Posts Tagged ‘Firefox’
Mozilla Making Firefox 4 to be Super-Duper Fast
Mozilla this week showed off its plans for Firefox 4, detailing some of the features we’ll see in the next version of the open source Internet browser.
Erica Jostedt, PR at Mozilla, yesterday blogged about the company’s plans for Firefox 4 and said the main priorities for the next version of Firefox are speed, power and empowerment.
Though Erica was quick to label the plans as fluid and subject to change, she said Mozilla wanted to make Firefox “super-duper fast,” enable new open, standard Web technologies, and put users in full control of their data and browsing.
You can check out the 45-minute presentation here but if you’re looking for the quick and dirty break down of what was announced, we’ve summarized what we think will be the biggest improvements and listed them below.
For Firefox 4, Mozilla has moved a lot of buttons around and in some cases, removed buttons altogether (the ‘home’ and ‘stop’ buttons have been done away with). While you can do without a ‘stop’ button but the ‘home’ button is slightly more important, so it’s important to note that Firefox hasn’t done away with the ‘home’ feature altogether; the company has opted instead for a home tab that cannot be closed. Switching tabs will also be easier. Firefox 4 will allow users to just start typing the URL of the tab you want in the address bar. The browser will then offer you the option (via a drop down menu) of switching to your already open tab or navigating to a new page. From the slides below it also looks like the company has plans for dedicated tabs for certain applications like Google’s Gmail. No word on whether or not these are determined by which sites you visit most often or if you’ll be allowed to select them yourself.
End of the Road for Firefox 3 Version
Mozilla has released what will be the final update to the Firefox 3.0.x line.
Firefox 3.0.19 will be the final update for the 3.0.x branch of Firefox. There will be no more updates after this no matter what gaping holes are found.
This final update is a security and stability upgrade and it is recommended for all users who are still using 3.0.x. A total of 55 bugs have been fixed, 14 of which were rated as critical.
Also released has been an update for 3.5.x. Firefox 3.5.9 brings with it the same bug fixes as for 3.0.19.
These updates are available from the Mozilla Firefox website or by using the automatic update check in the browser.
A reminder – the latest version of Firefox is 3.6.2. If you’re still using 3.0.x or 3.5.x versions, yo might want to consider upgrading to 3.6.x in order to remain on the cutting edge.
IE8 is Now World’s Most Popular Web Browser
Firefox 3.5 was for a short period the most popular browser in the world, taking the lead from Micrsoft’s Internet Explorer 6. With Firefox users now slowly transitioning from 3.5 to the newly released 3.6, the window was left open for Microsoft to climb ahead–and that’s what it has done.
Microsoft pointed to Net Application’s January browser market share report showing that Internet Explorer 8 is not only the most popular browser on Windows with 27.9-percent usage share, but that it now has 25.6-percent of market share across all operating systems on a worldwide-weighted usage share basis.
While Internet Explorer has taken a lot of heat over the years for rather loose adherences to web standards and security, especially when compared against the competition, IE8 takes big strides in making the web a better place.
The big factor is IE8′s attention to malware protection. Microsoft boasted that, as of today, Internet Explorer 8 has done over 350 million malware blocks.
Google Celebrates Pacman’s 30th Anniversary via Cutsomized Homepage
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the legendary Pac man arcade game, Google has gone all out. Their home page customization has always been an eye catcher but they’ve outdone themselves this time. Not only has the Google logo been customized into the Pacman video game frame, but viewers can also play the game complete with original arcade sounds and progress though levels collecting points.
It seemed like with Google’s Chrome browser the game content loaded much faster than in other browsers like Firefox and Safari where it took a few seconds more.
Just head on over to Google’s homepage and if it doesn’t show up immediately just wait a few seconds.
Happy 30th Pacman.
If you would like to know more, please call Mitul Bhavsar on +91-9825095314 or visit www.designwebgraphic.com for any search engine optimization requirement.