Firefox 3.0 - Spread the Word!Filed Under: Announcements, Internet

Today is a momentous occasion with regards to the internet and web browsing. The Firefox programming tam have designated this day, as “Download Day, 2008.” Those wasting their time browsing with Internet Explorer truly are missing out on a web experience. Web browsing, since the emergence of the Mozilla Firefox Browser has been entirely different. Mozilla has revolutionized the browser market, and become the essential browser for all developers and those who want to browse the internet with more security and stability.

The customizable aspect of Firefox is where it truly launches off and becomes something worthy of praise. Currently, I have a few add-ons that without them, the entire browsing experience is no where near as good.

• Adblock Plus - Blocks all advertisements and made the websites with ads much better. Essentially eliminates eyesores and gets the user right to the content.
• Faviconize Tab - Right click a tab, tell it to “Faviconize” and it will reduce its tab size to only the amount needed to display a favicon. For users who have a few tabs open at a time, this is a great thing.
• Forecast Fox - Get the latest weather information for your local area as well as a couple days in advance. Warns you when there are severe weather threats for your local area which came in handy.
• Greasemonkey - Lets you add scripts to websites which allow you to customize a website to exactly how you want it to be.
• PDF Download - I got tired of accidentally clicking on a PDF file and then freezing up my browser while it loaded. Now, right after I click a PDF file, it prompts me and asks me what I want to do with it, which is infinitely better.
• Web Developer - This is the greatest add-on for any web developer. No short description is needed, anyone who creates and fixes stuff made for the web will need this.

Besides just the add-ons, which are indeed a large aspect, the stability of Firefox is second to none. It hardly ever crashes on me, and when it does, it is largely due to computer issues on my side rather than actual browser programming. The new features of Firefox 3.0 increase the stability of Firefox as well as the usablity.With the new and updated address bar, Firefox’s ease of use is really highlighted. With one click you can bookmark a tab, and with another you can add tags to it as well as organize it. Another feature is the “searchable history,” instead just allowing you to enter your websites url, now you can enter words that are featured in its title as well as the tags you added to it. You can click the favicon to immediately read the security information associated with the website. Another new feature is the updated download manager, which becomes amazingly useful if you download multiple files and need to search through the entire list. Those are just a minimal amount updated features, there are tons of other ones that have been added. So in accordance with the motto of their website; lets Spread Firefox.

Update: Thanks to a commentor, I have edited the Adblock section. Much thanks to Ares.

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