Awesome Firefox 3 Features

Firefox 3 has been released and for those who has been using Firefox 3 know a lot of awesome features included. IF you're still using the old one, you better switch to the new version since if you're not, you are going to regret it. Get the new firefox 3 here.



1) Smart Location Bar
The new Firefox 3 location bar learns as you use it—it’s so highly evolved that we like to call it the “Awesome Bar”. Type in a term and the autocomplete function includes possible matching sites from your browsing history, as well as sites you’ve bookmarked and tagged in a drop down.


2) One-Click Bookmarking
One click on the star icon at the end of the location bar bookmarks a site.
Two clicks and you can choose where to save it and whether to tag it.


3) Security & Privacy
Believe me, Firefox 3 is much secure since it got Anti-malware, Anti-phishing, Parental Controls, instant website ID and also ability to clear private data.

Firefox gets a fresh update of web forgery sites 48 times in a day, so if you try to visit a fraudulent site that’s pretending to be a site you trust (like your bank), a browser message—big as life—will stop you.


4) Streamlined "Remember password" handling
No more guessing whether you're saving the right password or clicking "Cancel" on unnecessary pop-up requests. Gran Paradiso only asks you to utilize its password-saving function once you're already in and sure everything worked, and it won't block you from seeing the logged-out version of a page if you don't want to sign in.


5) Insanely improved performance

It's not flashy, and it doesn't have any social networking features, but Firefox 3's actual performance is the best reason anyone should consider upgrading, or making the switch to the 'fox. Firefox's engineers claim that their third major release is 9.3 times faster than Internet Explorer 7 in JavaScript performance, and 2.7 times faster than Firefox 2. This means snappier browser performance when you're using webapps like Gmail, Remember the Milk, and more. Even more important, especially for Mac users, is the improved memory usage and more than 15,000 improvements that make for a less crash-prone browser. I've seen noticeable speed-ups in page loading in Linux, XP, and Vista, but the real reason I've switched over to using Release Candidate 1 is that I haven't had to cross my fingers every time a Flash-based video loads.

Graphed comparison of memory use amongst browsers in Vista courtesy of John Resig.

Actually there are a lot more and if you're interested to read more about Firefox 3 features, visit Firefox 3 Features section.

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