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First Look at Firefox 3.0 Beta 3

Taking a look at the latest beta of Firefox 3.0.
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Contributing Writer
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A few hours ago Mozilla released beta 3 of the long awaited Firefox 3.0 browser. This gallery takes a look at some of the highlights.

By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Hardware 2.0 - First Look at Firefox 3.0 Beta 3

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Setup

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Setup

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Setup

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Setup

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Setup

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Uh-oh! A crash ... fortunatly things recovered and I had no further problems.

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First look ...

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I like the new buttons.

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Auto complete feature beats what you find in Internet Explorer hands down.

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Getting information about sites you visit is easier than ever.

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Tweaked bookmarking tool.

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Tweaked download manager.

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Controlling your downloads is easier than ever.

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Download manager - download done!

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Feed central.

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Adding a live bookmark.

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Finding add-ons is easier than ever.

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Firefox 3.0 beta 3 handles multiple downloads better than any browser I've used before.

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Options - Main

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Options - Tabs

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Options - Content

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Options - Applications

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Options - Privacy

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Options - Security

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Options - Advanced

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Firefox memory usage at idle with default home page loaded.

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Firefox memory usage with 12 pages loaded into separate tabs.

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Internet Explorer 7 (on Vista SP1) memory usage with 12 pages loaded into separate tabs.

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Opera 9.25 memory usage with 12 pages loaded into separate tabs.

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