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Mozilla Firefox 3 has been launched to much fanfare. One of the changes has been a newer interface. However, most people are not particularly fond of the default theme. If you do not like the default theme on either Windows XP or Vista, you could swap out the theme by installing an addon.

If you are on Windows XP and are looking for a change of pace, try the Vista on XP addon.

With the much-awaited launch of Mozilla Firefox 3, extensions, themes and addons will be a problem.

Mozilla has released many alpha, beta and release-candidate versions of Firefox before the big launch, giving developers time to update their addons. Most extensions work flawlessly, and many more can be hacked to work, but themes and other non-extension addons still remain a problem.

When browsing with a large number of open pages (especially if you are a heavy tab user), closing tabs accidentally is common. This happens very often because Firefox has close buttons on each tab, and when a large number of tabs are present, the proximity between those red close buttons get very small.

The number of widescreen monitors are rapidly increasing, and vertical screen space can be a premium on such monitors. So, Firefox users usually try to move bookmarks and other elements to the sidebar. It is also beneficial to load pages of less importance in the sidebar.