15 Feb, 2007 Lockergnome General, Blogroll, Technology

Being curious by nature, I thought I would take a look at Firefox 3, the next release of Firefox which is in Alpha stage 2, and not ready for public testing. But since I have a test box to throw the latest Firefox on, I thought why not.

Note: Alpha release are development software and are not meant for the general public to play with. So wait until the software is released to beta.

Well as the website states, the interface is Firefox 2. And nothing more, nothing less so far. But there is one thing I noticed right away. Whether it is planned or not, this browser is fast. Very,very fast. And during use, the memory problem that has effected other versions seems to have been tamed. I opened multiple versions of Firefox 3 and and multiple tabs and there was not that HUGE memory burst and cpu thrashing that I have seen before.

It seems that the developers are making some efforts to improving the overall performance of Firefox 3, and not just some cosmetic changes. Good job Mozilla team.

I’m looking forward to the beta of Firefox 3.
Estimated release date of final version - end of 2007. Bring it on