Category: Firefox
Firefox 3 (3.1) vs. Google Chrome vs. Safari 3 vs. Opera 9.5 vs. Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) vs. Internet Explorer 7 (IE7)
John Resig did a great job by comparing Firefox 3, Firefox 3.1, Google Chrome, Safari 3, Opera 9.5, Internet Explorer 8 and 7 JavaScript performance.
JavaScriptCore: The engine that powers Safari/WebKit (up until Safari 3.1).
SquirrelFish: The engine used by Safari 4.0.
V8: The engine used by Google Chrome.
SpiderMonkey: The engine that powers Firefox (up to, and including, Firefox 3.0). Continue Reading
Internet Explorer 8 Slices for Firefox 3
Not so long time ago Microsoft introduces web slices feature for IE8. However, if you don’t want to use Internet Explorer 8 yet, there’s a Firefox 3 add-on which allows you to subscribe to any web page section. Add-on developers aren’t sleeping.
Yahoo! Promotes Firefox?
First, it was Google who decided to promote Firefox, and now..? Yes, Yahoo! started to do that as well. Welcome “Firefox 3 Yahoo Edition”.
So here’s how their home page looks like: Continue Reading
Mozilla Firebug 1.2 Released
Good news from the web developers. Firebug 1.2 Final is now released and can be downloaded here. As you may find out from the changelog, there were plenty of changes made.
What was changed?
== Enablement UI ==
* Disable always: when the Firebug UI is not active on any page, the debugger is disabled (minimal overhead)
* Instant on: when the Firebug UI is active, HTML, CSS, DOM views activate (minimal overhead)
* Script panel user-activation: initially disabled or enabled always Continue Reading
Firefox 3.1 to Receive a JavaScript Performance Upgrade
Guys from Mozilla Firefox team aren’t sleeping. Few days ago they’ve launched a JavaScript engine called TraceMonkey which will be ported in the upcoming Firefox 3.1 release.
So to make it short: in some benchmarks, new engine is almost 40 times faster than the old one! Can you imagine that?
Just take a look at those benchmarks: Continue Reading
15+ Tools to Turn Firefox 3 into a Social Hub
Do you like social sites but just don’t want to try Flock? Miss any it’s features in Firefox? Here’s a solution:
Sean P. Aune published an article on how you can use 15+ tools to turn Firefox 3 into a social hub. Feel free to check it out.
How to Speed Up Firefox?
Here is a great tip from shashank on how to make Firefox 10 times faster.
1. Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit enter. Scroll down and look for the following entries:
2. Alter the entries as follows:
Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”
Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true” Continue Reading
50 Must-Have Firefox Extensions for Writers
Here is a great article by Laura Milligan for Firefox users.
It covers various writing related aspects such as: Quick Reference, Staying Connected, Saving, Bookmarking and Organizing, Files, Privacy and much more…
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Firefox, Safari, Opera Doesn’t Load CSS Stylesheets?
Are you having issues viewing various web pages from time to time where css style sheets don’t load?
Solution might be simpler than you thought. One of the reasons why it can happen is due to AdBlock. In case you are blocking ads on the web page, unblock them all and try now.
It worked for me.
Firefox 3.1 Alpha Released
The first Firefox 3.1 alpha (codename: Shiretoko) release which is built on Gecko 1.9.1 layout engine is now ready and can now be downloaded here.
The following release has those new features:
Web standards improvements in the Gecko layout engine
Text API for the canvas element Continue Reading
