Existing users, 
I wasn't going to try the beta, until I saw this listed in their mac specific bug fixes:
<i>233977 - [Mac] Single-click selects entire address bar rather than activates cursor.<i>
That was my no. 1 annoyance with Firefox, and I can confirm that it's now fixed.
Mostly, though, this version seems pretty much the same as the last one. Maybe a bit faster. Stable so far.
Firefox
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Version: 3.0.4
worth it for one reason...
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Contributed by: Pandy Friday, September 09 2005 @ 03:40 AM PDT
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Followup: NOT worth it for one reason... - Notary Sojac
Okay, I just downloaded and installed this Beta and found exactly the opposite of what the original poster stated to be true.Clicking in the Address bar now DOES NOT select its contents - it just sticks a cursor where you clicked just like frikkin' Safari does.
If I can't figure out how to return to the previous Firefox behaviour of "click in Address Bar selects contents" then this is getting tossed.
Friday, September 09 2005 @ 08:05 AM PDT
Followup: NOT worth it for one reason... - Pandy
Exactly - it does what Safari does. The text I posted was a reported bug that had been fixed. So now the behaviour works like this:-If you want to put the cursor somewhere, click there once.
-If you want to select a whole word, click on it twice.
-If you want to select the whole address bar, click three times.
Now that Firefox behaves this way, consistent with other apps, I don't swear every time I click in the address bar to correct a typo, and then erase the whole address by typing my correction.
Saturday, September 10 2005 @ 08:40 PM PDT
Followup: NOT worth it for one reason... - Pandy
I do agree with you that down & up arrows not working is annoying, but for that I've gotten used to using cmd-right arrow and cmd-left arrow.Saturday, September 10 2005 @ 09:12 PM PDT
Followup: NOT worth it for one reason... - Notary Sojac
I (and everyone else I've asked) prefer the old click-selects-full-address convention that we have had for years in every browser except Safari. I think even Mozaic behaved this way back in '94.Apple-arrows for line end & beginning is fine if you are a both hands on the keyboard sort of user, but a pain if you normally have one hand on the mouse or drawing tablet.
Incidentally, the Home & End keys on a full keyboard never worked in Firefox either.
Tuesday, September 13 2005 @ 06:24 AM PDT
Followup: NOT worth it for one reason... - adamschneider
Go to about:config, then look for this preference:browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll
Set it to true or false, whichever you prefer.
Wednesday, September 14 2005 @ 12:25 AM PDT
worth it for one reason... - Notary Sojac
Hasn't Firefox always done this (as opposed to Safari's annoying behaivior)?It certainly does it an all my Macs.
The problem I've always had with Firefox is the up & down arrows do not get you to the start & end of the text in a single-line text field (like the Address) as they do in virtually every other browser and app. Infuriating.
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Friday, September 09 2005 @ 06:26 AM PDT