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Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.5

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Mozilla today released Firefox 3.5, a significant upgrade to the world's second-most popular Internet browser. Webmonkey summarizes some of the more important advances in the latest version, including speed enhancements, support for HTML 5, geolocation services, search improvements, and the addition of a private browsing mode.
Originally envisioned as a quick follow-up to 2008's release of Firefox 3.0, Mozilla ended up packing in quite a few extra features into its flagship browser and spent months making sure that Firefox 3.5 was the fastest, most powerful Firefox yet.

Firefox 3.5 brings with it entirely new and much faster rendering engines for both static web pages and the JavaScript code that powers today's complex web-based applications. There are new privacy features, new capabilities for playing video and audio files and improved search tools. There are also a handful of other new features that should prove useful for both Firefox devotees and newcomers alike.
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Firefox 3.5 is available for OS X (10.4 or later), Windows, and Linux and is available in nearly 75 languages.

Article Link: Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.5
 
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https://www.macrumors.com/2009/06/30/mozilla-releases-firefox-3-5/
nice. i recently switched to safari 4 at home because it was faster. hopefully FF3.5 is just as fast...i got very used to FF at work and would go back in a hearbeat at home if it was as fast as safari.
 
So long Safari 4.0, you're fun but you don't switch tabs as easily as Firefox. Safari just doesn't seem as solid as Firefox, I know that's a very scientific fact, but I just am not as comfortable with Safari.

Seriously, if Safari would switch tabs by Cmd-1, 2, 3... it would be tough for me to go back to Firefox (any tips are welcome).
 
I haven't used firefox since safari 4. But I'll check it out again. On a side note, They should make Firefox for the iPhone, although I'm not sure it would be accepted into the app store
 
I love that Safari and FF seem to be competing to be the best browser. Whichever is ahead at the moment hardly matters; we all win whichever one we prefer.
 
FF is king

Firefox 3.5 is the first browser to support open video formats, allowing movies to become part of today’s dynamic web pages without requiring a plug-in.

Also, the best part about FF for me is the recently closed tab. Safari has yet to catch on to this much needed feature. If you accidentally close a tab you didn't mean to in Safari, you have to open a new tab and try to remember which page you were on. In FF, all you do is History > Recently closed tabs, and they're all there.

Love that feature!
 
Hopefully it will stabilize Firefox a bit. Ever since I upgraded from Firefox 3 to Firefox 3, my browser crashes with regularity. I use to love Firefox, but use Safari more these days because Firefox 3 has nice features, but crashes regularly.
 
Dang, Firefox 3.5 is extremely fast. I'm not sure about switching, however, since Safari 4 gets a perfect 100 on the Acid3 test and Firefox doesn't.

I do like Open Video though...
 
Well fingers crossed this doesn't crash as much as 3.0 (which was up to 4 times daily). The next crash that occurs during typing pushes me to Safari for XP.
 
I'm in a love/hate relationship with Firefox. I need several of the addons, but it has always made my computer run hotter.

I'll give this one a try. I really need it, and I hate going back and forth between browsers.
 
goodwilldrums said:
Firefox 3.5 is the first browser to support open video formats, allowing movies to become part of today’s dynamic web pages without requiring a plug-in.

Also, the best part about FF for me is the recently closed tab. Safari has yet to catch on to this must needed feature. If you accidentally close a tab you didn't mean to in Safari, you have to open a new tab and remember which page you were on. In FF, all you do is History > Recently closed tabs, and they're all there.

Love that feature!
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The Glims plugin for Safari can do that and a lot more for Safari including easier tab switching. I understand what you're saying in that it would still be nice if it was built in.
 
str1f3 said:
The Glims plugin for Safari can do that and a lot more for Safari including easier tab switching. I understand what you're saying in that it would still be nice if it was built in.
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I tend to not use addons if at all possible because they often bog down performance of the browser.

Like, for example, Adblock Plus slows the browser down because it checks all URL references in a page.
 
Firefox still spins up the fans where Safari doesn't. I think most people who follow these things are aware that WebKit is the superior rendering engine by now.
 
Sweet. While I like Safari 4's Most Visited pages feature, it has been a nightmare to use.

Safari has often hanged while loading websites, and sometimes cuts my computer from the internet. Good Riddance. Idk what was causing my problems with Safari, but I'm glad firefox 3.5 is working lightyears faster than anything I had before.
 
mathcolo said:
I tend to not use addons if at all possible because they often bog down performance of the browser.

Like, for example, Adblock Plus slows the browser down because it checks all URL references in a page.
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Well, may it does, but for sure it reduces time to load whole page because of flash banners, dont you think ?
 
goodwilldrums said:
Firefox 3.5 is the first browser to support open video formats, allowing movies to become part of today’s dynamic web pages without requiring a plug-in.

Also, the best part about FF for me is the recently closed tab. Safari has yet to catch on to this much needed feature. If you accidentally close a tab you didn't mean to in Safari, you have to open a new tab and try to remember which page you were on. In FF, all you do is History > Recently closed tabs, and they're all there.

Love that feature!
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Well, you could always use the "Reopen last closed window" and "Reopen all windows from last session" options...

If you didn't use the "private browsing" option, that is...
 
kemo said:
Well, may it does, but for sure it reduces time to load whole page because of flash banners, dont you think ?
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True, I hadn't thought of that. I guess it just depends on how much advertising is done on pages. MacRumors doesn't have that much, but the Weather Channel does.
 
mathcolo said:
Dang, Firefox 3.5 is extremely fast. I'm not sure about switching, however, since Safari 4 gets a perfect 100 on the Acid3 test and Firefox doesn't.

I do like Open Video though...
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How does Safari's slightly better Acid3 score (FF gets a 93, I believe, the site isn't loading for me so I can't test it now) affect your daily browsing needs? I know that standards compliance is good for bragging rights and is generally good for the web, but how many of your sites actually don't render correctly in Firefox? I use Safari 4 over Firefox but more because it launches and runs a hell of a lot faster.

dwd3885 said:
I haven't used firefox since safari 4. But I'll check it out again. On a side note, They should make Firefox for the iPhone, although I'm not sure it would be accepted into the app store
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Other browsers have been accepted but I think they have to use WebKit which mobile Firefox does not.
 
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