8 replies to this topic

[Nvyseal]

images/news/firefox.jpgAs previously reported, the first official Firefox 3 beta release was tentatively scheduled for late July. The beta has now been pushed back due to performance regressions and the need for extra front-end development time, and the roadmap has been altered to reflect a new release plan. According to Mike Schroepfer, Mozilla's vice president of engineering, the developers intend to issue a new pre-beta milestone release every six weeks until the program achieves beta status.

"We are driven by quality, not time. We want to Firefox 3 to be something that we are all proud of," said Schroepfer in a statement. That sounds like Microsoft A release is still scheduled for the end of the month, but it will be referred to as Alpha 7.

Arstechnica

[brewin]

"Performance regressions."

That's a fancy term for bloat. I'm really disappointed in the direction Firefox has been going since 1.5. I'll probably switch to Opera if I can find a way to block ads as well as AdBlocker does.

[VROSA]

I installed Gran Paradiso (Alpha 5)... but its not a build for daily use... too bug and slow, add-ons couldnt be installed correctly and it also used to close suddenly... I know that Alpha 5 it is a very early build, but anyway it disapointed me. I hope that Alpha 7 is more stable and faster...

Quote

That's a fancy term for bloat. I'm really disappointed in the direction Firefox has been going since 1.5. I'll probably switch to Opera if I can find a way to block ads as well as AdBlocker does.

Lets see what the first beta will bring us soon... i hope it will be nice ...but anyway i agree with the adds thing

~update~

Download a pre release of Alpha 7 here:

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/fir...2.installer.exe

[Tweak]

I am a big time Opera supporter, I have to say it is my fav and with the mods I have added I don't think there is a way to have a better web experience.

[m.oreilly]

hey vlad, are you running the alpha you linked to? i'm curious as to how it is running...

[VROSA]

Yes, I'm using it right now. It's stable but there are some rendering probs... Some sites take much more than normal to render.

[m.oreilly]

thanks for that i think i'll stick w/ the "regular" for now...best to you and your family

[VROSA]

Thanks my friend ! The best to yours too

[Tweak]

Firefox 3 Alpha vs Opera 9.22 test
Test page: Yahoo! Home
Browsers:
Firefox 3 Alpha (test version)
Opera 9.22 (test build 8800)

Connection: 48.0k/sec

Opera 9.22
Page load time: 40secs with clean cache/ ------30secs with un-clean cache/
Attempt 1:Missing 1 image
Attempt 2:Loaded fine
Attempt 3:Loaded fine

Firefox 3 Alpha
Page load time: 1min 50secs with clean cache/-----40secs with un-clean cache/
Attempt 1:Crash
Attempt 2:Loaded with little images missing
Attempt 3:Loaded fine