Mozilla Firefox 3.5- A Smaller Footprint To Make Web Browsing Better
One of the most significant features of the latest release of Mozilla Firefox is the fact that it has a much smaller footprint as compared to all previous versions of the web browser. So, what does this mean in lay man terms?
You will quickly realize that Firefox 3.5 is a lot faster than all web browsers that you have used before. The credit for this feature goes to the fact that the web browser now has a smaller footprint. This means that the web browser shall consume less computer resource and less memory. There was a time when a high footprint did not pose any problems whatsoever. However, that was at a time when people logged on to the World Wide Web only for information. Today, people surf the web for numerous reasons - getting information, being just one of them.
Simply take a look at the number of software applications that you open and run alongwith your web browser. You will realize that you often end up logging on the web when working on word processing software or spreadsheet software at office. Your favorite music player or video player is often on your taskbar when you suddenly find it necessary to log on the web. In such a scenario, a web browser with a large memory footprint will always slow down the computer as a whole.
The tabbed browsing feature has made it easier to extract maximum performance from the web browser. However, if you keep a large number of tabs open for a long time, you will find that the web browser consumes a lot of memory. This brings down the overall performance of your computer.
This is where Firefox 3.5 makes a big difference. The developers have significantly brought down the memory footprint of the browser.
Another significant improvement is the redesigned graphics engine. This helps the web browser display images better. This can significantly improve your web browsing experience. The better Color Profile Support in the web browser improves the way the World Wide Web looks on your monitor screen.
Unused memory often does not get used properly in web browsers. The memory gets cluttered and the web browser never reaches optimum performance. The web browser cleans the unused memory again and again and this speeds loading of the page and better management of memory.
The speed at which the web browser works has become one of the most important parameters of judging the effectiveness of a web browser. That is the reason why developers of Firefox 3.5 have incorporated the Super Speed feature. With the incorporation of this feature, Firefox 3.5 works thrice as fast as Firefox 3 and almost the times as fast as Firefox 2. This is a very important development as Firefox 3.5 still lags behind Chrome and Safari in terms of speed.
The biggest advantage that Mozilla Firefox offers is that it can be customized and modified using Firefox extensions. As on date, there are more than six thousand extensions available for users of the web browser. There is virtually no aspect of the functioning of the Firefox web browser that cannot be modified using Firefox extensions.
The location bar, known as the Address bar in Internet Explorer, has now been officially renamed as the awesome bar. Gone are the days when the surfer had to key in each and every website to access the same. Nowadays, one can attach tags and shortcuts which make it easier to access websites through the bar. Bookmarking can now be done through the address bar as well. This feature is known as the one click bookmarking feature.
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