Comments on: Upgrading Firefox to Version 3 http://www.sciencetext.com/upgrading-firefox-to-version-3.html Sciencetext Tech Talk, PC tips, blog hacks, browsing, blogging, social media Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:01:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Bradley http://www.sciencetext.com/upgrading-firefox-to-version-3.html/comment-page-1#comment-71261 David Bradley Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:19:07 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=695#comment-71261 Here's a reason you may not wish to be using FF3 if other people have access to your machine. "...the new awesome location bar, it calls up history from secure sites as well! So if you use gmail which is on https, anyone that uses that computer after you can see the subjects of every single email you typed..." That's from Globetrotter commenting on <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/22/why-im-not-switching-to-firefox-3-just-yet/" rel="nofollow">gHacks</a> Here’s a reason you may not wish to be using FF3 if other people have access to your machine.

“…the new awesome location bar, it calls up history from secure sites as well! So if you use gmail which is on https, anyone that uses that computer after you can see the subjects of every single email you typed…”

That’s from Globetrotter commenting on gHacks

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencetext.com/upgrading-firefox-to-version-3.html/comment-page-1#comment-69973 David Bradley Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:08:31 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=695#comment-69973 Yep, I knew there were some good reasons to stick with it. Yep, I knew there were some good reasons to stick with it.

]]> By: Gaurav (I work at Foxmarks) http://www.sciencetext.com/upgrading-firefox-to-version-3.html/comment-page-1#comment-69965 Gaurav (I work at Foxmarks) Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:35:47 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=695#comment-69965 Hi David, Thanks for recommending Foxmarks, though as Deborah mentioned, the good folks at Mozilla took care of migrating them across when you upgrade to Firefox 3. That said, along with syncing, Foxmarks is also a great way to <a href="http://ninjeff.blogspot.com/2008/06/firefox-3-and-why-ill-never-use.html" rel="nofollow">automatically backup your bookmarks</a>. Our backup feature also lets you go back in time to see past versions of your bookmarks in case you accidentally delete a bookmark or folder that you care about. One final bit that may benefit you and your readers is that you can view your bookmarks online by visiting our website and clicking on "My Foxmarks". You can also view them from your mobile phone by visiting mobile.foxmarks.com. Cheers, Gaurav Hi David,

Thanks for recommending Foxmarks, though as Deborah mentioned, the good folks at Mozilla took care of migrating them across when you upgrade to Firefox 3.

That said, along with syncing, Foxmarks is also a great way to automatically backup your bookmarks. Our backup feature also lets you go back in time to see past versions of your bookmarks in case you accidentally delete a bookmark or folder that you care about.

One final bit that may benefit you and your readers is that you can view your bookmarks online by visiting our website and clicking on “My Foxmarks”. You can also view them from your mobile phone by visiting mobile.foxmarks.com.

Cheers,
Gaurav

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencetext.com/upgrading-firefox-to-version-3.html/comment-page-1#comment-69960 David Bradley Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:51:08 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=695#comment-69960 Actually, come to think of it, my bookmarks were in place even before I ran the Foxmarks synchronizer, so yes that step seems to be redundant! That said, I'd still recommend some kind of online sync tool so that you can be sure you have all your bookmarks accessible on whatever machine you happen to be working from. Actually, come to think of it, my bookmarks were in place even before I ran the Foxmarks synchronizer, so yes that step seems to be redundant! That said, I’d still recommend some kind of online sync tool so that you can be sure you have all your bookmarks accessible on whatever machine you happen to be working from.

]]> By: Deborah http://www.sciencetext.com/upgrading-firefox-to-version-3.html/comment-page-1#comment-69893 Deborah Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:39:27 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/?p=695#comment-69893 Hmmm... I didn't take any steps to copy my Firefox 2 bookmarks for the Firefox 3 install. I simply downloaded Firefox 3, and then ran the install. My bookmarks appeared without any extra steps for in the new installation. My add-ons appeared without any issues, either. For those add-ons that weren't compatible with version 3, I used Nightly Tester Tools at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6543 and all the add-ons worked fine. Hmmm… I didn’t take any steps to copy my Firefox 2 bookmarks for the Firefox 3 install.

I simply downloaded Firefox 3, and then ran the install. My bookmarks appeared without any extra steps for in the new installation. My add-ons appeared without any issues, either. For those add-ons that weren’t compatible with version 3, I used Nightly Tester Tools at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6543 and all the add-ons worked fine.

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