I'm not seeing FF3RC2, just RC1...and autoupdate doesn't get it either. It still says June 5th for the release on Moz's site. hmm.

robmcbell

There seems to be a different, new and improved Firefox 3 coming out every few weeks or so. I'll download Firefox 3 the moment they start calling it simply "Firefox 3".

lordshippo

I know what I'll be updating when I get home from work!

Thank goodness for Mr. Tech's extension that lets me make almost every extension compatible with the latest build (all but the ones that don't provide secure updates).

StrangeTikiGod

Meanwhile, those of us who use Ubuntu and try to stick to what's in the official repositories are still waiting on RC1...

zoomZAP

AH cant wait!!!!!!

Saad_Baig

Running it now... Don't see any visible difference of course, but it seems to work fine.

jsmorley

@TheLoneIguana thank you sir or mam.

robmcbell

D'oh.

TheLoneIguana

Copy the download link for your choice, and change the rc1 to rc2.

e.g.
[download.mozilla.org]

TheLoneIguana

It looks like they updated the page aesthetically, but not the links. I altered the link to the English (US) version slightly and was able to download.

RC2 Link: [download.mozilla.org]

Derick

RC2 and still no greasemonkey :(.

DarkJesus

Just open firefox and do help->check for updates.

I was going to install it, but it says nightly testers wont work, so I'm holding out, since thats running my other extensions.

caedus

when they get mem usage to sub-10 megs for 5 tabs, i'll use firefox

Tactical-Incineration-Development

I'm waiting for the final release.

CIM

@DarkJesus:
Disable compatibility with Nightly Tester Tools:
[addons.mozilla.org]

I've also read somewhere that a beta version of Greasemonkey works with RC1, but I don't have time to google it now...

HeadlessBourgeois

@Tactical-Incineration-Development: To each their own, yanokwa mentioned the RAM prices. Sorry, Firefox is simply the most productive browser with its plethora of extensions. I can't even use IE other machines, I get too frustrated when I can't do everything faster. FF3 is working out great and cutting down about 3/4 it's RAM. Still 250M, but better than a leaky gig.

axisfx

2@Tactical-Incineration-Development: ram is about $25/gig. if you want that kind of memory usage, use lynx.

yanokwa

@DarkJesus Greasemonkey works fine if you disable compatibility checking.

prattmic

Only thing I notice is that my Remember the Milk add-on for Gmail isn't appearing. Anyone else got this going on?

bachya

Not sure if anyone's interested but this quick and dirty method for upgrading an existing Portable Firefox 3 RC1 to RC2 seems to work for me (and should suffice until an officially updated version comes):

* Download Firefox 3 RC2.
* Extract it to a folder (if you have WinRAR installed then right-click the Firefox installer you just downloaded and select the Extract to Firefox Setup 3.0 RC 2\ option -- not sure how you'd go about doing it with another program).
* Copy the contents of the Firefox Setup 3.0 RC 2\nonlocalized\ folder to your FirefoxPortableTest\App\firefox folder.
* Copy the contents of the Firefox Setup 3.0 RC 2\localized\ folder to your FirefoxPortableTest\App\firefox folder.

And hopefully that should do the trick!

tossrStu

If you check "proposed Updates" on Hardy it will come through, but I think Ubuntu are holding back on an RC update because of extension incompatibilities. Fine by me, I didn't see much difference between beta 5 and a RC1 apart from the fact that Greasemonkey wasn't working anymore. ;-)

ChefReinhold

RC1 i should say ..

jonthomasdesigns

Seems Much faster then even RC12 on my system ... Love it

jonthomasdesigns

Sigh, RC1 crashed on me a lot, and I just got my first crash with RC2. My guess is that one of the extensions is tickling an FF3 bug. For example, if enabled, the Interclue extension would make FF3RC1 crash within a few minutes.

aj_robins

As I have just got most of my extensions playing nice with FF3B5 (using Mr Tech Toolkit to enable any that haven't been updated yet) and as Ubuntu are only offering RC1 (in hardy-proposed), I will wait until the final FF3 is out before messing around any further.

I'm thinking that a nice new clean profile and an orgy of extension installation is just what I will need to welcome the arrival of the final FF3... in a few weeks ;)

SilverWave

@SilverWave:

I wish there was a easy way(read: file > backup) to export just your passwords and bookmarks - I know how to do it with the built in bookmark exported and an extension but I wish it was easier to make a new profile (ie: no extensions and default settings)

Darkmatter91

@bachya: RTM add-on for Gmail is functioning here.

