Firefox 3 Beta 3 available, plus an inline tweak

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Firefox fans will be happy to know that Beta 3 of the newest browser version is available for download. I’ve got it on both an XP and a Vista tablet, but haven’t had much time to play just yet. Looks like some Tablet items that don’t work in Vista do work in XP; for example, the TIP does appear when tapping fields on a web page in XP, but not in Vista. Since I didn’t spend much time with Beta 2, this could be the same behavior as before. While the TIP does appear in the URL address bar, it still doesn’t have the web context in either version of Windows, i.e.: the buttons for common web bits like "http:" and ".com".

Atlhough this tweak from How-To-Geek won’t fix the TIP issues, you can get inline address completion in the browser by changing one Firefox setting. If you type "about:config" in the address bar of the browser, you’ll be taken to a page with bunches of programs settings. Look for the one labeled "browser.urlbar.autoFill" and click it to change the setting from False to True. Now you’ll have inline URL auto-completion in the address bar to save some time. I’ve paired this with the TIP in XP by inking part of a URL and then clicking Insert on the TIP; the ink text is sent to the address bar so you can then choose the full URL if it appears from your browsing history. It’s less than ideal compared to full, native support, but it might save time for tablet and notebook users alike.

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