When is Firefox 3 expected?

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Journer
my only complaint about FF is it takes up way too much memory and it doesnt play nicely with java....other than that it rocks. i would use something else if it had the extensions but nothing else does.

Opera has widgets.

 

[Journer]

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: Journer
my only complaint about FF is it takes up way too much memory and it doesnt play nicely with java....other than that it rocks. i would use something else if it had the extensions but nothing else does.

Opera has widgets.

not as many as firefox

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Journer

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: Journer
my only complaint about FF is it takes up way too much memory and it doesnt play nicely with java....other than that it rocks. i would use something else if it had the extensions but nothing else does.

Opera has widgets.

not as many as firefox

99% of the firefox ones are useless anyway

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Journer

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: Journer
my only complaint about FF is it takes up way too much memory and it doesnt play nicely with java....other than that it rocks. i would use something else if it had the extensions but nothing else does.

Opera has widgets.

not as many as firefox

99% of the firefox ones are useless anyway

True and Many of the (popular) functions of Firefox extensions are already built in to Opera. Those that aren't are the trivial stuff like dictionaries. More than 38+ extension functions built right in out of the box is a heck of a lot of functionality. I should also note that most extension programmers are always trying to emulate features that were found in opera first. Like session saver, wand, RSS (now standard with FF but was once extension only), Voice Commands, User Mode(s) (great for poorly coded sites), integrated Bit Torrent, Kiosk Mode, Presentation Mode (Similar to Powerpoint but uses Web code), SVG support, No Page or Image Zoom, Block Images on the fly, Text Mode, and FF still does not have a Trash CAN! The list can go on for a long, long time. Opera Innovation always bleeds over to Mozilla.

Don't get me wrong though, I use Firefox from time to time for certain sites when the need arises. Like all the great ebay plug-ins available.

http://files.myopera.com/Rijk/blog/extensions.html
http://widgets.opera.com/widget/4398/

Some extensions are Firefox-specific (only relevant for managing Firefox itself), and there is considerable overlap in functionality for several extensions. That leaves the following summary:

* 41 extensions offer out of the box functionality in Opera 9, with roughly equivalent capability,
* 13 extensions are available by installing a UserScript or a Widget or dragging a button,
* 17 extensions require advanced customization or are only partially available,
* 45 extensions are not available at all in Opera.

[updated]After the December 3, 2006 update, out of 96 sets of extensions:

* 32 (sets of) extensions offer out of the box functionality in Opera 9, with roughly equivalent capability,
* 11 (sets of) extensions are available by installing a UserScript or a Widget or dragging a button,
* 13 (sets of) extensions require advanced customization or are only partially available,
* 40 (sets of) extensions are not available at all in Opera,
* 3 extensions are are Firefox specific (like dictionaries).


[updated again]After the July 29, 2007 update, out of 113 sets of extensions:

* 38 (sets of) extensions offer out of the box functionality in Opera 9, with roughly equivalent capability,
* 14 (sets of) extensions are available by installing a UserScript or a Widget or dragging a button,
* 21 (sets of) extensions require advanced customization or are only partially available,
* 38 (sets of) extensions are not available at all in Opera,
* 4 extensions are Firefox specific.



Corrections are welcome, but only from people who have actually studied both the extension and Opera's behavior. 'why would I need it' is a valid reaction to some extensions, but will probably not lead to changes in the table
http://my.opera.com/Rijk/blog/...x-extensions-and-opera

 

[erikistired]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
it will come bundled in a combo pack with Chinese Democracy and Duke Nukem Forever.

that makes no sense.

 

[ballmode]

beta is out

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: fisher

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
it will come bundled in a combo pack with Chinese Democracy and Duke Nukem Forever.

that makes no sense.

He's had too much rum in his Pepsi tonight.

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: ballmode
beta is out

Is it stable, or will it make me want to go back to IE?

 

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: fisher

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
it will come bundled in a combo pack with Chinese Democracy and Duke Nukem Forever.

that makes no sense.

He means its never coming out. Chinese Democracy is a GNR album promised by Axl Rose years and years ago. And the next Duke Nukem game has been promised since the first Unreal engine.

 

[Duddy]

I'm using it now