Firefox 3.6

Friday, February 5, 2010, 11:43
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One of the most popular internet web browsers in the world, Mozilla Firefox recently got updated to version 3.6 which offered plenty of noticeable differences. Mozilla had announced arrival of revolutionary v3.6 months ago which was aimed at introducing some new features that would please web developers and would ease working with heavy graphics operations. Mozilla is known to get people involved in their social projects pretty well. Mozilla Firefox is codenamed as Namoroka which stands for a national park in Madagascar. In an attempt to save endangered species- Lemur, Mozilla has appealed its users to participate in their campaign to spread awareness about the issue.

Keeping other than technical issues aside, Firefox 3.6 is considered as a real success to otherwise excellent web browser which had succeeded in outperforming Microsoft Internet Explorer in every aspect. Even if Firefox is facing fierce competition from other biggies like Safari and newly joined Chrome from Google, it is still maintaining its position as people’s best web browser. Mainly thanks to versatile applications and themes available for the browser, Firefox has managed to outperform rest of the browsers.

Most important changes in Firefox 3.6 architecture included a very important upgrade to the new Gecko 1.9.2 render engine which provides lightning fast browsing experience which is the backbone of Firefox. Beta testing of Firefox 3.6 lasted for nearly four months before Mozilla finally decided to release a stable version of the browser in last week. Release notes from Mozilla also explained a lot about its new and improved features.

One of the most popular customization add-ons for Firefox, Personas were integrated into the new version of Firefox so that users can access it from inside the browser instead of going for extra addon. Other features of Firefox 3.6 include full screen HD playback of Theora videos which could put a full stop to video incompatibility problems of Firefox. Secure plugin manager system and open webfront access are the two major features that would please web developers and advanced users. Mozilla had successfully tested its beta releases as Minefield versions. Up next is a minor update codenamed Lorentz. Firefox is expected to get much-awaited out-of-process plug-ins that would impart great stability in the browser and also improve its performance.