Download Firefox 3.5 - Faster and safer way to surf the internet

firefox 3.5 logoA new version of the Internet browser Firefox was released Tuesday, offering users more speed and privacy and greater compliance with new Internet video standards. The release of Firefox 3.5 (download)came as the open source browser is proving an increasingly formidable challenger to Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8, which once had over 90 percent market share. In June Firefox has a 22.5 percent market share according to web metrics company Net Applications, behind Internet Explorer's 65.5 percent. Though Internet Explorer's share has been declining for some time, the slide has accelerated over the last year since Firefox released version 3.0.

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about:me, Next Gen Firefox Add-on launched

add-ons-for-firefox1The next version of Firefox, better named as Firefox 3.6  comes with an interesting and handy feature called about: me. This is a especially designed web page that allows you to view your browsing habits profile highlighting the most visited sites, time of the day and days you navigate most, and how to access the sites.
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Safari browser 4 unveiled in WWDC: Features List and First Look

apple-safari-logoAmid all other big announcement WWDC, Apple launched the public version of Safari 4.With the new improvements Safari is now a serious browser for Windows and its Mac version has also improved. The version 4.0 of Safari made its debut as beta back in February, and has added several enhancements that could lead the browser to a competing position in browser market.The Safari 3 users might find themselves in a different world with the completely new interface of the Safari 4 browser. The new Safari Web browser as a free download for Windows and Macintosh computers. To know more let's delve into the features of Apple's latest browser.

Amazing Interface

Acid Tests done on Safari 4

Shortcomings of Safari 4

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5 Beautiful Firefox Themes

firefox-add-onsNow that you have moved to firefox 3, you must be looking for an appealing Firefox theme that gets you going. Then there are those who are still sticking to the default Firefox theme. It's a fact that most us are never bothered about hordes of Firefox theme available on the Mozilla site. Well, with the new theme your browser would look glamorous and you would have an entirely different browsing experience  like never before. Obviously, it's tough to choose a single theme out of so many choices. To reduce your hassle and help you out with the selection, we have aggregated a list of top 5 firefox theme. Full article (333 words) »

How To Stop Firefox From Blocking Sites Suspected of Forgery or Attack

firefox-security-preferencesFirefox 3 onwards has a nice feature which warns you of sites which are suspected of forgery or attacks (through trojans, malware etc.). Unfortunately the feature is too intrusive and warns you repeatedly, nags you to death is a better phrase to describe it, even when you have confirmed that the site is genuine. If the site requires some kind of authentication, then you are toast. While accessing a media site, I faced this problem. It required me to login. The phishing database used by Firefox mistakenly identified it as a probelmatic site would not in any way allow me to login to access it, going into an infinite loop. The long and short of the story is that I had to ultimately use Opera to view the site. Today I was thinking that there must be a way for us to disable the pesky, and rarely useful, warning messages from Firefox and after a minute of looking throught the options I found it. You too can do it in 2 simple steps which will take you less than a minute. Full article (245 words) »

How to make your Wikipedia Searches easier - Powerset WalkThrough

Mucked up in Wikipedia's sea of information? Is it too hard to pin point what you were actually looking for? Don't worry, it happens to most of us. So what do you need to add precision to your searched topic? Well, there are roads open if you are ready to try.

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8 Tricks to Experience A Faster, Better and Compact Firefox Download Manager

The download manager of Firefox is one of the most advanced features of a modern internet browser. From the age old Windows' default download options in Internet Explorer to Opera or Maxthon's improved download managers, we have seen them all. But effectively, Firefox download manager is the quickest we have seen so far, atleast for a browser. So what if I help you to do the icing on the cake in this article. I will share with you some tweaks and tricks of Firefox download manager solely. So let's get on with Firefox 3.

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Google Chrome Browser Detailed Review

The following is a detailed of Google Chrome browser. I have taken it through the paces, tested many features and even tried to run it on Linux. Full article (1470 words) »

What is Your Most Favorite Firefox 3 Feature?

My most favorite Firefox 3 feature is the automatically generated Most Visited folder on Bookmarks tab. It allows me to quickly browse my important work related websites. The FastDial add-on also provides a similar feature but it does it the Opera way. Whenever you open a new tab / window, it displays your 12 favorite website, which you can just click on to open.

People are reporting that Firefox is significantly faster on slower machines. I don't feel it as I am on a high-end Core 2 Duo.

What is your most favorite feature in Firefox 3?

5 Must-Have Firefox Add-ons for Web Development & QA

These add-ons are so useful that I cannot work for a single day without them and so I would suspect most web developers and QA Engineers. These plugins / add-ons makes Firefox a formidable web development and testing platform. They are:

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