Mozilla Firefox 3 Review
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After a development cycle that lasted nearly 3 years, the publication of alpha versions 8, 5 and 3 beta release candidate, it is best not throw Firefox 3 is now available for download. A week after Opera 9.5, the browser Mozilla sign if its renewal, at least he says a great continuity with the hope to glean some market share to waver a little over Internet Explorer is still the size of lion.
For this third version of the name of the browser free and multi-platform, some operating systems are neglected, including Windows 95/98. For the most recent, Firefox 3 will be happy to adapt to the specificities of each country and particularly Windows Vista with whom he will later graphical interface connector.
Big expectation for performances
Firefox 3 is above all with a new rendering engine, Gecko labeled 1.9, which must prove its value at the option of so-called Web 2.0 sites marked AJAX technology that proliferate on the Web. Even if one knows that Mozilla was a little caught off guard with the release of relatively recent test Acid3, adherence to Web standards is also an issue for Firefox 3 and probably more for versions of the same branch that will emerge in the future. But Firefox 3 is also expected to turn for his memory that some are particularly excessive mainly in the Windows environment. A bet that you can probably take it as earned and without convincing, just open several tabs to realize that progress at this level are significant.
The user experience
Regarding the new features, the address bar so-called intelligent is likely to win the prize with his “connection” with the browsing history, the manager of bookmarks, to transform the URL field in real champ Search by keyword. Regarding the manager bookmarks precisely, the order finally prevail and it has never been easier to score a page by following the star.
Other managers, namely the one to download and add-ons - in this respect certain rare extensions have failed compatibility Firefox 3 D-Day - are also concerned with a few improvements such as the resumption on downloading or integration of ‘dedicated research tools.
Concern for safety
In the field of security, anti-malware protection (against the sites of attacks) was added to the anti-phishing (trusted sites only in appearance), according to the same principle blacklist. Security and providing information are also often mix and sites that play the game, you can easily access via the favicon, data always instructive for example by ensuring respect for his privacy.
Many other things are to be discovered through its use with this major version of Firefox. For a little clearing the ground, and not to miss something like zoom proportional.
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