After more than 2 years of development, Mozilla released the third installment of Firefox on Tuesday… Though the features did not surprise me, as I had already used the 2 Release Candidates for nearly two-and-a-half months, they are very useful and come handy in fast browsing.
Take the navigation bar itself :
The BACK button is intentionally made larger due to the fact that most people use it much more often that the forward button (shows how many people are retrospective!! *wink*). Though the Glassy effect is due to Vista, the buttons look very neat and polished even on XP/Linux.
Next is a very useful button : Most Visited. It lists all the sites you visit most, thus giving you instant access to your faves without requiring you to type in the address in the address bar.
And yeah… even the address bar is renovated :
It shows the URLs containing the string you are currently typing (even if the string is in the middle of the URL). And remember how you had to access the option to view the security certificates of a site earlier?? That has changed too, as FF3 also shows the Site Information just on the click of a button. As Simple As That.
And a change which may have some mouse-only users confused is the disappearance of the GO button… Instead they would encounter a yellow Star… So What’s this all about?? Actually, there was no need of a GO button when you are not using the address bar… Right?? So Mozilla did this : The Address bar shows the Star button (for bookmarking a site) when you are viewing a page, but as soon as you start writing in the address bar, Voilà, the GO button appears as a blue arrow!!!
And never forget the Password Manager… Better and more non-intrusive… Just go onto a site, an the Username-Password will be kept ready in the required fields… You just have to press Enter.
Another great feature is the library. Just press Ctrl+Shift+H/B and you will see a new window open up showing the Library where you can neatly organise your Bookmarks/History and Tags…
Wait, wait… What are TAGS??
Well, they are exactly what they are anywhere else…. Tag the sites you visit with tags like ‘sports’ ,‘news’, etc and organise them. Later if you don’t remember a site’s name… just recall what it was about and search the relevant tag… And there you are…
Added to these superficial innovations are higher levels of security, where you are actually blocked from a phishing site rather than merely being warned about it. (FF replaces the site’s page with its own Warning page). Similarly you are blocked from any site reported to infect your computer…
Get ready for next generation browsing: Speedier and Safer
1 comment:
have any idea about mozilla firebird??
it was the great grandfather of firefox.
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