Firefox 3 Beta 3 - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

I heard that the new Firefox 3 Beta 3 was a good build of the new Firefox browser so I decided to try it. I've recently gotten very sick of Firefox 2 as it crashes semi-frequently and is a lot slower than it used to be. I wrote a post about how a few sites like Engadget were extremely slow in Firefox 2. I've actually found the public beta of Safari 3 for Windows to be the snappiest of any browser on my machine, which just doesn't seem right (jeez, Microsoft). I actually really like Safari except it doesn't support all of the extensions that I like to use in Firefox (mainly Google Bookmarks).

The Firefox 3 Beta 3 is noticeably quicker than Firefox 2 and it hasn't crashed on me yet after a few days of usage. I've also noticed that the Firefox 3 Beta 3 seems to be less of a memory hog. My extensions don't work yet but at least when they do, Firefox will be better, faster, and more stable than its bloated little sibling.

My little work-around for the lack of a Google Bookmarks extension (in Firefox and Safari) is to turn on the Bookmark Toolbar (which I usually leave off) and just keep Google Bookmarks in it. When I need to access a bookmark or create one, I just open a new tab and hit the shortcut in the Bookmark Toolbar. Not as convenient as the extension, but better than local bookmarks for sure.

Harder, better, faster, stronger.