December 22nd, 2008
Firefox 3.0.5 woes
If you’re a Mac Firefox user, I’d recommend staying away from the recently released 3.0.5 update. I stupidly installed it automatically (via Preferences > Advanced > Update) on my MacBook Pro 2.4GHz running Mac OS 10.5.5 and it’s completely FUBAR.
Tabs don’t work, neither Command-T nor File > New Tab produce a new tab and instead FF 3.0.5 stares back blankly at me. And now FF305 won’t even launch for me - it just beachballs until I force quit it. I’ve resorted to using Firefox 3.1 beta 2 in the interim, because at least it launches.
I know that FF 3.0.5 is probably working fine for you, but other Mac-heads are also complaining about problems in the Mozilla forums. I’m just sayin’…
If you’ve got a FireFix that doesn’t involve upgrading to 10.5.6 (too close to Macworld Expo to risk it) I’d love to hear about it in the TalkBack.
Jason D. O'Grady is the editor of PowerPage.org, which has been publishing daily mobile technology news since December 1995. For disclosures on Jason's industry affiliations, click here or to view Jason's full profile click here.
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