Mozilla FireFox
Posted by M. Chakradhara Rao
No longer a fledgling upstart, Firefox is
the gold standard of alternatives to the still-dominant Internet
Explorer. Firefox 3.6 is full-featured, lightning fast, and secure. Its
killer selection of add-ons remains strong, with built-in support for
the next generation of themes, called Personas, plus the latest update
makes version 3.6 about 20 percent faster than version 3.5. However,
competition is strong and it can no longer be said that Firefox is the
fastest browser available.
Several
notable improvements in the latest revamp keep Firefox abreast of
current browsing tech. In addition to the aforementioned improvements
made to the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine so that it renders Web
applications faster, there have also been other significant
under-the-hood changes. These include: blocking third-party software
from encroaching on Firefox's file system turf to increase stability;
support for the Web Open Font Format, which means many non-English
browser users should have a faster time loading Web pages with
downloadable fonts; and support for the File interface, which can help
with tasks such as uploading multiple photos and is part of the draft
HTML5-standard effort. HTML5 support debuted in Firefox 3.5. Another
deeper change to the browser is that it is now running scripts
asynchronously, which can help to load a Web page faster by putting off
some work until the high-priority chores are complete. Firefox 3.6 also
isolates out-of-date plug-ins so they do not become a security risk.
Unlike Firefox 3.5, which was more about keeping the browser current rather than blazing new trails, Firefox 3.6 is once again on the warpath. Upgrading is highly recommended.
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