New Firefox Web browser to be released Tuesday

[Trainspotter 0]

New Firefox Web browser to be released Tuesday

A new version of the Firefox Web browser is scheduled for release Tuesday with improvements in security, speed and design.

 

Many of the enhancements in Firefox 3 involve bookmarks. The new version lets Web surfers add keywords, or tags, to sort bookmarks by topic. A new “Places” feature lets users quickly access sites they recently bookmarked or tagged and pages they visit frequently but haven't bookmarked.

 

There's also a new star button for easily adding sites to your bookmark list — similar to what's already available on Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer 7 browser.

 

Other new features include the ability to resume downloads midway if the connection is interrupted and an updated password manager that doesn't disrupt the log-in process.

 

Full story: - June 12, 2008

[Pablo M 201 35]

They're trying to set a record too for most downloads in about 24 hours. I pledged. Firefox is a very good browser so I can't wait for this new browser.

[metsfan 2]

Safari for me!

 

- Andy

[error46146 1,007]

the new version should cut back on RAM usage

 

microsoft might take advantage of the star and file a lawsuit if the stars are similar enough, so they should reconsider the star

[R32 3348 11]

What star...?

BTW I'm using it now, it's pretty good although I'm not used to retyping in URLs since they get replaced by other websites that you visited.

[metsfan 2]

Microsoft sue someone for graphical user interface infringement on a browser? I don't think they care.

 

- Andy

[TransitGuy 1]

Wow I like the look of the new Firefox. It looks pretty sleek. The star can been seen right after the URL, its a white star w/ black outline so it really doesn't have much similarity to the IE7 one. Has anyone put any addons or plugins?

[R32 3348 11]

I got the google toolbar once they got a new add-on compatible with FF3, since my old one wasn't compatible. How does a Google application not work with Firefox? Isn't Firefox UNDER Google?