LiewCF Tech Blog

Firefox 4 beta is now available for download now and it is few times faster than previous version. Users are also encouraged to give feedback about the beta version.

Firefox 4 has a slicker look and tab bar is at the top by default. Some new features are Firefox settings synchronization, tabs organizer, and new add-on manager that opens in tab.

A major improvement in Firefox 4 Beta is the huge performance enhancements (few times better than Firefox 3.x).

Click Here to Continue Reading »

[image courtesy of Chrome Story]

Happy 6th birthday, Firefox! Firefox 1.0 was released at November 9, 2004. Firefox has been downloaded over 1 billion times (2009) in the past years!

Many people have switched to Firefox from Internet Explorer because the latter sucks. I was one of the hundred millions Firefox user till… this year. I have switched to Google Chrome web browser this year because it is lighter and faster than Firefox.

Anyhow, I appreciate the great browsing experience given by Firefox. I might try Firefox 4 when the final version is released.

Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome? Please take a second to vote the poll below.

Tip: Click here to scan for Windows Registry Errors and Optimize PC performance

Mozilla Firefox 3.6 final has been released. Why should you install update?

1. Fastest Firefox (20% faster than Firefox 3.5). Faster startup time. Better JavaScript performance e.g. load Facebook faster!
2. Get your Firefox in your language (available in more than 70 languages).
3. Support for new Personas theme which allows you to change Firefox theme instantly.
4. Automatic protects you from out-of-date plugins
5. Can display video in full screen
6. Support for HTML5 (watch Firefox HTML5 videos here, no Flash player needed)
7. Fewer crashes caused by 3rd party software
8. You are using Firefox!

Click here to download the latest Firefox.

(image credit: nois3lab)

Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate (RC1) is now available for download.

Firefox 3.6 is build on the Gecko 1.9.2 platform (3.5 uses Gecko 1.9.1) with the following new features:

• Users can change the browser’s appearance with a single click using Personas.
• Firefox 3.6 alerts users about out of date plugins to keep them safe.
• Changes to how third-party software integrates with Firefox to increase stability.
• Improved automatic form fill provides better options from your form history.
• Open, native video can now be displayed full screen, and supports poster frames.
• Support for the WOFF font format.
• Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness and startup time.
• The ability to run scripts asynchronously to speed up page load times.
• Support for the HTML5 File API
• Support for new CSS, DOM and HTML5 web technologies.

I installed Firefox 3.6 RC1 and “feel” (no serious testing done) that it is much faster than Firefox 3.5.7. The loading speed of Facebook homepage, which use A LOT of Javascript, is improved quite significant.

All the Firefox add-ons that I am using (20+ of them) are either support or compatible with Firefox 3.6 RC1. Great!

Have you installed Firefox 3.6 RC1 yet? Download it here.

While Mozilla Firefox celebrates its 5th birthday, Cenzic, an application security vendor, claims that the Mozilla Firefox led the field of Web browsers in terms of total vulnerabilities.

This is certainly not a good news for Mozilla.

According to Cenzic, Firefox accounted for 44 percent of all browser vulnerabilities reported in the first half of 2009. In contrast, Apple’s Safari had 35 percent of all reported browser vulnerability, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer was third at 15 percent and Opera had just six percent share.

Does it make Firefox a dangerous web browser?

The Firefox plug-ins are one of the main reasons of the vulnerabilities. Mozilla launched a plug-in checker in Oct 2009 to address the problem.

Ironically, while Firefox has the most vulnerabilities, Cenzic themselves use Mozilla technology within its own solutions.

[via InternetNews.com]

Tip: Install NoScript addon to make your Firefox safer.