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It's no secret that the technical team at ICS loves the Mozilla
based browser: Firefox. It has a better security record than Internet
Explorer, and hosts hundreds of add-on / plug-ins that make web
browsing more efficient. Recently Firefox released a "beta" version of
their browser, Firefox 3.0.
They have made dozens of improvements to an already feature impressive browser, but, the main improvement is the Speeeed!
Being
a technical person, I install nearly every early release software I can
get my hands on, and usually I get disappointed to find bugs, glitches,
etc... Not the case with Firefox 3!
The added features are
numerous to list- but I will go over the few that make the Firefox 3 a
definite Internet Explorer replacement.
- Speed- Firefox 3 launches extremely fast, uses less memory, and even closes quickly.
- Suggest / Type ahead address bar- Not all that new in browsers, but finally available in Firefox without a special plugin.
- Excellent integration with Online applications: Google Mail, Docs, Zoho Meetingand much more
- Less intrusive password / form data keeper - Firefox can store your passwords for you, auto fill form data too!
- Smaller / compacted toolbar -No more will you lose 3 inches of
web browsing with all the add on toolbars. You simply have all the
necessary functionality built in without all that clutter!
These are the top three features added and improved upon in this new release candidate.
For the specifics, please visit the Firefox technical website which
outlines in greater detail all of the improvements, tweaks and widgets
now available in this version! Link
-Jeff
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