Category: Firefox
Browser Memory (RAM) Usage: Firefox 3.5 RC, Safari 4, Opera 10 Beta, Google Chrome 3.0 Dev
Sam Allen from DotNetPerls.com has tested the most recent web browser versions to find out, which one of them consumes the most and least memory.
Usign script help, he has loaded 150 the most popular sites as per Alexa.com and monitored results.
Results: Continue Reading
Safari 4 vs. Chrome 2 vs. Opera 10 vs. Firefox 3.5 vs. Opera 9.64 vs. Firefox 3 vs. IE8, 7
It’s that time of the month again: web browser performance and benchmark results. This time it’s going to be a little bit different. The graph you are about to see is from Peacekeeper benchmark site and as James Gallagher explained to us: this chart is made from averaging results from thousands of PC with the three CPUs listed.
Listed browsers:
Safari 4 Beta
Safari 4 Final
Chrome 2.0.172.30
Chrome 2.0.181.1 Beta Continue Reading
Firefox Receives New Logo
As announced earlier this year, Mozilla wanted to refresh Firefox logo for the upcoming 3.5 release.
Well, today they have published it and you can download it here (.psd, .ico, .png, .icns, etc.).
Firefox 3.5 RC1 Has Arrived
The waiting is over. Mozilla has finally released the very first Firefox 3.5 release candidate (RC) build.
What’s new?
Besides usual performance and stability improvements, Firefox 3.5 introduces HTML 5 tags support, such as: < video >, < audio >, downloadable fonts, etc. Also: private browsing feature, location aware browsing and more. For a complete list of changes, visit here.
Download:
Firefox 3.5 RC1 (Windows)
Firefox 3.5 RC1 (Linux)
Firefox 3.5 RC1 (Mac)
Thanks to Mihailo Bursac (djix) and Shane Bundy for sending this.
Extend Firefox, 2009
Mozilla is re-launching the “Extend Firefox” contest for the upcoming Firefox 3.5 release. Just like last year, developers are asked to create the next best Firefox add-on and get prizes for that. Actually, if you have already released an awesome add-on, they will be giving away prizes for “Best Updated Add-on” as well.
Prize categories:
Best New Add-on
Best Updated Add-on
Best Shopping Add-on
Best Game & Entertainment Add-on
For a complete list of prizes, visit the contest details page.
Firefox 3.6 to Add about:me
Mozilla Links reports that the next version of Firefox web browser, which will likely be 3.6 is going to feature about:me sprint.
What does it to?
Basically, it will provide user statistics on his frequent visited web pages, average tab load, etc.
As from Mozilla Wiki: Continue Reading
Improve Your Firefox New Tab Page
While speed dial can be helpful to access your frequent visited web pages, a Firefox extension called “New Tab King” has another vision.
Instead of a blank page or speed dial, it will show you your most visited web sites as well as recent closed tabs, bookmarks and frequently accessed shortcuts.
Download New Tab King
Safari 4 – Over 11 Million Downloads in 3 Days
Apple Inc. has released a press statement today which claims that the latest Safari 4 web browser was downloaded more than 11 million times within first 3 days.
Just for a record: Firefox 3 was downloaded more than 20 million times within 7 days and Opera – 4.5 million times in 5 days.
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