Firefox Updated to v3.0.6

[exfileme]

To make matters even worse for Internet Explorer, Chrome and the other fledgling browsers, Mozilla updated its popular Firefox browser to v3.0.6

Firefox Updated to v3.0.6 : Read more

 

[seboj]

(3.9 percent for Chrome, 2.3 percent for Opera)

Was that supposed to say Safari? Wouldn't make sense to talk about Safari and Chrome, and then give stats about Chrome and Opera ...

 

[FrustratedRhino]

Did you really have to look for a random site to find statistics that said firefox was higher usage? Nothing off a big site skewed to your liking enough?

Fanboi reporting is horrible.

 

[fuser]

The update came at a good time. I was just rebooting from a system freeze that resulted from using FF 3.05. Hopefully this one is more stable.

 

[mdillenbeck]

Haven't tried the new update, but for me I have been suffering worse usage with each FF3 update. The most crash-free non-resource-hogging time I had was when it was in beta.

[Sarcasm] Hmmm, maybe its a Microsoft conspiracy... after all, they've abandoned Vista for Windows 7 but I still get all these updates... [\Sarcasm]

 

[Tindytim]

Sh!t, now I have to switch browsers. Hackers are going to attack the biggest browser, looks like I'm dumping Firefox.

 

[kidamnesiac]

Wasn't there an article from Feb 3rd that stated:

Internet Explorer now has 67.55 percent of the global browser market share while Firefox accounts for 21.53 percent of the market. Apple's Safari claims 8.29 percent, up a significant percentage and likely correlated to the growth in Mac sales. Chrome has just 1.12 percent but still beats out Opera which clocks in at 0.7 percent.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Browser-Internet-Explorer-Chrome-Firefox,6949.html

Pretty interesting how much those numbers differ after only two days...

 

[vherub]

firefox an avg were partnering up to delete cookies and saved passwords/logins. I switched from avg to avast, I wonder how this latest firefox will be. It was annoying having to retpye login information constantly, checking that stupid remember me box only to have firefox forget time and again.

 

[eklipz330]

i love when tom's has a firefox news update... that chick is hot

 

[eklipz330]

[and im not too fond of white girls either]

 

[WheelsOfConfusion]

[citation][nom]W3Schools[/nom]W3Schools is a website for people with an interest for web technologies. These people are more interested in using alternative browsers than the average user. The average user tends to use Internet Explorer, since it comes preinstalled with Windows. Most do not seek out other browsers.

These facts indicate that the browser figures above are not 100% realistic. Other web sites have statistics showing that Internet Explorer is used by at least 80% of the users.[/citation]

Kevin Parrish: This isn't the first time I've seen you go crazy with W3Schools stats (But at least the numbers are cited correctly this time).
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Internet-Exploere-Security-Flaw,news-3150.html
Try to be a bit more careful, please. You're using a source which disclaims a clear self-selection bias among its visitors, causing it to returns Firefox usage approximately double what other sources report.

 

[TheCapulet]

[citation][nom]curnel_D[/nom]Well it happens when the moron kevin parish flips out a site that specifically states: "W3Schools is a website for people with an interest for web technologies. These people are more interested in using alternative browsers than the average user. The average user tends to use Internet Explorer, since it comes preinstalled with Windows. Most do not seek out other browsers. These facts indicate that the browser figures above are not 100% realistic. Other web sites have statistics showing that Internet Explorer is used by at least 80% of the users."Thanks Kevin, you go above and beyond the call of duty to report to us the most unrealistic, unreliable, and inacruate information on the web. Seriously, find something better to do.[/citation]
^+1

Since when is internet explorer a 'fledgling' browser? Why are you even here?

 

[Sad Panda]

pic related?

 

[Guest]

Same chick, different browser on the shirt. Hot anyway.

 

[falchard]

Security updates seem kind of slow on Firefox compared to Internet Explorer.

 

[kelfen]

Fire fox sucks!!! what do you think you need to download stuff IE and also fire fox thinks every thing is a !@#$ addon even when I try to download a game. it is so inconvient to switch browsers

 

[bourgeoisdude]

As of last month, Mozilla's Firefox ranked #1 in browser usage, racking in a whopping 45.5 percent market share according to these statistics. Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 falls into second place, taking up 25.7 percent of the market, followed by Internet Explorer 6 with 18.5 percent.

I'm not sure those statistics are anywhere close to being correct--and the author I believe is purposely misleading us. When comparing one browser's market share to another, it is pretty da$%ed misleading to compare one version of one browser to ALL versions of another. There's still significant browser share in IE6, IE7 and even IE8 is gaining. I'll bet this month the IE8 share will rise more since the recent RC1.

 

[jsloan]

after installing ie 8 rc1 and having problem at a number of sites i frequently visit, like this one, ive installed and swithed to mozilla 3.0.6 and guess what no problem and i have a lot of nice add-ons to play with. if microserfs want my hard earned money they gave to do a better job.

 

[bdaley]

Lots of problems with this latest update.

 

[Guest]

jsloan - WOW, IE is free you idiot; keep your hard earned money, internet explorer doesn't want you anyway.