Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4

jmke · 24th March 2011, 16:16

Mozilla has officially released Firefox 4, a major update of the popular open source Web browser. The new version introduces a much-improved user interface, significant performance enhancements, strong support for the latest Web standards, and noteworthy new features like built-in support for synchronizing bookmarks and other browser data.

Firefox 4 has been under development for over a year—the last major update, version 3.6, was released in January 2010. The 4.0 release arrives at a time when the Web is enjoying an unprecedented level of competition and a rapid pace of evolution. Although Mozilla arguably deserves a lot of credit for the role that it has played in accelerating the advancement of the open Web, the organization fell behind competing browser vendors due to the protracted length of its development cycle. The 4.0 release catapults Firefox back to the front of the pack, bringing parity in performance, features, usability, and support for Web standards.

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/r...m_campaign=rss

jmke · 25th March 2011, 10:35

FF4 snafu : http://firefox.uservoice.com/forums/...-rss-feed-icon

24th March 2011, 16:16	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4 Mozilla has officially released Firefox 4, a major update of the popular open source Web browser. The new version introduces a much-improved user interface, significant performance enhancements, strong support for the latest Web standards, and noteworthy new features like built-in support for synchronizing bookmarks and other browser data. Firefox 4 has been under development for over a year—the last major update, version 3.6, was released in January 2010. The 4.0 release arrives at a time when the Web is enjoying an unprecedented level of competition and a rapid pace of evolution. Although Mozilla arguably deserves a lot of credit for the role that it has played in accelerating the advancement of the open Web, the organization fell behind competing browser vendors due to the protracted length of its development cycle. The 4.0 release catapults Firefox back to the front of the pack, bringing parity in performance, features, usability, and support for Web standards. http://arstechnica.com/open-source/r...m_campaign=rss __________________

25th March 2011, 10:35	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	FF4 snafu : http://firefox.uservoice.com/forums/...-rss-feed-icon __________________

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