Firefox 3 is out!!!
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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JUNE is getting hotter day by day.
Finallly the wait is over, the mother of all browsers is out( i can see some people making faces..:)). Mozilla foundation has released its most advanced browser to date, Firefox v3. According to the developers, their claims to fame are:
- based on the updated Gecko 1.9 engine.
- Malware Protection.
- New SSL error pages.
- Anti-virus integration, etc
- Automated cycle collector, a new memory allocator reduces fragmentation.
- A user's bookmarks, history, cookies, and preferences are now stored in a transactionally secure database format
The new firefox is certainly alot crispier with a new and improved addons management system and a completely new bag of preloaded plugins( which has increased the package size by roughly 40%). 7.14 mb vs. 5.75 mb, not a bad bargain as i don't have to scout for the different plugins.
And as always, it has managed to learn a trick or two from the birth place of browser innovation, OPERA. The inline search feature has now been integrated ( read copied ) into FF v3 which i think is a good thing as it just provides the user a much more better web experience. I hope no litigations will follow suit!!!
Currently most addons are not compatible with the new version but i am sure that its developer community will be burning the mid-night oil to tune their addons and help us all. GOD SPEED..:)
The race is certainly hotter now as Opera has recently released its flagship product, Opera v9.5 after due research and trials( and its wonderful). With inline search, faster load times, newer and better javascript engine, it is certainly poised to shift some traditional loyalties.
I am going to run some tests on both the browsers( forget IE v7 or v8 beta 1..or for that matter any other IE version, it will always be bloated and vulnerable.) and will soon come out with the final verdict as far as i m concerned. But I'm sure, whatever be the verdict, there are all winners in this battle of browsers.
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