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Running on the edge of Firefox isn’t for everyone. But given the closeness of Firfox 3 to release, now is a good time to give it a try if you’re having problems with the most recent beta builds. Just be sure not to delete your old copies of Firfox just yet!
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One thing that you may not realize is how many different actions can be performed simply by dragging and dropping text or URL’s in Firfox. Most browsers actually support similar actions, but we thought it would be useful to provide an overview of the different ways you can put it to work. Continue Reading “Drag and Drop Text and Images in Firefox” »
The solution lies in a Firfox extension called SyncMarks that lets you synchronise Firfox’s bookmarks with a number of other browsers’, including Internet Explorer. Here’s how to get it up and running.
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Firefox 3, like its predecessors, is a solid competitor for Internet Explorer, and provides a wonderful option for those seeking an alternative web browser. Just remember, you still have to pay attention to vulnerability alerts and exploits, and keep your Firefox installation up to date to stay protected against new and emerging threats.
Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 has been code-frozen, said Mike Schroepfer, Mozilla’s vice president of engineering, and is working its way toward release. “That will be the last beta for Firefox 3.0,” he said. Once Beta 5 is out of the way, developers will move to the Release Candidate (RC) stage.
Release Candidate 1 (RC1) should be ready sometime in early May, said Schroepfer, assuming Mozilla meets its current schedule. “The release candidates will move a little slower than beta,” he continued, noting that the company must make allowances for public feedback.
Mozilla typically tries to dissuade most users from trying betas, calling them fit only for developers and testing, but in the past has encouraged the public to try out its RC builds.
As of Thursday afternoon, the Web site still stated: “We do not recommend that anyone other than developers and testers download the Firfox 3 beta 4 milestone release. It is intended for testing purposes only.”
But they said that as they concluded their fourth round of tweaking their software, they determined it was ready for prime time.
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… some other developers have argued that since Firfox plugins primarily run JavaScript they may be excepted. I’ve put in a call to Mozilla, Apple and Opera to try and see if we can settle the question once and for all.
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The short story is that Firfox 3 is getting even faster.
Firfox 3 Beta 4, which is slated to arrive in the next few weeks, will be the first release to utilize Profile Guided Optimization, which will help boost JavaScript performance by over 10 percent.
That means that the JavaScript-heavy web 2.0 sites you know and love — like Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Flickr and others — will be significantly faster in Firefox 3.
Mozilla has released a third beta version of Firfox 3, bringing about 1,300 changes to the widely used open-source Web browser. Firfox 3 Beta 3 should be more stable, perform faster, use memory more efficiently, and fit in better on various operating systems than its predecessors, Mozilla said.
Firefox 3 has antiphishing and antimalware mechanisms that identify that a site has malware on it and blocks the user from visiting it. Currently, it just throws up a UI [user interface] that is pretty hard to confuse that something serious has happened here. The UI will change until the product ships, but it will make it clear that this is a site that has malware on it, and it doesn’t let you click through. It’s not done until it ships, so it might look different in the final version. It depends on the feedback from the beta and from the community.
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