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    Image of newgalactic newgalactic
    11/19/09

    In reply to Rumor: Firefox Coming to the PlayStation 3
    This is absolutely wonderful. Hopefully, this will trigger M$ to do the same with the 360. I would love to have Hulu on my big screen.

    Can the PS3 connect to a bluetooth keyboard/mouse?
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    Image of Michai Michai
    11/19/09

    In reply to Rumor: Firefox Coming to the PlayStation 3
    That would be amazing, however I think Sony's devices would benefit from Google's lightweight Chome browser. I'm sure there are strategic reasons as to why Google wouldn't want to partner just yet with Sony. Regardless, I hope this isn't simply a webified story.
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    Image of ReynaldoRiv ReynaldoRiv
    11/19/09

    @Michai: Because there currently isn't a PPC architecture for Chrome.

    Both old Macs and The PS3 use PPC chips (although the PS3 is WAY beyond more advanced than a G4 Quicksilver). It's the same reason old Macs can't use Chrome.
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    11/19/09

    In reply to Rumor: Firefox Coming to the PlayStation 3
    I can't wait for IE8 on the 360 now. *snort, giggle* Hee hee, okay, I can't say that with a straight face.
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    Image of Stuart Bradley Newsom Stuart Bradley Newsom
    11/19/09

    @Skunky: Microsoft doesn't really support IE that much anymore. So its not that funny.
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    11/19/09

    @Stuart Bradley Newsom: No no, THAT part wasn't so funny. I was thinking about all the virus-induced red-rings that'd probably happen.
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    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    11/19/09

    In reply to Rumor: Firefox Coming to the PlayStation 3
    This would be Awesome, I don't have many complaints about the PS3's browser except for the fact that it does not play well with 3rd party apps/plug-ins, (Flash, Java etc) and it gets stuck on pop-ups. Firefox support would hopefully correct most/all those issues.

    With the tons of support that firefox has for add-ons I'll bet it could get to the point where sites won't be able to tell that you're on a PS3

    *cough* hulu *cough*
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    11/19/09

    In reply to Rumor: Firefox Coming to the PlayStation 3
    Yes! Because Sony's browser sucks balls.
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    11/19/09

    @Noobs-R-Us: It may not be as good as browsing on a computer, but I wouldn't say that its browser sucks balls. Considering that it's not really expected for someone to do the majority of their web browsing on a gaming system, it is pretty functional, especially considering they have to make it functional for a controller with a much more limited number of keys as a mouse and keyboard. The main problem I run into is that it doesn't take a lot of windows being open for it to freeze up, but that's what I have a computer for.
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    11/19/09

    @ceilingFANBOY: That's really what I was complaining about when I said that they sucked balls. Their browser is buggy as hell and would freeze and hang at a drop of a hat. Also, it's not as compatible with all sites as the other browsers.

    #tips
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/19/09

    In reply to Rumor: Firefox Coming to the PlayStation 3
    I used to be a fan of Firefox, but lately, it's been crashing on me regularly. Plus it takes up an insane amount of RAM. What's up with that?
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    Image of ph15h ph15h
    11/19/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: I've moved on from Firefox... before it was awesome, now it goes to 84% CPU Usage, 3548MB of RAM... with only 3 tabs open. I've been using more Chrome and Opera... mostly used Firefox due to Adblock and download manager support, but now that the other two do the same, I'm happy.
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    Image of mrkokkinos mrkokkinos
    11/19/09

    @ph15h: Wait... Chrome supports Adblock? You don't mean that crappy local proxy thingy? LinkPLZ.
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    Image of Capall Capall
    11/19/09

    @ph15h:
    "84% CPU Usage, 3548MB of RAM"

    Lolwat.
    Sounds more like your computer needs some maintanence bro.
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    Image of bustedchain bustedchain
    11/19/09

    @ph15h: It was probably those addons and others that was crashing your browser. Before blaming the browser you should disable the addons and see if it has the same problem. I haven't had any memory leaks with Firefox itself in a long time. Some of the add-ons stink.

    Some people think that it is a good idea to install more than 1 adblock database which in fact will suck ram real quick if you install more than one.
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    Image of ph15h ph15h
    11/19/09

    @mrkokkinos: Go to Lifehacker and look up the dev channel for Chrome. Admittedly, it doesn't work as well as the Firefox adblock, but it gets the job done.

    #speakup
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    Image of ph15h ph15h
    11/19/09

    @Capall: Probably does, but if it's using up all 84% CPU on a fairly new computer I can't say it's my computer alone.

    #speakup
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    Image of ph15h ph15h
    11/19/09

    @bustedchain: I did disable most add-ons. I mainly kept Fireshot, Adblock Plus, NoScript and Greasemonkey with 1 or 2 scripts enabled (can't remember). I only have EasyListUSA as a subscription for Adblock Plus along with some self-added entries.

