Mozilla Unleashes Firefox 3.5

Mozilla announced a major update to its popular Firefox browser. Firefox 3.5 features performance improvements, privacy enhancements, support for new Web standards, and greater customization options.

According to Mozilla, Firefox 3.5 is the best performing browser it has ever released. This latest version is more than two times faster than Firefox 3 and ten times faster than Firefox 2 on complex websites. Some of this performance increase comes as a result of the powerful new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, which delivers excellent performance with today’s complex Web applications.



Firefox 3.5 also offers a new Private Browsing mode, native support for open video and audio, and Location Aware Browsing. When using the Private Browsing mode, nothing on the Web is stored during your browsing session. One of the unique features of Firefox 3.5 is a Forget this Site feature that can remove every trace of that site from your browser. Thanks to native support for open video and audio, you won’t have to install plugins in order to enjoy video and audio content from within the browser. Finally, Location Aware Browsing lets you share your location information with a website so it can find nearby points of interest and return useful data that’s location specific.

Mozilla Firefox 3.5 is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X operating systems as a free download from http://www.getfirefox.com. It is also available in more than 70 languages at: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html.



Jennifer Johnson

Jennifer Johnson

Jennifer grew up around technology. From an early age, she was curious about all things related to computers. As a child, Jennifer remembers spending nights with her dad programming in BASIC and taking apart hard drives to see what was inside. In high school, she wrote her senior term paper on her experiences with building custom computers.

Jennifer graduated from the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. After college, she began writing full-time for various PC and technology magazines. Later, she transitioned to the Web. In these roles, Jennifer has covered a variety of topics including laptops, desktops, smartphones, cameras, tablets, and various consumer electronics devices. When she's not playing with or writing about the latest gadget, Jennifer loves to spend time with her family, capture memories with her camera, and scrapbook.

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