Firefox 3 Beta 1 First look

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Firefox 3 Beta 1 First look

By Larry Dignan November 19, 2007, 7:54 PM PST

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The installation screen

What you can expect from Firefox Beta 1?

Installation was quick and easy.

Add on compatibility

Since add ons for Firefox 3 aren’t quite ready this is a bit of wasted step.

Add ons waiting

This isn’t all that surprising.

The start screen

And another warning about how Firefox 3 is for testing only.

Bookmark management improved

One of the changes is more bookmark and annotations for pages. For instance, Firefox 3 tracks recent visited favorites and allows for tagging of pages.

Bookmark tagging

The bookmark manager has been improved with the ability to tag specific pages for better organization.

Add on manager

The add on manager is a nice touch and can save you a few clicks with disable and uninstall options readily available.

Plug in manager

A look at the add on manager for plug-ins.

DOM inspector

The DOM inspector of Firefox 3 allows you to look at the underpinnings of any page.

Web forgery?

Firefox 3 has added some security enhancements to find Web forgeries and prevent phishing attacks.

Malware warning

What you’d see if there was a site with malware.

Security certificates

Firefox 3 is a stickler for SSL certificates. You can exempt sites though with a few clicks.

By Larry Dignan

Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief at Celonis. He was most recently Vice President, Editorial and Editor in Chief at ZDNet. Prior to that he was executive news editor at eWeek and news editor at Baseline. He also served as the East Coast news editor and

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