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Title: Firefox 3
Post by: Justin_22 on June 23, 2008, 10:55:42 PM
Hey guys I have just installed Firefox 3 and am currently very happy with the changes I see and have used so far the only thing I have noted that I dislike is that the Linkscanner Lite ad-on is still incompatible with Firefox 3  :( is there any other "browser protectors" that are compatible with Firefox 3?
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: gdiloren on June 23, 2008, 11:11:00 PM
Once again:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=33717.0 (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=33717.0)
it's a 3 months old replica from our friend POLONUS!!! It works fine for me! ;)
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: Lisandro on June 23, 2008, 11:31:16 PM
Finjan is my choice.
Other options will be SiteAdvisor and Scandoo.
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: DavidR on June 23, 2008, 11:51:56 PM
WOT, http://www.mywot.com/ works with firefox 3.0, I think it is quicker than Finjan, certainly on my system it is.
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: bob3160 on June 24, 2008, 12:13:33 AM
Finjan is my choice.
Other options will be SiteAdvisor and Scandoo.
Finjan isn't compatible with version 3  ??? ???
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: Lisandro on June 24, 2008, 12:15:17 AM
WOT, http://www.mywot.com/ works with firefox 3.0, I think it is quicker than Finjan, certainly on my system it is.
The database is too small... see, for instance, xxx.cracks.com (changing for www).

Finjan is my choice.
Other options will be SiteAdvisor and Scandoo.
Finjan isn't compatible with version 3  ??? ???
Wasn't at the first days... I think it is now. If it is not, it's 'forced' in my system but it's working fine.
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: bob3160 on June 24, 2008, 12:19:16 AM
Sorry Tech but I refuse to force anything. Doing so makes it impossible to uninstall.
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: Lisandro on June 24, 2008, 12:21:48 AM
Sorry Tech but I refuse to force anything. Doing so makes it impossible to uninstall.
You're right. I did it for two or three extensions only. If they mess the system, I'll start from the scratch and won't install them anymore.
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: drhayden1 on June 24, 2008, 12:31:39 AM
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Sorry Tech but I refuse to force anything. Doing so makes it impossible to uninstall.
same here...will wait until it works with ff3 :)

Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: Lisandro on June 24, 2008, 12:34:24 AM
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Sorry Tech but I refuse to force anything. Doing so makes it impossible to uninstall.
same here...will wait until it works with ff3 :)
Downloading from the site it works and says it's compatible... don't be paranoid ;)
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: drhayden1 on June 24, 2008, 12:42:52 AM
installed it Tech from their website and it's on my ff3 now-but still on the firefox add-on site it says-This add-on is for older versions of Firefox-that's where i was checking it from ::) ???
who's paranoid-not Me nor Garfield-must be Bob ;D
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: Lisandro on June 24, 2008, 12:46:47 AM
who's paranoid-not Me nor Garfield-must be Bob ;D
All of we ;D
Check this thread for a list of Firefox extensions: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=29129.0
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: bob3160 on June 24, 2008, 12:55:06 AM
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Sorry Tech but I refuse to force anything. Doing so makes it impossible to uninstall.
same here...will wait until it works with ff3 :)
Downloading from the site it works and says it's compatible... don't be paranoid ;)
Thanks Tech it worked for me. :)
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: drhayden1 on June 24, 2008, 01:43:26 AM
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All of we
Check this thread for a list of Firefox extensions
but Tech that's not for ff3-that's for the older versions ;D
and what is all of we-do you mean all of us ;D
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: Lisandro on June 24, 2008, 03:19:46 AM
but Tech that's not for ff3-that's for the older versions ;D
Just post yours there and we'll update the thread for ff3.

and what is all of we-do you mean all of us ;D
Sorry, bad English. But I'm lazy to edit my post now ;D
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: Thorny on June 24, 2008, 10:56:59 AM
Not exactly on subject, but has anyone else noticed more pop under ads using Firefox 3?

I have found in particular that if I log into ITV.com F1 site that I always get two pop under ads loading once I tab a news item, the interesting thing is this does not happen doing exactly the same thing with Firefox 2?

