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- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: June 30, 2009
- Total Downloads: 20,222,915
- Downloads last week: 76,487
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 11793 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on June 30, 2009
No longer a fledgling upstart, Firefox 3 is full-featured, lightning fast, and an able foe for both the big-dog competitor Internet Explorer and competitors nipping at its heels. Firefox's killer add-ons remain strong, and the latest update makes version 3.5 about two times faster than version 3. 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. Along with Mozilla's new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine that renders Web applications faster on Firefox than ever before, there have also been improvements to the layout engine Gecko for faster page rendering. The new Private Browsing brings a feature to Firefox that competitors have had for a while: the capability to turn off cookie and history logs. Users also have more granular control over cookies, history, and bookmarks in version 3.5 via the redone Clear Recent History option under Tools. Geolocation courtesy of Google has been activated by default in Firefox, so that generic searches such as "city hall" will come closer to pegging the government offices nearest you.
Web developers should be excited about expanded support for HTML5 local storage, downloadable fonts, and native support for OGG-formatted embedded video. ICC profiles, SVG transforms, CSS media queries, native JSON support, and Web worker threads also get lots of love from v3.5. There's no doubt that Firefox 3.5 is a must-have, but it's an update that's more about keeping the browser current rather than blazing new trails.
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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.
Firefox 3.5 is based on the Gecko 1.9.1 rendering platform, which has been under development for the past year. Firefox 3.5 offers many changes over the previous version, supporting new web technologies, improving performance and ease of use, and adding new features for users: It is now available in more than 70 languages, includes a Private Browsing mode, better performance and stability with the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, the ability to provide Location Aware Browsing using web standards for geolocation, support for native JSON, and web worker threads, support for new web technologies such as: HTML5 < video > and < audio > elements, downloadable fonts and other new CSS properties, JavaScript query selectors, HTML5 offline data storage for applications, and SVG transforms.
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User reviews of Mozilla Firefox 3.5
- Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 11793 votes
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Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.5
Pros: Lots of Features
Cons: None of them work.
Summary: There really needs to be something done about this. I upgraded sadly from a much smoother running version and am extremely frustrated. Don't upgrade if you're using 3.
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Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.5
"MORE CRASHES THAN I HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE!"
Pros: At this point NONE
Cons: Far too many crashes. Makes surfing or working online a pain.
Summary: Ever since I updated to the latest version I have spent more time crashing than I have ever done before. Links crash to sites I've NEVER had problems with before. It is very frustrating to say the least. I don't use add ons and still I got crashes. ... read more >>
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.5
"Makes promises it doesn't keep!"
Pros: I can't tell. It kept on crashing.
Cons: It wouldn't except add ons & the google notebook which I use every day. Two toolbars that I just finished customizing were lost & each day I spent fixing them was a waste of time because they were gone the next time I would start the browser.
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4 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.5
"The worst browser Mozilla has ever released"
Pros: I like nothing about this product except that Microsoft does not make it.
Cons: The product is slow to cold start, unacceptably so. Stability and rendering issues as well.
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3 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.5
Pros: what pros?
Cons: I switched back to version 3.0.11 because of multiple problems with 3.5 including hangs/crashes, failure to render many pages correctly and most of all it is extremely slow to start
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