Lester Chan's Website » Firefox http://lesterchan.net Lester Chan's Website | lesterchan.net Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:04:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Firefox 8.0 Released http://lesterchan.net/blog/2011/11/09/firefox-8-0-released/ http://lesterchan.net/blog/2011/11/09/firefox-8-0-released/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:31:26 +0000 Lester Chan http://lesterchan.net/?p=2082 Firefox 8.0 has been released! Looking back Firefox 7.0 was release one and a half months ago on the 28th September 2011!

What’s New In Firefox 8.0?

  • Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default
  • Added a one-time add-on selection dialog to manage previously installed add-ons
  • Added Twitter to the search bar for select locales. Additional locale support will be added in the future
  • Added a preference to load tabs on demand, improving start-up time when windows are restored
  • Improved performance and memory handling when using
  • Added CORS support for cross-domain textures in WebGL
  • Added support for HTML5 context menus
  • Added support for insertAdjacentHTML
  • Improved CSS hyphen support for many languages
  • Improved WebSocket support
  • Fixed several stability issues
  • Fixed several security issues

Firefox 8 will be the last release of Firefox for 2011. I am guessing by the end of 2012, we will have like Firefox 15 at the rate Mozilla is going. Currently, Firefox 9.0 to Firefox 11 are already in the roadmap. This will be the last blog post featuring Firefox since it has been updating way too often.

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What’s New In Firefox 7.0?

  • Drastically improved memory use
  • Added a new rendering backend to speed up Canvas operations on Windows systems
  • Bookmark and password changes now sync almost instantly when using Firefox Sync
  • Added support for text-overflow: ellipsis
  • Added support for the Web Timing specification
  • Added an opt-in system for users to send performance data back to Mozilla to improve future versions of Firefox. This can be enabled by installing an add-on
  • Fixed several stability issues

Firefox will have one more release before 2011 ends, Firefox 8 is scheduled to be released on 8th November 2011.

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What’s New In Firefox 6.0?

  • The address bar now highlights the domain of the website you’re visiting
  • Streamlined the look of the site identity block
  • Added support for the latest draft version of WebSockets with a prefixed API
  • Added support for EventSource / server-sent events
  • Added support for window.matchMedia
  • Added Scratchpad, an interactive JavaScript prototyping environment
  • Added a new Web Developer menu item and moved development-related items into it
  • Improved usability of the Web Console
  • Improved the discoverability of Firefox Sync
  • Reduced browser startup time when using Panorama
  • Fixed several stability issues
  • Fixed several security issues

Firefox is not done yet for 2011, Firefox 7 is scheduled to be released on 27th September 2011 and Firefox 8 is scheduled to be released on 8th November 2011.

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Mozilla’s shift to a rapid release development cycle delivers cutting edge Firefox features, performance enhancements, security updates and stability improvements to users faster.

The latest version of Firefox includes more than 1,000 improvements and performance enhancements that make it easier to discover and use all of the innovative features in Firefox. This release adds support for more modern Web technologies that make it easier for developers to build amazing Firefox Add-ons, Web applications and websites.

What’s New In Firefox 5.0?

  • Added support for CSS animations
  • The Do-Not-Track header preference has been moved to increase discoverability
  • Tuned HTTP idle connection logic for increased performance
  • Improved canvas, JavaScript, memory, and networking performance
  • Improved standards support for HTML5, XHR, MathML, SMIL, and canvas
  • Improved spell checking for some locales
  • Improved desktop environment integration for Linux users
  • WebGL content can no longer load cross-domain textures
  • Background tabs have setTimeout and setInterval clamped to 1000ms to improve performance
  • Fixed several stability issues
  • Fixed several security issues

Looks like they are not done this year, according to Firefox’s Roadmap, Firefox 6.0 and Firefox 7.0 will be released within this year as well.

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If you are in for some stats, check out the live Firefox 4.0 download stats at http://glow.mozilla.com/.

What’s New in Firefox 4:

  • Performance: Firefox is up to six times faster than the previous release. With improved start-up and page load times, speedy Web app performance and hardware accelerated graphics, Firefox is optimized for rich, interactive websites.

Streamlined Interface

  • App Tabs: give a permanent home to frequently visited sites like Web mail, Twitter, Pandora, Flickr.
  • Switch to Tab: easily find and switch to any open tab from your Awesome Bar without opening duplicate tabs.
  • Panorama: drag and drop tabs into manageable groups to save time while navigating many open tabs.

Private and Secure Synchronization

  • Firefox Sync: access your Awesome Bar history, bookmarks, open tabs, passwords and form data across multiple computers and mobile devices.

Most Customizable

Private and Secure

  • Do Not Track: Firefox is leading the Web towards a universal standard Do Not Track feature that allows users to opt-out of tracking used for behavioral advertising.
  • Firefox puts privacy first, fixing flaws in some Web standards to prevent others from accessing your browser history.
  • HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS): automatically establishes secure connections to stop “man in the middle” attacks and keep sensitive data safe from interception during the log-in process.
  • Content Security Policy (CSP): prevent cross-scripting attacks by allowing sites to explicitly tell the browser which content is legitimate.

Cutting Edge Tools for Web Developers:

  • The JavaScript engine incorporates the new JägerMonkey JIT compiler, along with enhancements to the existing TraceMonkey JIT and SpiderMonkey’s interpreter for faster page-load speed and better performance of Web apps and games.
  • HTML5 support in Firefox includes hardware accelerated, high-definition video (WebM), 3D graphics, offline data storage, professional typography, touchscreen interfaces and the Mozilla Audio API to help create visual experiences for sound and more.
  • Firefox 4 also improves existing tools like CSS, Canvas and SVG to enable developers to make exciting Web pages.
  • Firefox provides uninterrupted browsing when there is a crash in the Adobe Flash, Apple QuickTime or Microsoft Silverlight plugins. If one of these plugins crashes or freezes, it won’t affect the rest of Firefox. Simply reload the page to restart the plugin.

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What’s New In Firefox 3.5?

Some of the notable features are:

  • Available in more than 70 languages.
  • Support for the HTML5 <video> and <audio> elements including native support for Ogg Theora encoded video and Vorbis encoded audio.
  • Improved tools for controlling your private data, including a Private Browsing Mode.
  • Better web application performance using the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine.
  • The ability to share your location with websites using Location Aware Browsing.
  • Support for native JSON, and web worker threads.
  • Improvements to the Gecko layout engine, including speculative parsing for faster content rendering.
  • Support for new web technologies such as: downloadable fonts, CSS media queries, new transformations and properties, JavaScript query selectors, HTML5 local storage and offline application storage <canvas> text, ICC profiles, and SVG transforms.

For more details, check out the Firefox 3.5 Release Notes.

Top 10 Firefox 3.5 Features
Check out Lifehacker’s post on Top 10 Firefox 3.5 Features. I have listed the points in below, for more details check out the site.

  • Video superpowers with HTML 5
  • Geo-location
  • TraceMonkey JavaScript engine
  • Color profiles that pop
  • Private browsing mode
  • Smarter session restore
  • Keyword AwesomeBar filters
  • Tab tearing
  • Forget this site
  • Undo closed window

Download: Get Firefox 3.5 now!

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Features:

  • Improved Tabbed Browsing
  • Spell Checking
  • Search Suggestions
  • Session Restore
  • Web Feeds (RSS)
  • Live Titles
  • Live Bookmarks
  • Pop-up Blocker
  • Streamlined Interface
  • Phishing Protection
  • Automated Update
  • Protection from Spyware and more….

Download: Firefox 3.0 Beta 1 (Win32) (en-US)

Source: Neowin.net – Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Beta 1

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