    #speakup
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    Image of bustedchain bustedchain
    11/20/09

    @ph15h:

    Yeah, I am 100% certain there is something going on beyond Firefox itself. What version of FF are you on? I am on 3.5.5 with Adblock Plus 1.1.1, AVG Safe Search, Greasmonkey 0.8.20090920.2 (only 1 script: YouseableTubeFix), and I am using 56MB of ram on a fresh load of this page. I was using 170MB of RAM after having surfed Facebook, 3 Facebook Games, and lots of other websites (Virtual Christmas shopping rocks!) Anyway: Disable Fireshot and NoScript temporarily just to troubleshoot... check to make sure you are on FireFox 3.5.5 and maybe even perform a reinstall. (Don't uninstall, just install on top of it with a freshly downloaded FF 3.5.5 installer. One of the updates may have screwed things up.)

    If that doesn't work, disable all AddOns temporarily and see if the browser is stable again. Maybe one of the AddOns that doesn't cause problems for me needs an update or is corrupt.

    For the record: I have had several Add-ons cause problems and one time it was a Greasemonkey script going bananas (or was it going apeshit? one of the two!). Once I got rid of the offending script it behaved better.

    Finally, you can download one of many bootable cds that contains the memtestx86 program and run it overnight one evening just before bedtime. It will check your ram to make sure a stick of ram hasn't gone bad. I've had that happen too and it's not pretty when it manifests itself.
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    Image of ph15h ph15h
    11/19/09

    In reply to Rumor: Firefox Coming to the PlayStation 3
    I woulda thought there'd be a Sony/Google Alliance. Oh well...
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    Image of Sockatume Sockatume
    11/19/09

    In reply to Rumor: Firefox Coming to the PlayStation 3
    I actually find browsing on the consoles (specifically, the Wii) to be a good deal easier than browsing on the iPhone, if only because of the large, eye-level display.
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    Image of drac-u-lala drac-u-lala
    11/19/09

    @Sockatume: Is there a virtual keyboard? Is it usable?
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    Image of PureSin PureSin
    11/19/09

    @drac: well there is and its "usable" but typing with a controller is slow and annoying. Works great if you attach an usb keyboard though.
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    Sockatume promoted this comment PureSin was starred PureSin was unstarred
    Image of Sockatume Sockatume
    11/19/09

    @PureSin: Yeah, I use a wireless USB keyboard for when I want to actually type. For casual browsing it's a great compromise between iPhone simplicity and a proper, PC-size display.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    11/19/09

    In reply to Rumor: Firefox Coming to the PlayStation 3
    They should do this for the WII ... if only because one could bring up fleshbot with a single gesture.
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    11/19/09

    In reply to Rumor: Firefox Coming to the PlayStation 3
    Now if they brought this to Xbox and used Natal - do you think it could recognize you air-typing and mouse gestures? Currently only Tom Cruise has this technology
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    Image of Arc- Arc-
    11/19/09

    @BergenCountyJC can edit his name?: Well they don't need to bring it to Xbox to test this, because the PS3 still has the Playstation Eye (why do people keep forgetting this?) however, I don't think we would be able to type in the air. but mouse gestures is a possibility.
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    Image of Arekku Arekku
    11/19/09

    @Arc-: Air keyboard would be as dumb as an Air guitar.
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    11/19/09

    @Arekku: Whoaaaa - and why is air guitar dumb? I myself like to jam out to some RHCP every now and then.
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    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    11/19/09

    In reply to Rumor: Firefox Coming to the PlayStation 3
    Please let this be true.
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    Image of suckerpin suckerpin
    10/19/09

    In reply to What On Earth Is Mozilla's Mystery iPhone App?
    Um. MobileMe does sync bookmarks over the air. Just sayin. #mozillaiphoneapp
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    10/19/09

    In reply to What On Earth Is Mozilla's Mystery iPhone App?
    Just to be clear, lots of things on the iPhone would be surprising. An app that streams a videofeed of me fucking my cat would be, to say the least, surprising.

    So let's not solely interpret "surprising" as desired. For my money, it's just a picture of the Thunderbird logo donkey-punching the Apple logo. #mozillaiphoneapp
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    Image of anexanhume anexanhume
    10/19/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Come on Ponies, anyone who's seen you comment for any appreciable length of time knows that wouldn't be a surprising thing to come from you. #mozillaiphoneapp
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    Image of Mayor McRib Mayor McRib
    10/19/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I'm more surprised that your described app hasn't been released/approved yet. How long will it stay in limbo? I heard that you used a similar camera graphic as Apple, please change that and re-submit.

    As for the Mozilla surprise....Netscape. #mozillaiphoneapp
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    10/19/09

    In reply to What On Earth Is Mozilla's Mystery iPhone App?
    Surprise! it's Firefox!

    Nobody's expecting Firefox now, because they're expecting to be surprised, and FF is just too obvious. so now that everyone's ruled out FF from their list of possibilities, it'll surprise them! #mozillaiphoneapp
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    Image of John Herrman John Herrman
    10/19/09

    @psychiccheese: Mystery, solved. #mozillaiphoneapp
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    Image of TheHonJudgeSmails TheHonJudgeSmails
    10/19/09

    In reply to What On Earth Is Mozilla's Mystery iPhone App?
    Flash, please? #mozillaiphoneapp
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/19/09

    @TheHonJudgeSmails: Incredibly unlikely. A.) Mozilla doesn't develop Flash, Adobe does. B.) This.

    Though, as a consolation prize, the iPhone gets this. Personally, I'd love to see a dedicated demented cartoon movie app on the iPhone. #mozillaiphoneapp
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