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Firefox 3.6 just got updated to 3.6.8

Fuad NAHDI — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:07:22 +0000

Firefox 3.6, the latest stable release of Mozilla Firefox browser, just got updated to version 3.6.8. It is just three days after the release of Firefox 3.6.7 on Tuesday, July 20th still in this week.

According to the release note this release fixes a single stability issue affecting some pages containing plugins. All users are encouraged to upgrade to this release to prevent the stability issue mentioned before.

To upgrade to the latest version, just click Help > Check for Upadates… directly from you Mozilla Firefox browser.

Firefox 3.6.8

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Firefox 4 Beta1 has been released

Fuad NAHDI — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:40:25 +0000

Firefox 4, the next version of Firefox browser, got first Beta1 release. The Firefox 4 Beta1 is based on Gecko 2.0 Web platform and includes a number of major features and improvements.

If you are using a Windows PC, the most noticeable new feature will be the look of the browser. The tabs moved to the top to make it easier to focus on the web content and easier to control the tools in your Web browser. Also, if you have Windows 7 or Windows Vista the Menu bar was replaced with a single Firefox button so you can get to the most used options with just one click. These changes will be coming soon for Mac and Linux.

What’s new in the Firefox 4 Beta1

According to the release notes, here are the complete new features added in Firefox 4 Beta1:

Tabs are now on top by default on Windows only – OSX and Linux will be changing when the theme has been modified to support the change.
On Windows Vista and Windows 7 the menu bar has been replaced with the Firefox button.
You can search for and switch to already open tabs in the Smart Location Bar
New Add-ons Manager and extension management API (UI will be changed before final release)
Significant API improvements are available for JS-ctypes, a foreign function interface for extensions.
The stop and reload buttons have been merged into a single button on Windows, Mac and Linux.
The Bookmarks Toolbar has been replaced with a Bookmarks Button by default (you can switch it back if you’d like).
Crash protection for Windows, Linux, and Mac when there is a crash in the Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime or Microsoft Silverlight plugins.
CSS Transitions are partially supported.
Full WebGL support is included but disabled by default at this time.
Core Animation rendering model for plugins on Mac OS X. Plugins which also support this rendering model can now draw faster and more efficiently.
Native support for the HD HTML5 WebM video format.
An experimental Direct2D rendering backend is available on Windows, turned off by default.
Web developers can use Websockets for a low complexity, low latency, bidirectional communications API.
Web developers can update the URL field without reloading the page using HTML History APIs.
More responsive page rendering using lazy frame construction.
Link history lookup is done asynchronously to provide better responsiveness during pageload.
CSS :visited selectors have been changed to block websites from being able to check a user’s browsing history.
New HTML5 parser.
Support for more HTML5 form controls.

To download and test the software, you can get it from here. The developers encourage you to test and give a feedback about the new version.

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Opera browser 10.50 beta 2 released

Fuad NAHDI — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:34:47 +0000

Experience powerful features with a minimalistic design, and speed like you’ve never seen.

Just today, Opera released the Opera 10.50 beta 2 that claimed as the fastest browser on the planet. Many improvements has been added to the new beta release such as the Javascript engine that is 8x faster than before, a minimal but beautiful design to provide maximum browsing space, private browsing to create tabs or windows that leave no trace, and many more.

To know the feature details and download the installer file go to the Opera website here