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Firefox 3 Released!
Since its launch last week on June 17th 2008, Firefox 3 has hit 17.3 Million downloads! To celebrate the launch, Mozilla encouraged users to participate in Download Day, a day where all downloads made would count towards setting a Guinness world record for the most software downloads within 24 hours. At the end of DownloadDay, there were over 8,000,000 downloads from people all over the world.
Developers claim that they have made 15,000 improvements and added features to make Firefox 3 a faster, safer and smarter web browser. Here are just some of the new features that improve Firefox’s performance, user experience, customization and security.
Performance
- Pages load two to three times faster than Firefox 2 with its improved page rendering
- Uses less memory while running with improved memory management
User Experience
- Smart location bar that adapts to user preferences and provides better matches over time
- One-click bookmarking & bookmark tags to organize your favorite websites
- Session restore
- Built-in spell checking
- Full zoom to see any part of a webpage up-close
Customization
- Over 5,000 add-ons that customize the way you browse the internet
- Themes to change the look and feel of your browser
Security
- Phishing and malware protection to shield you from viruses, trojans and spyware
- Site ID information to verify a website’s legitimacy and protect you from scams and unsafe transactions
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