I have ticked the stop pop up tab in both, but have not loaded any extensions so both versions are currently running as downloaded.
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: polonus on June 24, 2008, 12:24:49 PM
Hi Thorny,

Yep, man, the ad-launchers get smarter all of the time, ABP blocks most of them, furthermore a nice one for these persistent things is the RIP add-on for Fx 3.0, and you can make these pop-unders rest in peace for ever. Another way to go about it is to block Flash with NoScript (general settings) so that you are asked all the time you wanna let the Flash thingies run inside the browser, just a question of one allowing click on the specific link, but with RIP they are gone forever: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/521 (If not compatible first take on the Nightly Tester Tools and enforce the Remove It Permanently: Firefox add-on that way).

polonus
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: micky77 on June 24, 2008, 05:03:44 PM
Finjan is my choice.
Other options will be SiteAdvisor and Scandoo.
Finjan isn't compatible with version 3  ??? ???
Neither are SiteAdvisor.Netcraft Anti phishing toolbar,and DrWeb link checker,as I've just found out.Wished I'd waited a  while. >:(
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: Lisandro on June 24, 2008, 05:05:59 PM
Wished I'd waited a  while. >:(
It's sad (or unbelievable) that FF3 was in beta since last year as Gran Paradiso (if I'm not wrong) and till now there are a lot of non-compatible, non-developed, addons.
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: Thorny on June 24, 2008, 07:43:08 PM
Hi Polonus,

Thanks for the reply and info, giving ABP a try, so far good results:)
Have Back up plan, downloaded Opera!

Not sure that I actually like FF3, does seems not to run as smoothly on my setup as FF2, and I really don't believe its any faster.

Cheers,

Thorny
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: polonus on June 24, 2008, 07:50:26 PM
Hi micky77,

You can change to Flock, and there you have all the goodies of your late Fx 2.14 back and some extra's,
Flock is good, is Mozilla, runs with Yahoo in stead of Google as standard search engine, all your FF add-ons work inside Flock as well,

polonus
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: micky77 on June 24, 2008, 09:04:29 PM
Hi micky77,

You can change to Flock, and there you have all the goodies of your late Fx 2.14 back and some extra's,
Flock is good, is Mozilla, runs with Yahoo in stead of Google as standard search engine, all your FF add-ons work inside Flock as well,

polonus
Thanks for the info Pol
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: gdiloren on June 24, 2008, 09:24:10 PM
Once again:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=33717.0 (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=33717.0)
it's a 3 months old replica from our friend POLONUS!!! It works fine for me! ;)
nobody is considering this option to get all old ff extensions compatible in 2-3 mouse clips. it's dangerous but it works fine ;D
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: polonus on June 24, 2008, 09:42:54 PM
Hi gdiloren says it is dangerous, well only for a very small number of add-ons/extensions that are really incompatible: the wrong version of Locationbar2 for instance, and extensions that start to interfere with the right functioning of your browser (that is seldom seen go back one page and go forward, searchbox etc).

In normal cases it is just the gui setting of the add-on that is being checked, and removing this makes it work again normally, another way is to enforce working of older add-ons with Nightly Tester Tools.
One thing always have the latest versions of whatever add-on inside Fx 3.0 or Flock for that reason,

polonus
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: bob3160 on June 25, 2008, 02:12:18 AM
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it's dangerous but it works fine  ;D
It may work fine but when the time comes to remove anything, that's when the
headaches will start.

I'd rather play it safe and wait till the add-ons are actually updated and are 100% compatible.
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: Sesame on June 25, 2008, 05:48:47 AM
I spotted Flock 2 is going to be based on Firefox 3 at Dan Burkhart's blog site (http://www.flock.com/node/62538).  Pocket Flock 2.0 beta 1 version is available here (http://blog.itdunn.com/pocketflock/) (The name Pocket Flock 2.0 is rather misleading since it actually is beta 1 of it).  I am using it with the same profile as FF3.

As for FF3, I have already turned on the compatibility check since every addon of my choice works fine now.
Title: Re: Firefox 3
Post by: DavidR on June 25, 2008, 02:07:00 PM
That is going to be interesting if it is based on FF3 then will it work with the win9X, winME users, I think not.