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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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Mozilla on Monday released Firefox version 2.0.0.10. The update addresses three high-impact security vulnerabilities. Two concern cross-site request forgeries, which can be used to steal personal information while visiting certain sites, and one concerns memory corruption.
The update is being pushed out to all current Firefox users. New users can download the current Firefox release.
Firfox launched on November 9, 2004. It took one year for Firfox to reach 100 million downloads. One further year and it doubled to 200 million. One more year and it’s doubled again to 400 million downloads.
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The group plans an abundance of changes. The Firefox icon, for instance, could be accompanied by a text that more clearly indicates its purpose, and the developers will attempt to place it more prominently on the user’s desktop, the Windows quick launch bar or the dock in OS X.
Mozilla has launched a new Facebook application designed to promote the Firefox browser. “Rock Your Firefox” lets you share your favorite Firfox add-ons and see which add-ons your friends are using, all from within the pristine walls of the Facebook network.
The content more or less mirrors that of the normal Firfox add-ons directory — you can browse and search add-ons — but adds the social aspect which means you can discover new add-ons through your Facebook friends (provided they have the app installed).
To find out how much memory Firfox is using, press <Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Del> to launch Windows’ Task Manager, click the Processes tab, and scroll to the entry for firefox.exe. Depending on the size and number of pages you’ve viewed recently, the amount listed in the Memory (Vista) or MemUsage (XP) column can run into the hundreds of megabytes. To curb Firfox’s appetite, exit the program and then relaunch Firfox and Task Manager to see how much memory a fresh instance of the browser uses.