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Mozilla struggles with Firefox 3 release
Promised at 10 a.m. Pacific time (1 p.m. Eastern), Mozilla was eager to set a one-day world-record for the release of Firefox 3. With most of the day already gone for much of the world, and nary an update to be seen, it's looking bad for June 17.
Getfirefox.com alternates between being entirely down and cheerfully offering up the latest and greatest version of Firefox 2.
"Check for Updates" inside of Firefox (eventually) returns a "AUS: Update XML File Malformed (200)" error reading the XML file that would normally contain information about Firefox updates.
When will we see an update? "Shortly," according to the Mozilla Blog. They are also careful to point out that the "official" 24 hours of record-breaking will commence the moment the software is released, and not from their original 10 a.m. estimate.
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Update: 3:05 p.m.: We did it! TUAW single-handedly provided the schadenfreude necessary to get the server running, and getfirefox.com is serving up Firefox 3.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
DSeaver said 3:03PM on 6-17-2008
I got FF3 from the redirect from getfirefox.com at 2:55 EDT
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DSeaver said 3:04PM on 6-17-2008
yea, getfirefox.com definitely works now
Chris said 3:05PM on 6-17-2008
You guys are a bit slow. I was able to get FF3 from Mozilla.com a bit before 3pm EDT.
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Robert Palmer said 3:08PM on 6-17-2008
Well, either we get a million emails saying getfirefox.com is down, or one comment saying we were a bit slow. I'll take the latter. :)
Bassir said 3:08PM on 6-17-2008
I prefer Safari.
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jbelkin said 3:12PM on 6-17-2008
I went to mozilla.com - took like 2 minutes.
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Rachel said 3:14PM on 6-17-2008
eh, I just got it from www.mozilla.com, no problems there at all. Now running...
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Adam said 3:14PM on 6-17-2008
Finally.
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Robbie Liu said 3:14PM on 6-17-2008
actually it's RC3 build
add a dir, copy & paste
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mugczar said 3:39PM on 6-17-2008
I can confirm this, at least for Mac. The version I just downloaded shows exactly the same modified date (06.10.08) as FF 3.0 RC3, which also claimed it was version 3.0.
I think I'll be waiting a few days, since this one is said to have issues with Leopard ...
Tony said 4:00PM on 6-17-2008
Yes it's RC3, which means that either (a) RC3 was the final version, and the warning you get after install about it only being for developers is bogus, or (b) they slipped the deadline and it's not coming out today.
Gordon Werner said 3:19PM on 6-17-2008
what exactly makes this so great that I should go ahead and download it?
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Chris said 3:20PM on 6-17-2008
Anyone having scrolling issues in the comments section here at TUAW? It is crazy choppy on my computer with FF3. I never had this problem with 2.0 versions.
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Robert Palmer said 3:22PM on 6-17-2008
We noticed this problem with the release candidates (especially with Windows versions) and have alerted our development staff. Thanks for mentioning it!
Brandon Martinez said 3:22PM on 6-17-2008
Not just the comments, but the listing page as well!
Chris said 3:25PM on 6-17-2008
It sucks being stuck using Windows at work and having to wait until I get home to use my iMac or Air.
Brandon Martinez said 4:47PM on 6-17-2008
True that!
Paul said 9:41PM on 6-17-2008
If you haven't found the solution (or rather the source of the problem) for the slow scrolling on TUAW yet, please see this message board:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=653791&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=165
The problem is with the fixed background image. Immediate solution, get AdBlock Plus, right-click on the background image, and block it (or TUAW turn the accursed thing off--it adds little). Longer term, it looks to be fixed and may make a 3.0.1 release sometime soon.
Arjun Saha said 3:22PM on 6-17-2008
Got it.. not impressed yet to make the move from Safari.
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L8on said 6:56PM on 6-17-2008
ditto.. i'm using it now. i'll test it out for a week or so. im sure i havent subled on all the features though. doesnt seem any significantly faster than safari so its up yo the features to make me stay.