Download Firefox, Set World Record
Today is Firefox Download Day, where hundreds of thousands of people around the world will download the newly released Firefox 3. If you download the browser today, you’ll be part of a Guinness World Record attempt for the most browser downloads in one day.
If being part of a world record doesn’t inspire you to download Firefox, the browser improvements definitely will.
The list of updates on the new version of everyone’s favorite open-source browser is extensive. Among the big changes include a better bookmarking interface, faster speed, lower memory usage, and seamless plug-in management. And while I’ve been enjoying all those features in the betas and release candidates so far, the big selling point for me is the new awesome bar.
Allow me to explain in a few words: the awesome bar replaces the location bar so that you can find what you want quickly and easily. It does that by searching both the URLs and titles of your recently visited pages and calling up the ones you visit most. Which means, if you regularly visit Eloquation.com, just typing ‘el’ should get you what you’re looking for in a matter of microseconds. That easy.
Deb’s got a better review of how it all works on her site, but I am confident that further iterations of the awesome bar will change the way people use their browsers in the near future. If you’re ready to experience a forward-thinking shift in the way you interact with your browser, I’d highly recommend upgrading to Firefox 3 today, on Download Day.
And if you’re still using Internet Explorer, get a real browser already.
karim
Ok. I’m still using IE. Now I feel like a laggard for the second time today.
So why Firefox? And will my computer crash if i have both IE and FF?
I better get a good answer because getting into the GBOWR is not worth the hassle of using FF…i’m just a YorkU grad for heaven’s sake!!
KK
Tuesday
June 17, 2008
Sameer Vasta
There are a lot of good reasons to switch, GBOWR notwithstanding.
First, it’s open source and there are tons of great developers working on it. Better yet, there are a ton of great developers creating add-ons and extensions for it. Completely free.
In fact, that alone is enough of a selling point if you ask me. The extensions that are available are numerous and it is easy to find one that will add efficiency to your workflow, no matter what you do.
(And don’t worry, you can run as many browsers on your computer as you want and you’ll be fine.)
Of course, as I indicated above, Firefox also has a new tool called the Awesome Bar that will change the way you interact with the web, and the ability to easily customize every single part of the browser and browsing experience makes Firefox a clear choice for best user experience.
Finally, the browser is standards-compliant, which means you see website the way they were intended to be seen. IE and other browsers use hacks and omit some standards that causes layout, presentation, typography, and color issues.
Tuesday
June 17, 2008
karim
ok Vasta-man. i’m in. the GBOWR, that is. now i’m waiting to be wowwed!
it seems cleaner than IE.
however, i do seem to have to import my RSS feeds and other websites i used to frequent.
i’ll let u know what i think of the awesome bar….
kk
Tuesday
June 17, 2008
Sameer Vasta
Let me know what you think of it!
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