Firefox 3, the famous web browser is here! It is based on the Gecko 1.9 Web rendering platform, which has been under development for the past 34 months. This new platform includes more than 15,000 changes to improve performance, stability, rendering correctness, and code simplification and sustainability.
Firefox 3 is free, and available on a variety of operating systems: Windows, Mac, and Linux. If you were using a previous version of Firefox don't be afraid of losing your history, bookmarks, start page, search engine
preference, and even downloads performed in the earlier browser
version they will all be there!
Firefox 3 touts faster rendering, a vastly reduced use of system
resources, and clever new data-mining tools for your bookmarks and
browser history. Most notable is that Firefox 3 includes many
security-related features baked right in, such as the best of breed
antiphishing protection, making Firefox the most secure browser on the
market today.
Some of its new features and improvements are:
Memory usage: Several new technologies work together to reduce the amount of memory used by Firefox 3 over a web browsing session. Memory cycles are broken and collected by an automated cycle collector, a new memory allocator reduces fragmentation, hundreds of leaks have been fixed, and caching strategies have been tuned.
New Download Manager: The revised download manager makes it much easier to locate downloaded files, and you can see and search on the name of the website where a file came from. Your active downloads and time remaining are always shown in the status bar as your files download. Users can now resume downloads after restarting the browser or resetting your network connection.
Full page zoom: From the View menu and via keyboard shortcuts, the new zooming feature lets you zoom in and out of entire pages, scaling the layout, text and images, or optionally only the text size. Your settings will be remembered whenever you return to the site.
Awesome Bar: As you type in a URL, the Awesome Bar searches through your history and bookmarks and presents a drop-down list of recently accessed pages with that same keyword.
Smart Bookmark Folders: Quickly access your most visited bookmarks from the toolbar, or recently bookmarked and tagged pages from the bookmark menu. Create your own Smart Bookmark Folders by saving a search query in the Library.
Download & Install Add-ons: The Add-ons Manager (Tools > Add-ons) can now be used to download and install a Firefox customization from the thousands of Add-ons available from our community add-ons website. When you first open the Add-ons Manager, a list of recommended Add-ons is shown.
Easier password management: An information bar replaces the old password dialog so you can now save passwords after a successful login.
Malware Protection: Malware protection warns users when they arrive at sites which are known to install viruses, spyware, trojans or other malware.
Memory usage: Several new technologies work together to reduce the amount of memory used by Firefox 3 over a web browsing session. Memory cycles are broken and collected by an automated cycle collector, a new memory allocator reduces fragmentation, hundreds of leaks have been fixed, and caching strategies have been tuned.
New Download Manager: The revised download manager makes it much easier to locate downloaded files, and you can see and search on the name of the website where a file came from. Your active downloads and time remaining are always shown in the status bar as your files download. Users can now resume downloads after restarting the browser or resetting your network connection.
Full page zoom: From the View menu and via keyboard shortcuts, the new zooming feature lets you zoom in and out of entire pages, scaling the layout, text and images, or optionally only the text size. Your settings will be remembered whenever you return to the site.
Awesome Bar: As you type in a URL, the Awesome Bar searches through your history and bookmarks and presents a drop-down list of recently accessed pages with that same keyword.
Smart Bookmark Folders: Quickly access your most visited bookmarks from the toolbar, or recently bookmarked and tagged pages from the bookmark menu. Create your own Smart Bookmark Folders by saving a search query in the Library.
Download & Install Add-ons: The Add-ons Manager (Tools > Add-ons) can now be used to download and install a Firefox customization from the thousands of Add-ons available from our community add-ons website. When you first open the Add-ons Manager, a list of recommended Add-ons is shown.
Easier password management: An information bar replaces the old password dialog so you can now save passwords after a successful login.
Malware Protection: Malware protection warns users when they arrive at sites which are known to install viruses, spyware, trojans or other malware.
Integration with Windows: Firefox now has improved Windows icons, and uses native user interface widgets in the browser and in web forms.
Integration with the Mac: The new Firefox theme makes toolbars, icons, and other user interface elements look like a native OS X application. Firefox also uses OS X widgets and supports Growl for notifications of completed downloads and available updates. A combined back and forward control make it even easier to move between web pages.
Integration with Linux: Firefox's default icons, buttons, and menu styles now use the native GTK theme.
If you haven't still tried Firefox what are you waiting for? Give it a try!
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