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The Highly anticipated Firefox 4.0 has been released and it had 4.7 million downloads in first 24 hours which are more then double to that of Internet Explorer 9.Internet explorer 9 had 2.3 million downloads in first 24 hours of its release.
Those who haven’t downloaded Internet Explorer 9 can download the offline Internet Explorer 9 here.
Top 10 Improvements/Features Of Firefox 4.0
Design:-Firefox 4 has undergone a major design change.It has borrowed the looks from Google chrome.The Tabs are now placed above the Address bar providing a good and clean look.
Synchronization:-Firefox now allows you to synchronise your browser with other firefox browser running on another device like between Firefox on Computer And Android.You can even Synchronise the opened tabs of your browser.
Addon Gallery:-The Addons gallery has also been redesigned and now opens in a tab instead of a popup window and provides better interface addon management.
Html 5 Support:-As Internet Explorer 9 has provided support for html 5 similarly firefox 4.0 also supports the html 5.
Stability:-If one of your Tab crashes due to flash or any other application then firefox tries to protect other tabs from getting crashed.
Hardware Acceleration:-As Internet explorer 9 provided better graphics rendering support by using the computer processor(Hardware Acceleration) similarly Firefox 4.0 also uses hardware acceleration
Speed:-There has been an approximate 6 times increase in speed of firefox as compared to its older version due to new javascript Engine.
Tab Switching:-You can easily switch between tabs if you have lot of tabs open.Just start typing the tittle of the website and you will automatically get the option to switch to that tab.
Panorama:-You create groups of similar tabs using Firefox new feature Panorama.
App Tabs:-You can create small tabs using the App Tabs feature of firefox 4.You can pin your favourite website into App Tabs
What's new in Firefox 4.0
After more than a year of development and months of delays, the final version of the Firefox 4.0 web browser has arrived. Based on the latest Gecko rendering platform, it adds a range of improvements and new features over the previous 3.6.x branch.
As previously announced, the Mozilla Project has released the final version of Firefox 4, the non-profit organisation's next generation web browser based on version 2.0 of the Gecko rendering platform (the Firefox 3.6 branch uses Gecko 1.9.2). This major update to the open source browser arrives after more than a year of development which included twelve beta releases and two release candidates, as well as a number of delays which postponed the arrival of the final version.
Top 10 Improvements/Features Of Firefox 4.0 - The Ethical Hacking Guide
Firefox 4.0 includes a new "Tabs On Top" layout across all platforms. Vergrößern Firefox 4 features a range of improvements and new features aimed at both users and developers alike. Once installed, Firefox 3.x users will immediately notice a new default 'tabs on top' layout across all platforms – on Windows 7 and Vista systems, the Firefox button also has a new look and support for Aero Glass has been added. With the new Tab Groups feature, also known as "Panorama", users can better manage their tabs by zooming out of the current browser tab to view a grid of thumbnail images for each open tab.
The stop and reload buttons have now been merged into a single button and the new Bookmarks Button has replaced the Bookmarks Toolbar. However, the developers note that users can "switch it (the Bookmarks Toolbar) back if you'd like". Additionally, users can now turn any browser tab into an "App Tab" by right-clicking on it and selecting "Make into App Tab" from the context menu. The Firefox Start Page (about:home) has also had its design refreshed.
Top 10 Improvements/Features Of Firefox 4.0 - The Ethical Hacking Guide
Windows and Linux versions of Firefox 4.0 include a new Firefox Button which contains all of the menu items. Vergrößern
Source: Mozilla Under the hood improvements include a new JavaScript engine called JägerMonkey that is up to six times faster than that used by Firefox 3.6, and built-in Direct2D Hardware Acceleration for Windows7 users which takes advantage of users' built-in graphics hardware – the GPU – on Windows systems using DirectX10 to improve overall graphics performance; this allows the browser to load and display graphically intensive websites even faster. Some graphics rendering operations are now also hardware-accelerated using Direct3D9 on WindowsXP, Direct3D10 on Windows7 and Vista, and using OpenGL on Mac OSX. According to the developers, OpenGL support for Linux will arrive in a future release. On Mac OSX systems, the browser takes advantage of the Core Animation rendering model for plugins helping them to be drawn even faster and more efficiently.
Top 10 Improvements/Features Of Firefox 4.0 - The Ethical Hacking Guide
Support for Firefox Sync is now built-into the browser. Vergrößern Previously only available as an add-on, support for Firefox Sync is now built-in, allowing users to synchronise their bookmarks, passwords, preferences, forms, history and open tabs between Firefox installations running on different PCs or on mobile devices. The new Add-ons Manger (about:addons) now appears in a new browser tab instead of a separate window and some add-ons can be installed without restarting the browser, as well as automatically updated in the background.
Thanks to an overhaul of the bookmarks and history code
Top 10 Improvements/Features Of Firefox 4.0 - The Ethical Hacking Guide
The Firefox 4 Add-ons Manager now appears in a new tab instead of a separate window. Vergrößern , startup and bookmarking performance have been improved and, with the Smart Location Bar, users can search for and switch to already open tabs. The developers have added support for the "Do Not Track" (DNT) header, an option that users can enable via a check box under the "Advanced" tab in Firefox's Preferences, to signal websites that the user wishes to opt-out of online behavioural tracking.
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