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Firefox 3.7 Receives Windows 7 Jumplist Support
Picture source: TechSpot
With the upcoming Windows 7 release, developers are working hard to take an advantage of new OS features such as jumplist. Some time ago, Google has implemented the following feature into its Chrome web browser, and now, the latest Firefox build on Mozilla’s Tryserver includes Windows 7 Jumplist support as well.
As you can see from the screenshot, users will be able to quickly access their most frequent visited web pages and open new tab and/or window easily.
Try Firefox 3.7 with Jumplist Support.
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Firefox 3.6 Beta Ships Next Week, 3.5.4 Follows
The long awaited Firefox 3.6 (Namaroka) Beta is going to be released on 13 October, followed by Firefox 3.5.4 on 21 October. With the final version shipping in November, Firefox 3.6 is set to improve performance, several new CSS features and other architectural improvements.
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Firefox 3.7 and 4.0 Mac Theme Changes
Stephen Horlander has posted some of the upcoming Firefox 3.7 Mac theme mock ups for you to see. Also, some early Firefox 4.0 Mac theme concepts. As he says: “One goal of this visual refresh is an increased amount of cross platform consistency where it makes sense.”.
What was changed in Mac version? Continue Reading
September, 2009 – Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera Market Share Goes Up; IE – Down
New month and we are back to Net Applications data, so let’s begin.
Not so surprisingly, Internet Explorer continues to lose its market share and fell from 66.97% to 65.71%.
This time Firefox has gained 0.77 point of its market share and went up from 22.98% to 23.75%. Continue Reading
Firefox 3.6 Receives Light Themes (aka Personas)
It seems that the upcoming Firefox 3.6 release will have an option for light themes, or as Mozilla calls them: Personas.
Unlike regular themes, Personas will only change few elements of web browser look, such as: backgrounds, menu colors, etc.
Furthermore, users will be able to create their own light themes following simple guide at GetPersonas.com.
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Speed Up Your FireFox with SpeedyFox
If you’ve been heavily using Firefox web browser and noticed decreasing performance, then maybe it’s time for you to try new tool called “SpeedyFox” (Windows only).
What can it do?
Boost Firefox startup in up to 3 times
Speed-up browsing history
Quicker operation with cookies
So how does it work? Continue Reading
Battery Life: Internet Explorer 8 vs. Firefox 3.5 vs. Chrome 2 vs. Opera 9 and 10 vs. Safari 4
Now here is something completely different. Guys at AnandTech has decided to find out, how web browser affects battery life.
They have tested the following web browsers:
Internet Explorer 8
Firefox 3.5.2
Firefox + AdBlock
Chrome 2
Opera 9.64
Opera 10 Beta 3
Safari 4 Continue Reading
Firefox 3.5.3 and 3.0.14 Released
Today Mozilla has released security and stability updates for Firefox 3.5 and 3.0 series.
The following updates fix a couple of critical security vulnerabilities and offer various stability improvements.
Upcoming: Firefox 3.5.3 and 3.0.14 Releases
According to Mozilla’s release schedule, Firefox 3.5.3 and 3.0.14 web browsers are set for release tomorrow, fixing security and stability issues.
Browser Wars: Ultimate Browser Benchmark: Chrome 2 vs. Chrome 3 vs. Chrome 4 vs. Opera 10 vs. Firefox 3.5 vs. Firefox 3.6 vs. Internet Explorer 8 vs. Safari 4
With the release of Opera 10 Final, it’s time to find out, who is the king of performance in web browser area.
The following browsers were tested (with no settings changed):
Internet Explorer 8
Firefox 3.5.2
Firefox 3.6 (Alpha)
Chrome 2.0.172.43
Chrome 3.0.195.10 (Beta)
Chrome 4.0.203.2 (Alpha)
Opera 10
Safari 4.0.3 Continue Reading
