One of the main problems with upgrading versions of a browser – especially beta versions – are that existing plugins are not always supported. Frequently this means losing functionality while developers implement the changes necessary to get them working again.
Personally I don’t use many as I find it loads down the load times for the program; but the ones I do use I rely heavily upon.
Del.icio.us is one such example, and when the upgrade to Firefox 3 beta 4 resulted in the loss of 75% of my plugins it was …

Here’s the story I keep expecting to go away, but instead it keeps growing bigger and more controversial by the minute.
Apple has recently begun to use and/or abuse their extraordinary share of the media player market held by iTunes as a jumping off point for spreading the uptake their Safari browser.  This has many PC users seriously miffed, and appears to have fanned the flames of the long-standing operating system war between Mac-heads and PC-users, which has been burning since the 1980s.
When installing iTunes, users are also required to install …

Via Mashable (“Firefox 3 Beta 2 Now Available :
“The holy grail of all us people who work in Firefox day in, day out (and, unfortunately, often endure slowdowns and lockups) – Firefox version 3 – seems to be near completion. As of today, Firefox 3 beta 2 is available for download and testing purposes; however, don’t get your hopes up just yet. As the folks of Mozilla say, ‘with this second beta, you’ll get a taste of what’s coming in Firefox 3, but there’s still more to come, and …