For those who use Firefox as their browser, the next version has advanced a step closer to final. After several months in beta testing, Firefox 3 is now available as release candidate 1.
A release candidate in the software world is a version that has completed beta testing and is in what is expected to be final form. In effect, the product is now ready for testing by the general public. If there are no major problems, the final version is expected to be released in June.
For those who use Firefox now, some of your add-in features may not work with the new version until updates are provided by the author of the add-in. The system will periodically check for updates.
Note that Firefox will not work well with many of our MLS systems which require Internet Explorer. I use the Maxthon browser for my MLS work.
A Yahoo news article about the new release and its features is available < here >
The Firefox 3 RC1 program is available for free download at the Mozilla site. It is available for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. Be sure to select the English (US) version – unless you prefer one of the 40+ other choices. < link for download here >
I am enjoying the new release on Windows XP and note improved speed and performance. Check it out.
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I should mention that if you have Firefox 2 on your system and you are installing Firefox 3 on your system to try it - be sure to load the release candidate into a separate directory until the final version is available and you decide to remove v 2 from your system.
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