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Upgrade.
I've been using it for months now (since beta, so sometime in the spring). It's been very stable; still takes too much memory but much less so than the previous versions; runs faster too. All the add-ons that are actively in development have been upgraded by now, and I'm sure people can help out with replacements for any that you really miss. But if you don't remember them, you won't.
Worth the upgrade. It has been working great for me on Windows XP and Linux since the Betas. I was having lots of problems with it on Vista, but the latest release took care of that.
The only thing I dislike about Firefox 3 is that I've lost the ability to automatically open a new tab when I type in an address in the URL bar. I've become one of those people who types the URL into Google instead (because the search bar DOES automatically open a new tab).
Granted, it's been several weeks since I checked for a new version of the Tabbed Browsing extension, so my griping may be out of date.
But the real reason I came into the thread is because my internet connectivity has gone to shit over the past week. I can't recieve a full-strength wireless signal on my computer, and the Tivo can't connect at all. My router is 5-6 years old - am I right in thinking it's time to replace it?
FWIW, retighten all your connections -- that was the cause of my connection woes recently, which a new router didn't cure at all. :-)
Crappity. Our Firefox 2 has been crapping out, stalling out, crashing and miserying all over us for weeks now (Mac, OSX 10.4.11). After wrestling with multiple failed attempts to upgrade to 3, I just uninstalled it completely and attempted to reinstall 2, and now it won't even do that. The download begins nicely, proceeds through the "This download contains an application. Do you want to continue?" clicky-window, and then stops in the middle of the user agreement. Multiple attempts, a software update, and a restart aren't helping. It won't take 3, won't take 2, can't complete a download at all no how no way.
At first I wanted the new shiny Firefox, but now I just want our old shitty Firefox back! Help, please!
Which version of Firefox 2 are you re-installing? Perhaps an older version will do better. You can get them from oldapps.com: [link]
It won't even finish the download. I tried all the way down to 1.5, and the download stalled out at the same point, at the very beginning of "Displaying the software license agreement."
This probably isn't it, but do you have enough hard drive space?
We've got tons, 59 out of 77GB available.
What browser are you using to get the download? Safari? Camino?