Get Visual Studio® 2010
- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: February 03, 2009
- Total Downloads: 18,612,620
- Downloads last week: 61,305
- See full specifications
A newer version of Mozilla Firefox is available.
(Download doesn't provide access to previous versions of this program.)
- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 11793 votes
See all user reviews
CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Read CNET senior editor Rob Vamosi's extended review of Firefox 3.
No longer a fledgling upstart, Firefox 3 is full-featured, lightning fast, and an able Internet Explorer foe. Previous versions have seen Mozilla's approach to features such as tabbed browsing and extensions become extremely popular. Even though Firefox 3 lacks a killer feature, it offers significant improvements not to be missed.
Version 3 introduces a multitude of safety and usability features. The location bar drop-down menu now includes URLs from both your browsing history and your bookmarks. A new Add-Ons manager includes a built-in plug-in search engine, saving you the previous trip to the Mozilla Web site. Single-click the star icon on the right of the location bar to bookmark the current page, or double-click on it to simultaneously add and edit the bookmark entry. You can tag bookmarks, too. Other impressive new features include password confirmation before adding it to the saved passwords list, the ability to pause and resume downloads, and merged forward and backward history lists.
Firefox 3 now runs faster and, according to Mozilla, is less susceptible to hacks and other vulnerabilities. The browser now warns your system's antivirus program when you download a file, and anti-malware and anti-phishing utilities now throw up a warning page before allowing Firefox to load risky sites. The favicon reveals Web sites' ownership details and displays the security level of your connection to that site.
Developers will appreciate that Firefox 3's new graphics and text rendering code provide rendering improvements in CSS and SVG as well as improved display of fonts and complex scripts. Firefox 3--still open-source, as ever--is a browser that all users should consider making their default Web-surfing tool.
Publisher's description
From Mozilla :Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox includes pop-up blocking, tab-browsing, integrated Google search, simplified privacy controls, a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online.
Version 3.0.6 has improved the ability for scripted commands (including those included in popular extensions like Adblock Plus) to work properly with plugins and fixed several security and stability issues.
What's new in this version:
Version 3.0.6 has improved the ability for scripted commands (including those included in popular extensions like Adblock Plus) to work properly with plugins and fixed several security and stability issues.
More popular Web Browsers downloads
- 77,505 downloads 1. Mozilla Firefox
- 52,549 downloads 2. Internet Explorer
- 41,579 downloads 3. Avant Browser
- 21,246 downloads 4. Google Chrome
- 13,811 downloads 5. Opera
- See all Web Browsers downloads
User reviews of Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6
- Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 11793 votes
- My rating: 0 stars Write review
-
Showing 5 of 34 user reviewsSee all 34 user reviews
This software version | All versions -
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6
"Encryption Page Security Issues"
Pros: Excellent use of third party plugins make this version of Firefox a dream to use.
Cons: Warning, Firefox 3.06 does not automatically warn the user that they are leaving an encryption page, making it prone for hackers to access private information while doing online shopping.
Summary: Be very careful using this version of Firefox when doing online shopping. Encryption pages can suddenly go live leaking private information that Firefox will not warn you about unless you set Firefox up to do so.
I find this unacceptab... read more >> -
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6
Pros: From time to time the firefox browser has been locking up/freezes up its started this problem after i started adding the "add on" such as reloader (auto refresher url)
Cons: i have a notebook windows vista
-
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6
Pros: SUPER QUICK, MANY ADD ONS, GOOD THEMES, NEVER CRASHED ONCE
Cons: Youtube used to crash, thats sorted for now
Summary: The only time you should use another browser is to install Mozilla Firefox. !
-
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6
Pros: Millions of GREAT add-ons. Much better pop-up blocker than I.E.
It's a lot faster too. I.E. takes 2 mins to load on my PC, Firefox takes 2 secs.
It's more secure, too.Cons: I wouldn't say anything bad. Unlike Microsoft, Mozilla don't mess up.
Summary: Great browser. Much better than Internet Explorer. It's a must!
-
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6
Pros: Works great with XP.
Cons: Can't stream music or webcasts or anything useful on the web. Unprecedented number of plug-ins to do basic things easily done on IE. Uses too much memory doesn't allow clean installations. Registry problems after downloading using 1 Click.
Summary: If you're an XP user-you'll like Firefox. For Vista Operating Systems, please proceed with caution. My advice if you have Vista-please uninstall and shred, shred, shred!
- See all 34 user reviews Write review
Submit your review
Previous Versions:
