Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Released

June 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Tech Bites

Firefox 3.5 the latest in the stable of mozilla in the browser section is  said t be the “The Fastest Firefox Yet”.

The company has to say this about the new firefox Browser: “Things move quickly online, and we’ve beefed up the engine that runs Firefox to make sure you can keep up: Firefox 3.5 is more than twice as fast as Firefox 3, and ten times as fast as Firefox 2.* As a result, Web applications like email, photo sites and your favorite social networks will feel snappier and more responsive.” Features: The features are divided into

  1. Security & Privacy
  2. Performance
  3. Customization
  4. Personal
  5. Productivity
  6. Tabs
  7. Search
  8. Universal Access
  9. The Cutting Edge

Security and Privacy:

  • Private Browsing
  • Forget This Site
  • Instant Web Site ID
  • Anti-Malware
  • Parental Controls
  • Clear Recent History
  • Integrates with Anti-Virus Software
  • Anti-Phishing

Performance:

  • Smaller Memory Footprint
  • Color Profile Support
  • Memory Management
  • Faster Page Load
  • Super Speed

Customization:

  • Over 6,000 ways to customize: With over over 6,000 Firefox add-ons,
  • Add-ons Manager
  • Browser Look & Feel

Personal:

  • Awesome Bar: A quick way to get to the sites you love, where results includes possible matching sites from your browsing history, as well as sites you’ve bookmarked and tagged in a drop down.
  • Tags
  • Library
  • One-Click Bookmarking
  • Smart Bookmark

Productivity:

  • Platform-Native Look & Feel
  • RSS Feed Reader
  • Download Manager: The resume function for the download which also works if your system crashes or is forced to restart is preety awesome feature to have.
  • Spell Checking
  • Session Restore
  • Full Zoom

Tabs: I dont think it is worth mentioning as everyone knows about it and there is no new feature new from the old version, except for this function which i think is borrowed from the google chrome browser. Easy Organization: Get your sites in order. Simply arrange the order of your tabs by dragging them in one swift move of your mouse. Or, if your browser window is getting cluttered with too many tabs, just drag a tab out of its existing spot and it will automatically open up in a new window. Search:

  • Smart keywords
  • Search options
  • Integrated Web Search
  • Hundreds of Search Engines: Access your favorite search engines quickly from the integrated search bar.

Universal Access:

Over 70 different translations, from French and Chinese to Hindi and Czech anything acn be seen in this new browser.

  • Improved Text Rendering: Read your language as it’s written—more like real life. With a new graphics engine, Arabic, Persian, Punjabi and other script languages now render in a remarkably seamless way.
  • Downloadable Fonts: New View a wider variety of fonts on Web sites while you surf. Site designers and developers can create custom fonts that will be displayed and rendered properly even if you don’t have the font installed on your computer.

Cutting Edge:

  • Web Application Integration
  • Offline Browsing
  • Next-Generation Graphics
  • Open Video and Audio
  • Location-Aware Browsing
  • Newest Web Technologies

SO i think the Mozilla Firefox 3.5 web Browser is going to be a better browser in the competition. So as the Mozilla site says(Click here to go to download page )

Upgrade to a Better Browser

Make the switch to Firefox – the faster, safer, smarter way to browse the Web.

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One Response to “Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Released”

  1. Top Website Hosting Services Says:

    lets se how this will be what features will be incorporated in this new version

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