Tag: FIREFOX-3.5

It's been a few months since Mozilla launched Firefox 3.5. And while the company still supports Firefox 3.0, that's not going to last forever. Come next year, Mozilla will stop issuing security updates for the older version of the web browser, and don't expect to find any new features in Firefox 3.0 anytime soon (you know, unless you install new plugins). So it shouldn't be too surprising that ...

Google has released an updated version of Google Gears that, unlike previous versions, supports Firefox 3.5. Gears lets you access some web applications in a browser even when you're offline. For example, you can download your reading list from Google Reader to read on a plane, or use Gmail to read and write email messages while you're offline. When you get back to an internet connection, Gears ...

One of the new features in Firefox 3.5 is the ability to "tear" a browser tab off into a new window. Say you have 5 browser tabs open, but you'd rather have one of those tabs open in an entirely new Firefox window. Just click on the tab and drag it away from the tab bar to launch a new window. You can also drag tabs from one browser window to another the same way. But there are a few downsides. ...

Ever try closing a series of tabs in Firefox by hitting Ctrl+W over and over until you were down to your last tab? Ever overshoot and accidentally wind up closing the whole browser and then having to wait (im)patiently to reload the browser? There's a setting tucked away in the recesses of Firefox 3.5's configuration options that will keep the browser running after you close the last tab. ...

In the few days since Firefox 3.5 was officially unleashed on the public, it's been downloaded well over 7 million times according to Mozilla's real-time download tracker. That's nowhere near the estimated 8 million downloads achieved in the first 24 hours after Firefox 3.0 launched, but it's still pretty good. It's also probably worth pointing out that anyone who was running Firefox 3.5 RC3 on ...

Firefox 3.5 is available for download today, following months of testing. The latest version of the web browser adds a ton of new features and bug fixes. Probably the most important thing is that it feels faster, thanks to a new Javascript engine and updated rendering engine. But there are also a few new bells and whistles including a private browsing mode that lets you surf the web without ...

It looks like somebody at Mozilla is listening. Just yesterday, we asked when we could get a version of Firefox 3.5 that didn't have the silly "release candidate" next to its name. Now we have an answer: Tuesday. Webmonkey and Betanews are both reporting that Mozilla has confirmed that's the date it will push out the full version of Firefox 3.5. The latest version of the popular web browser has ...

Mozilla, we love you and all, but could you do us a favor? Could you please, please drop the RC from Firefox 3.5 already? Because, honestly, I think if I read another battery of "Firefox RC# Released" reports, I'm probably going to puke on my shoes. On the plus side for Mozilla, all these releases are great publicity. Three candidates times the number of blogs reporting on Firefox equals...what? ...

Mozilla pushed out a third release candidate for Firefox 3.5 last night. If you're running an earlier release candidate or Firefox 3.5 beta, you may have woken up this morning to a message alerting you that there's a new security and stability update. The tricky thing is Mozilla has a habit of leaving the "RC" out of the labels for its release candidates. This can prompt a lot of folks to think ...

Just a few days after pushing out the first release candidate for Firefox 3.5 to beta testers, Mozilla has made Firefox 3.5 RC2 available to the general public. While the only way to test out the first release candidate was to install Firefox 3.5 beta 4 and upgrade from within the browser, anyone can download and install the latest release candidate... or you can just wait until the full version ...

Mozilla has pushed out the first release candidate for Firefox 3.5, following months of beta testing. If all goes according to plan, the final version of Firefox 3.5 will be available before the end of the month. If you're using Firefox 3.5 beta you can upgrade by selecting "check for updates" from the Help menu. Mozilla claims that Firefox 3.5 has 5,000 new features since version 3.0 was ...

Mozilla has just pushed out a new version of Firefox 3.5 beta, which it's dubbing beta 99. Now, the last public beta was Firefox 3.5 beta 4, so either Mozilla went through 94 builds that they didn't feel like telling you about, or this is pretty close to the final product. There's not a lot of information about the changes between 3.5b4 and 3.5b99. But several users have reported problems ...

I'm sure many of you have been running Firefox 3.5 for quite a while by now - it's been available for download from the nightly build FTP for ages. Today, however, is the official test day for RC1 - and Mozilla wants you to get involved! If you aren't running the latest version, you can download it manually to get started. The build string doesn't yet indicate an RC, but Mozilla has asked that ...

Firefox has had a feature that lets you re-open recently closed tabs for a while. But what if you accidentally close a whole Firefox window with several running tabs. Now you can restore that too... as long as you've got the latest nightly build of Firefox 3.5 installed. If you accidentally close a window you can restore it by hitting Ctrl+Shift+N, as long as it wasn't the only Firefox window ...

Mozilla is inching closer to the release of Firefox 3.5, which includes a faster Javascript engine, a private browsing mode, faster page rendering, and changes to the way tabs are handled. Firefox 3.5 beta 4 is due to be released within the next week or so. If you're not ready to test out pre-release software yet, Mozilla should be releasing Firefox 3.0.9 next week as well. That version will ...