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12Dec/080

Firefox 3.1 b2 finally has “proper” Mac Support

Firefox 3 was a radical departure from Firefox 1 and 2, neither of these versions had a native look and feel on the Mac, but nevertheless were a better browser than the native Safari. Firefox 3 introduced native look and feel but, I had numerous issues with it, and preferred Safari for a while. (e.g. the slow browsing on long webpages, I wrote about earlier).

Now finally, Firefox 3.1 b2, not only has a more sleeker Mac-like interface, it also supports the multi touch features of the new macbook/pros. This makes Firefox for me, a more favored browser compared to other browsers in the Mac.

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21Jun/080

Firefox 3 has problems in some long websites

I love the current release of firefox 3, there is only one thing that is bothering a lot:

Since I've started using firefox 3 I can't properly browse long pages. Firefox 3 seems to stutter when browsing long pages which severely impacts my experience on those websites. I've created this video to show what I mean, I opened reddit and tried browsing using Firefox3 at first, and then Safari. You would notice a stark difference in the really fast browsing in Safari compared to the stuttered experience in Firefox3.

The system I'm using a Macbook pro with 2.4 Ghz, 4GB RAM and Leopard 10.5.3.