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Upgraded To FireFox 3 At Last

I finally upgraded my FireFox browser to FireFox 3. I had to wait till the add-ons that I MUST use have been upgraded as well before switching. Still, I only just upgraded it on my desktop computer and not yet change the one in my laptop. I will wait and see if there’s any issue. There are times where I will be an early adopted and there are times where I prefer to wait.

Before making the switch though, I felt as if my FireFox browser experienced such lag it was as if Mozilla had planted a bug on it to force all of us FireFox 2 users to upgrade. Well, I am not sure if that really was the case but if you think about it, companies could force our program to act in a weird way since it is always connected to the internet.

Having said this, FireFox is still not my primary browser. I use Opera, FireFox and IE at the same time, opening different websites with different browser. No matter what Mozilla says about FireFox being the fastest web browser around, Safari claims this as well, there are times where it takes ages to load a page and when I use IE to access the same site at the same time, I did not have an issue at all.

Firefox Download Day

Firefox Download Day came and went. For the uninitiated, it was on 17th June, 2008, US time. I know that many people downloaded a copy of it by the promise of faster speed and security.

As for me, I don’t want no frills in my browser. I am waiting for the speed and improved security as well but what I want, need, are for my add-ons to work.

Right now, I believe not all the add-ons that I use every single second that I am online, have been updated. The other day, I tried it when Firefox 3 was in beta and I had to uninstall. So I will have to wait for developers of my favorite add-ons to release newer versions first.

Still, each time I am online, I actually use four different browsers AT THE SAME TIME. Firefox, Opera and IE and Maxthon. I used to run Safari as well but I find that it is