Category: Firefox
Top 10 Firefox 3.5 Features
With the upcoming Firefox 3.5 release, LifeHacker has published a post on top 10 Firefox 3.5 features.
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Multi Process Firefox Demonstrated
Chris Pitchin has posted a video which demonstrates Firefox multi process feature.
Firefox 3.5 RC2 Released
Mozilla has recently announced the availability of Firefox 3.5 RC2 web browser. The first RC was offered to beta testers only while the second only was made available to public.
Download Firefox 3.5 RC2
Release notes
Browser Memory (RAM) Usage: Firefox 3.5 RC, Safari 4, Opera 10 Beta, Google Chrome 3.0 Dev
Sam Allen from DotNetPerls.com has tested the most recent web browser versions to find out, which one of them consumes the most and least memory.
Usign script help, he has loaded 150 the most popular sites as per Alexa.com and monitored results.
Results: Continue Reading
Safari 4 vs. Chrome 2 vs. Opera 10 vs. Firefox 3.5 vs. Opera 9.64 vs. Firefox 3 vs. IE8, 7
It’s that time of the month again: web browser performance and benchmark results. This time it’s going to be a little bit different. The graph you are about to see is from Peacekeeper benchmark site and as James Gallagher explained to us: this chart is made from averaging results from thousands of PC with the three CPUs listed.
Listed browsers:
Safari 4 Beta
Safari 4 Final
Chrome 2.0.172.30
Chrome 2.0.181.1 Beta Continue Reading
Firefox Receives New Logo
As announced earlier this year, Mozilla wanted to refresh Firefox logo for the upcoming 3.5 release.
Well, today they have published it and you can download it here (.psd, .ico, .png, .icns, etc.).
Firefox 3.5 RC1 Has Arrived
The waiting is over. Mozilla has finally released the very first Firefox 3.5 release candidate (RC) build.
What’s new?
Besides usual performance and stability improvements, Firefox 3.5 introduces HTML 5 tags support, such as: < video >, < audio >, downloadable fonts, etc. Also: private browsing feature, location aware browsing and more. For a complete list of changes, visit here.
Download:
Firefox 3.5 RC1 (Windows)
Firefox 3.5 RC1 (Linux)
Firefox 3.5 RC1 (Mac)
Thanks to Mihailo Bursac (djix) and Shane Bundy for sending this.
Extend Firefox, 2009
Mozilla is re-launching the “Extend Firefox” contest for the upcoming Firefox 3.5 release. Just like last year, developers are asked to create the next best Firefox add-on and get prizes for that. Actually, if you have already released an awesome add-on, they will be giving away prizes for “Best Updated Add-on” as well.
Prize categories:
Best New Add-on
Best Updated Add-on
Best Shopping Add-on
Best Game & Entertainment Add-on
For a complete list of prizes, visit the contest details page.
