Firefox 3 is here, but should web developers switch?

Well it’s finally here Firefox 3 download day. Although it was off to a slow, if not buggy, start it’s finally here and I bet you can’t wait to download it. But wait a second if your like me you rely on all the fantastic Firefox extensions to get your job done. Extensions such as Firebug and the Web Developer make Firefox what it is, the most powerful browser to develop web sites on.

I know your itching to go and download Firefox 3 with all it’s new fantastic features such as improved CSS compatibility and more efficient memory handling. However the readiness of the key extensions is a serious point to think about. Let alone the fact that over the coming months the majority of visitors to your website will still be using Firefox 2. So what can we do about this. Luckily Firebug and Web Developer both have beta version out which are compatible with Firefox 3. However the idle solution is to still develop using Firefox 2, but to install Firefox 3 portable edition. Which will run side by side with Firefox 2.

What are you going to do? Go the whole hog and ditch Firefox 2, or maybe meet it halfway with Firefox portable edition.