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License:
Free
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Downloads:
16,361,809
- Requirements:
Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
November 12, 2008
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Publisher's description of Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox includes pop-up blocking; tab-browsing; integrated Google search; simplified privacy controls; a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser; and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online.
Editor's review of Mozilla Firefox
5.0 stars
- "A skillful and secure Web-surfing tool"
Read CNET senior editor Rob Vamosi's extended review of Firefox 3.
No longer a fledgling upstart, Firefox 3 is full-featured, lightning fast, and an able Internet Explorer foe. Previous versions have seen Mozilla's approach to features such as tabbed browsing and extensions become extremely popular. Even though Firefox 3 lacks a killer feature, it offers significant improvements not to be missed.
Version 3 introduces a multitude of safety and usability features. The location bar drop-down menu now includes URLs from both your browsing history and your bookmarks. A new Add-Ons manager includes a built-in plug-in search engine, saving you the previous trip to the Mozilla Web site. Single-click the star icon on the right of the location bar to bookmark the current page, or double-click on it to simultaneously add and edit the bookmark entry. You can tag bookmarks, too. Other impressive new features include password confirmation before adding it to the saved passwords list, the ability to pause and resume downloads, and merged forward and backward history lists.
Firefox 3 now runs faster and, according to Mozilla, is less susceptible to hacks and other vulnerabilities. The browser now warns your system's antivirus program when you download a file, and anti-malware and anti-phishing utilities now throw up a warning page before allowing Firefox to load risky sites. The favicon reveals Web sites' ownership details and displays the security level of your connection to that site.
Developers will appreciate that Firefox 3's new graphics and text rendering code provide rendering improvements in CSS and SVG as well as improved display of fonts and complex scripts. Firefox 3--still open-source, as ever--is a browser that all users should consider making their default Web-surfing tool.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.6 stars out of 10825 votes
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Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4
Pros: avaliablity of plugins, and faster opening of web is interesting
Cons: there is nothing which i dont like about this product
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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4
"No matter what happens FIREFOX WILL REMAIN SECOND"
Pros: to tell you the truth the only thing i find impressive is that they keeped the speed and that is it!
Cons: STILL REALLY FREAKING FAT!!!! Skinner than IE but fatter than OPERA. FIREFOX is to popular and no one wants to realized the truth FIREFOX IS NOT THE BEST
Summary: FAST
FAT
NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PEOPLE WHO OWN SLOWER COMPUTERS STICK WITH OPERA
OPERA is fast slim powerful and EXTREAMLY SAFE!!!! -
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4
Pros: Tons of cool Addons
VERY fast
Very easy to get to websites
Very secureCons: Takes up more memory than most browsers
Summary: typing download will take u to download.com and typing cnet reviews will take u to cnets reviews this is really cool and makes browsing much faster
I just switched over from opera to firefox and I like it a lot better- it is much more stable th... read more >> -
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4
Pros: ive just upgraded from firefox 2 to this one and im well impressed, pages load so much faster, lots of cool themes for it and overall it just feels better.
Cons: none so far, i will come back and complain if i find any lol
Summary: i would defo recommend upgrading if you haven't yet done so.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4
"Finally has toolbars & themes that work!"
Pros: Waiting on this really tried my patients. Oh, thanks for the file hippo download tip fan. Both toolbars that I use & my favorite theme are now compatible. That would be Yahoo, Lexmark (took a few tries) &the Pen State Lions theme. It looks great!
Cons: Like Sports fan, it's to early to tell but if it proves as stable or even near as close as v2.18, I'll be satisfied. Running it on a seriously customized XP system on a Dell XPS 420 & as long as it holds for a few days, I'll have a go on my Vista.
Summary: Like Sports fan, it's to early to tell but if it proves as stable or even near as close as v2.18, I'll be satisfied. I waited a long time to try this again because the first time, it had about zero themes & neither toolbar I use worked. Back the... read more >>
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