24wm

0.o Shiny!

Myles

Meh. I just got my fave extensions for RC1 working. No more updates for me!

OX4

@OX4: None of my addons became disabled when I updated. I don't think there's any compatibility issues between RC's.

koalasthewise

@24wm: Hahaha, not good ... I wonder what the deal is with my RC2...

bachya

can I use firebug with RC 2 ?

I cannot use firefox 3 just because it doesnt compatible with firebug (I used for my work)

nightingale2k1

RC2 humming along nicely here, no extensions were disabled due to incompatibility. I would say go for it!

EricL

I will still wait for all my extensions to update before I take the plunge.

steelew

Running RC2 right now... I don't see any specific differences, but no specific problems yet either!

lacrimaeveneris

Well, I kind of accidentally upgraded. Oh well. I'll just go with it. I was actually enjoying RC1. Just a few crashes. Hopefully RC 2 will be just slightly more stable. I'm still not seeing the huge memory savings. It is using 70k to 90k.... which is exactly what FF 2 was using.

gpzbc

Help>Check for updates got it just fine for me. :)
It's probably not all that different, but hopefully more stable/fewer bugs now.

DoubleFelix

@nightingale2k1: Yes, the beta firebug does work with FF3RC2.

aj_robins

I must've hit enter by accident. Both RC1 & RC2's user agent is 3.0, so anything that worked in RC1 will work in RC2.

yochanan_marqos

@OX4:
"Meh. I just got my fave extensions for RC1 working. No more updates for me! "

Both RC

yochanan_marqos

@HeadlessBourgeois:

get Greasemonkey 0.8 RC here :

[groups.google.com]

christofk

@Darkmatter91:
you can copy only passwords/certificates from your FF2 profile. See here :
[davidgiesberg.com]
For the bookmarks the best is to import/export an HTML file...

christofk

i guess that i will have to install this on a test pc to check it out - sounds like many of you enjoy these early versions. i haven't really thought too much about early testing of browsers, but since this is lifehacker...

Xibalba

I'm at work, but can anyone confirm whether or not right-click in Google maps works on the Mac version or not?

Joseph

my extensions still work and everything looks the same, so I'm assuming there was some behind the scenes tweaking? Or maybe I'm just a blind MORON, and I cannot see the Radical aesthetic changes?

darkdantedevil

YIPEE, love the firefox will post when I finish downloading :)

darkdantedevil

Does the PortableApps version of FF3 use more memory than regular FF3? Because I used the portable version for a while, and it used a LOT more memory than FF2 does. At work and at home.

mrknowitall

@Tactical-Incineration-Development: I'm waiting until I can play video games in it without it using any memory.

Tony Bullard

@nightingale2k1: head to getfirebug.com and install it from there

bagano

@Tactical-Incineration-Development: I'm waiting until it can show me tomorrow's RSS feeds and give every movie I stream a happy ending.

NineTailedFox

what i'd like to know are the exact changes or bugfixes BETWEEN RC1 and RC2 (not just the new general firefox 3 features the release notes page says) someone having a link or something pointing those changes from rc1 to 2?

diegodd

I wonder if they'll fix the menu bar on XP - black on dark blue is not easy to read. Been that way since the first betas.

Rhywun

I kind of miss the days when I was always using Mozilla alphas and betas as they came out, but constantly upgrading and checking compatibility became too much of a timesink.

Dying for the official Fx3 release though. Not many known bugs left now, are there?

mDuo13

@mDuo13: Going from 2 to 3 has been a LOT less painful than I remember going from 1 to 2 was, mostly because of the automated update checks. Plus it feels like the betas for 3 were just much better products than the betas for 2 (or 1!).

Rhywun

This link works (US Windows)

[download.mozilla.org]

WAstarita

Just change the rc1 in the URL to rc2 an you'll get the new RC ;)

TamaraNarballs

Excellent, and definitely more stable, but I do have one problem: the add-ons manager keeps telling me to restart firefox to install, which I have already done, but alas its still there. Foxmarks doesn't seem to work on this release either, and its been available for a while, no?

Would it be best to uninstall this release, and install it again?

ressa

With more compatible add-ons and significantly less RAM usage, this baby will probably usurp Opera for me as my "quick" browser, though I still generally used Firefox 2, now I only need one.

metaslugx