Saturday, June 21, 2008

Mozilla Firefox 3.0

Mozilla Firefox 3.0 is now already for a couple of days shipping and as tradition wants it Microsoft is
sending a cake to the Mozilla Foundation headquarters. The launche is breaking some records, 1.5 million download the first day where expected however 8.3 downloads where registered in the first 24 hours. The download pressure was even so great that the primary download server was down for about 60 minutes. The number of 8.3 download is 5 times greater than the launch of Firefox 2.0.

And those downloads are there for a reason, even do dvlabs announced that a zero day venerability was found five hours after the launch the reasons to upgrade a large.

To review the improvements you can check this page. Mozilla Firefox is stating the following points as the top new features:

Password Manager
Remember site passwords without ever seeing a pop-up.

One-Click Bookmarking
Bookmark, search and organize Web sites quickly and easily.

Improved Performance
View Web pages faster, using less of your computer’s memory.

Smart Location Bar
Find the sites you love in seconds—enter a term for instant matches that make sense.

Instant Web Site ID
Avoid online scams, unsafe transactions and forgeries with simple site identity.

Full Zoom
See any part of a Web page, up close and readable, in seconds.

Platform-Native Look & Feel
Browse with a Firefox that’s integrated into your computer’s operating system.

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