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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
- Date added: April 22, 2009
- Total Downloads: 18,612,620
- Downloads last week: 61,305
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 11912 votes
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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.
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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 3.0.9 fixes the issue where a corrupt local database caused Firefox to "lose" its stored cookies and fixes several security issues and stability issues.
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Version 3.0.9 fixes the issue where a corrupt local database caused Firefox to "lose" its stored cookies and fixes several security issues and stability issues.
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User reviews of Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9
- Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 11912 votes
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Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9
"Much faster than Internet Exployer 8"
Pros: Web sites are faster. Able to personalize alot more items.
Cons: Still trying to figure out the add on's. Not familiar with Firefox yet.
Summary: So far, Firefox is much better than Internet Exployer 8. I have Opera also and it is on the same level as Firefox as of now. Still exploring this product.
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2 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9
Pros: -Fast speed
-Frequent updates to make the browser very secure
-Thousands of add-ons and themes making it the most customizable browser out there. No other browser comes close.Cons: -There is nothing for me to complain about.
Summary: I have been a raving fan of Firefox for years and will continue to be one. Its the most complete browser out there.
Want a feature? Theres a good change some developer made and add-on to suit your needs. Want a theme, like make your brow... read more >> -
0 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9
"Unstable is as unstable does"
Pros: All the usual upgrades and widgets, relative speed to Explorer
Cons: Ever since Firefox 3.0.5 the browser has been unstable, on my XP desktop w/ 3 Ghz of RAM, on my wife's Vista laptop, AND on my Macbook w/ 2 Ghz of RAM. I stripped it down on all three platforms and with every proceeding upgrade, UNSTABLE!
Summary: I have loved and been a loyal user of Mozilla browsers since the "old days", but FFx has been a problem child since 3.0.5 and it continues with its most recent upgrade. As described above in another review, it not only freezes the browser, but requi... read more >>
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2 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9
"Seizes up your entire computer"
Pros: Works most of the time but those times are becoming more limited as newer versions of Firefox 3 are released.
Cons: Very unstable since Firefox 3.
Summary: I have been a long time Firefox user (since the days of Netscape 3.01 Gold). Ever since Firefox 3 has been released I have noticed one major issue, it's unstable. It doesn't take much to cause Firefox 3 to not only seize up but to lock up your ent... read more >>
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9
Pros: everything
Cons: everything is perfect
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