{"id":549,"date":"2008-06-16T19:18:12","date_gmt":"2008-06-16T23:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/?p=549"},"modified":"2008-06-16T21:41:32","modified_gmt":"2008-06-17T01:41:32","slug":"firefox-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2008\/06\/16\/firefox-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Deer_Park_Globe.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"6px;\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/9\/9e\/Deer_Park_Globe.png\" alt=\"The generic globe logo used when Firefox is compiled without the official branding\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nImage via Wikipedia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Apparently the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spreadfirefox.com\/\">official launch of Firefox 3<\/a> is tomorrow. So we get to look forward to 4+ months of students and faculty members asking why <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Blackboard Inc.\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blackboard_Inc.\">Blackboard<\/a> Vista doesn&#8217;t recognize Fx 3 as supported. Every week&#8217;s call with Blackboard will have the conversation:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Us:<\/strong> Is it supported yet?<br \/>\n<strong>Bb: <\/strong>Not yet. We are working on it.<br \/>\n<strong>Us:<\/strong> When will it be supported?<br \/>\n<strong>Bb:<\/strong> We can&#8217;t tell you yet, but we will let you know when it is.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I bet <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Mozilla\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mozilla\">Mozilla<\/a> starts pushing it through auto-updates either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. So it will be everywhere soon enough. Ugh.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I look forward to the upgrade as it will hopefully resolve a major issue for me: Firefox 2 regularly consumes in excess of 250 MB of RAM and becomes sluggish.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-related\">\n<p class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/p>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a title=\"Open in new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tuaw.com\/2008\/06\/11\/firefox-3-release-date-announced-june-17\/\">Firefox 3 release date announced: June 17<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Zemified by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/e73a0a9b-83ac-49b4-9e3e-27cc7a2e97f6\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_b.png\" alt=\"Zemanta Pixie\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image via Wikipedia Apparently the official launch of Firefox 3 is tomorrow. So we get to look forward to 4+ months of students and faculty members asking why Blackboard Vista doesn&#8217;t recognize Fx 3 as supported. Every week&#8217;s call with Blackboard will have the conversation: Us: Is it supported yet? Bb: Not yet. 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