First Look At Firefox 3.0 Beta 2 531
DaMan writes "ZDNet takes Firefox 3.0 beta 2 for a spin and draws some conclusions that should be sweet music to Mozilla's ears.
"Beta 2 feels snappier and far more responsive than beta 1 (or Firefox 2.0 for that matter) and I can feel the difference on all the systems that I've tried it on — from a lowly Sempron system to my quad-core monsters. No matter what you want doing — opening a new tab, moving tabs, opening up Find, zooming in and out of the page, bookmarking — it all happens swiftly and smoothly. What surprises me about the Firefox 3.0 beta is how many memory leaks that Mozilla have fixed. Complaints of memory leaks with Firefox 2.0 were met with an attitude of "Leaks? What leaks?" Considering that there have been more than 300 leaks plugged, it's obvious that past versions leaked like sieves.""
Re:I like firefox... (Score:2, Funny)
on leaking (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe it's late and I'm looking to nitpick, but "it's obvious that past versions leaked like sieves" is a bold declaration that is rife with interesting implications that I don't think are strictly true.
Re:Overall, feels good and polished (Score:5, Funny)
Too bloated... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)
Those of you watching from home from an IE browser, please don't attempt the Acid2 test, or you might do further damage to the test.
- RG>
Re:well... (Score:2, Funny)
No, wait...
Re:Modern attitude to bugs (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah. Imagine their nerve. I can just see you at the doctor's office:
You: "Hey, Doctor, I feel crappy. Do something!"
Doctor: "Err, can you describe what you're feeling?"
You: "Hey, what's all this hostile questioning? Are you doubting me? Huh? You're the doctor, smarty pants! Figure it out for yourself. Hmph! The nerve!"
From the Firefox 2 source code... (Score:2, Funny)
{
new int [100000];
do_browser();
}
Re:Modern attitude to bugs (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Memory Leaks? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Hmmm... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Memory Leaks? (Score:5, Funny)
"I can reproduce it. First logon to 'www.bigjugs.com', then I click the link to 'charlene' and I see a page of 500 thumbnail images. I click on each one in turn until about after image 220..... uerrmmm.. nevermind, I think I'm not sure I can reproduce it, there's just a memory leak that I saw once, umm maybe it has something to do with the back button code?"
Re:well... (Score:3, Funny)