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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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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.
What's new in this version: Version 3.5.3 has fixed several stability issues.
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3.8 starsout of 123 votes
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"Great. Love it."
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3
Pros
My nephew who is an IT technician uses it. So I use it. Don't know any better. If somebody with savvy likes it, can't go wrong.
Cons
No cons. I'm not too smart to know if it's not good.
Summary
Great and satisfied. Thank you very much
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"easy to use"
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3
Pros
easy to use
Cons
can not think of any
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"Crashes Once in a While"
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3
Pros
No pros to say with the version 3.5
Cons
Loading and switching between tabs is very slow...
Summary
I'd been a big fan of firefox for two years however this version (3.5) seems to crash everyday. Loading the browser and switch between tabs seems to be very slow in this version. I am currently using Avant as my default browser at home. So far, i am satisfied with its stabiliy and speed. Give it a try...
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"Easily customized; good selection of add-ons."
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3
Pros
Excellent lay-out; easily read; over-all very attractive.
Cons
Some add-ons slow the loading too much. Experimenting necessary.
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"Better than IE"
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3
Pros
Can customize your browser the way you want it.
Lots of "add-on" and "plug-in" availableCons
Slow to load with the add-on
Summary
zillion times better than any IE
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"fantastic software."
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3
Pros
Everything.
Cons
Am comfortable with it.I did not see any defects.
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"A fine photo viewer and librarian at the right price"
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3
Pros
I particularly like the face-recognition feature.
Cons
Some of the face-recognition software is a little clumsy.
Summary
Bottom line: A fine photo viewer and librarian at the right price
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"I love this product"
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3
Pros
Mike is spotlessly clean inside.
Cons
Slow and has too many redirects.
Can anyone help me stop the redirect madnessSummary
Easily worth what you pay for it, FireFox is a bargain, indeed.
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"a good fast stable product"
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3
Pros
just learning, seems pretty good
Cons
everything is good so far
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"Firefox is a very good browser but with bugs"
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3
Pros
Firefox is very fast in opening pages
Cons
when opening hotmail with firefox the previous and next messages arrows do not appear completely even after restartin the browser and also refreshing
Summary
when opening hotmail with firefox the previous and next messages arrows do not appear completely even after restartin the browser and also refreshing nothing changed and also the browser could not locate extensions but it locate themes only therefore I am sure that are bugs that make the browser do that. I have wrote as usual to customer support and also in the forum and I have left my email but I got no reply. Please could anyone solve to me these problems. My email is sherifayad2000@yahoo.com
Sherif Ayad
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