Firefox 3 On Track To Be Speediest Browser
Now that Mozilla's locked down Firefox 3's final feature set with Friday's push of release candidate 1, it's official: while Firefox 3 boasts some great new features like a smart address bar and better bookmarks manager, the best reason to upgrade will be for the performance improvements. Firefox 3 is noticeably faster and more stable than Firefox 2 to the casual user and Mozilla engineers have numbers that show it will be the fastest browser on the market. Tech site TechWeb reports:
Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 Now Available [Techweb]
Firefox 3 RC 1 full review [Mozilla Links]
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Warning: This is not the final version, it is a release candidate (RC1), which is a step further than beta, so there still might be some bugs and a lot of incompatibility with extensions. As well as it installing in a separate folder from your current Firefox.
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If you do not like the new "location bar" (where you type URLs) install Oldbar Extension.
Now that Mozilla's locked down Firefox 3's final feature set with Friday's push of release candidate 1, it's official: while Firefox 3 boasts some great new features like a smart address bar and better bookmarks manager, the best reason to upgrade will be for the performance improvements. Firefox 3 is noticeably faster and more stable than Firefox 2 to the casual user and Mozilla engineers have numbers that show it will be the fastest browser on the market. Tech site TechWeb reports:
Mozilla VP of engineering Mike Schroepfer claims that Firefox 3 is 9.3x faster than Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and 2.7x faster than Firefox 2 in terms of JavaScript performance. In terms of Gmail message load time, he claims Firefox 3 is 6.8x faster than IE7 and 3.8x faster than Firefox 2. And he says Firefox 3 beats Apple's Safari, which is also faster than Firefox 2.
Barring major bugs, RC 1 could become the final release of the third major iteration of the 'fox, slated to officially drop in June. Check out our complete field guide to testing Firefox 3 if you want to make your extensions work with the RC. If you're already using Firefox 3, be sure to type about:robots into the address bar to discover a fun little Easter egg. For a detailed list of what Firefox 3 has to offer, check out its release notes.Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 Now Available [Techweb]
Firefox 3 RC 1 full review [Mozilla Links]
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Warning: This is not the final version, it is a release candidate (RC1), which is a step further than beta, so there still might be some bugs and a lot of incompatibility with extensions. As well as it installing in a separate folder from your current Firefox.
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If you do not like the new "location bar" (where you type URLs) install Oldbar Extension.
