Just installed Firefox 3 and so far I’m impressed. I opened up a bunch of tabs (28 to be exact) right away just to test out the speed and memory usage. I’m glad to say all the tabs loaded really quick and used about ~100mb of RAM. Not too shabby!
Only one addon that I regularly use didn’t make it past the upgrade: CTC. That’s not too bad and hopefully an update will be on the way.
One thing I noticed with FF3 for Windows is that it will hijack your default browser. Um.. where’s my dialog box that disables this? I thought we were over this browser-war-hijack-default-browser-stuff? FF3 for Mac doesn’t have this problem. Whoever created the Windows installer needs to be fired (that is if he’s being paid)!
All in all, my first impression of FF3 is that it’s a great upgrade for everyone who uses Firefox. Too bad the Windows version is marred by the setup faux pas. Remember to download your copy today to help Mozilla’s attempt at the world record!
EDIT: Just downloaded FF3 again and noticed a default checkbox that would let me disable default functionality. Much better!