – it wont be counted by the guiness book of records if it’s downloaded before. The links arnt a secret – you can get them off mozilla, it’s just they specifically ask you not to:

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The files in the FTP directories of our mirrors are – for now – only meant to be used by our testers. We would appreciate it if our fans didn’t follow direct links there that they might see on sites like Digg, Reddit, or Neowin. Downloading them directly can harm our ability to distribute Firefox efficiently, and will also not be counted as part of our attempt to set a Guiness World Record for the most software downloads in a day.

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Don’t be a dick.

]]> By: linevty04 http://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/comment-page-1/#comment-37101 linevty04 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:58:16 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/#comment-37101 lol check out the bottom of the progress page. lol check out the bottom of the progress page.

]]> By: Christopher Finke http://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/comment-page-1/#comment-37100 Christopher Finke Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:43:24 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/#comment-37100 You're such a rebel. You’re such a rebel.

]]> By: Andy http://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/comment-page-1/#comment-37099 Andy Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:29:33 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/06/17/get-firefox-3-early/#comment-37099 Wow, this is a great version. Still has the Firefox charm, but kinda, kicked up a notch! It does load pages faster than previous versions. Very nice. Wow, this is a great version. Still has the Firefox charm, but kinda, kicked up a notch! It does load pages faster than previous versions. Very nice.

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