Is Mozilla Firefox 3 as good to put shutters on Mozilla Firefox 2?

Mozilla Firefox 3, available for downloads since June17, 2008 is considered as the major update for the browser since four years of its launch.

The major update is considered more or less the reincarnation of Firefox with bundle of features. The browser is gradually picking up the market share after its first launch and has reached a respectable 17%; the features and ease of browsing that it offered to its consumers is noteworthy.

On the day of its download, as per market statistics, the browser registered 8 million downloads, leaving the site near crippling stage. What new is in this browser that is pulling the attention of thousands of people to try hands on and also forcing the company to put shutters on Mozilla Firefox 2? This feature will give you a sneak preview of the features that are new to the browser and is catching the mass attention.

1. Making Downloads easier: The download manager is not changed drastically but has been made more serviceable. Some needed additions are done to it making it more usable for the end users. Now the download manager for your favorite browser not only mentions the file name but also restores the Url of the location. Along with this the next feature that really makes it worth recommendable is the ability of browser to restore the download from the point where it had been abruptly stopped due to some technical failures. It resumes the download from the last point as if nothing wrong has happened.

2. Book mark Organizer: The bookmarking has been made bit intelligent. With this updated version you can bookmark your favorite pages by clicking the star that appears on the right side of the address bar. A dropdown box appears making customization easier. The bookmark organizer is smart enough to categorize the updates and push them into the best fitting folder automatically. The bookmarks are broadly categorized in three: Most Visited, Recently bookmarked, and Recent tags making the navigation easier lately.

3. Better memory management: The latest update has been modified for the better memory management. Many of the times it happen that applications take toll on your PC speed and it seems that applications are taking hours to load. But the latest update is marketed with better memory management options. It has been proven in memory tests and applications tests that Firefox 3.0 hogs on approximately 2500 KB lesser memory than Firefox 2.0.

4. Address Bar aka “Awesome bar”: The official name for address bar has been changed to “Location bar”. But to certain users it is the awesome bar. While searching for missing links type the text in the location bar and Urls you have visited for that text will be displayed in the dropdown menu along with your bookmarks. The dropdown list will also contain the messages that will contain that text in the subject line.

5. Can’t skip warnings: With any browser including Firefox 2.0 it was easier to jump warnings as like all because you must be busy noticing the percentage of page loaded. With Firefox 3.0 it won’t be easy as it will not change the color of small portion but will throw a full page warning. You can look into all the security details related to the page; can even skip the warning to continue.

With so many new features integrated the browser can be expected to reach new heights. After the launch even, Mozilla Inc has issued updates for the browser to make it competent and more efficient.
The Mozilla Firefox 3 has again raised the set of standards for IE8 to enchant users to maintain its sliding down lead.

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