Firefox 3 Beta 4 on Mac OS X, first impression

Posted on 2008-03-12 at 14:31:41. Last updated on 2008-03-12 at 14:31:41.
I've just downloaded Firefox 3 Beta 4 on my Mac and Windows machines and tried it out. First impression is fantastic but not without a caveat. First of all, all of the Firefox add-ons from version 2.0.0.x don't work at all.

Firefox 3 Beta 4 Add-ons incompatibility

Secondly, Firefox 3 Beta 4 in OS X does some strange rendering. It doesn't render one of my clients' website correctly in OS X but it looks normal in Windows. If you take a look at the screenshot below, the Contact Us text is rendered just below the cyan box. This doesn't happen on Firefox 2.0.0.x in OS X. Firefox 3 Beta 4 OS X rendering bug Compare this with the Windows rendering, which is identical to v2.0.0.x rendering.Firefox 3 Beta 4 Windows rendering Other than that, general browsing does feel faster. It uses OS X form controls - which is a bit disadvantage for me because everytime I want to check what it looks like on Windows I'll have to go back to Windows again.

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  • 2011-09-06 20:39:00 Marsue

    Hey, good to find smooene who agrees with me. GMTA.

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