One of the biggest “improvements” that Mozilla claims has made its way into Firefox 3 is improved memory usage, in particular, the vanquishing of memory leaks:
Memory usage: Several new technologies work together to reduce the amount of memory used by Firefox 3 over a web browsing session. Memory cycles are broken and collected by an [...]
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Firefox 3 is Still a Memory Hog
Published by June 3rd, 2008 in Programming, Reviews, Security, Software 107 CommentsJust How Big is Opera 9.5 (Kestrel) Going to Be?
Published by June 23rd, 2007 in Corporate Talk, Software 0 CommentsOpera is an awesome company. If you were wondering where most “innovation” in the world of web browsers came from, you need look no further. Many of the features that other browsers like to claim as their own actually originated in Opera; from in-line search to tabbed Windows, Opera had all of these and many [...]
Firefox 2.0 Recap
Published by November 25th, 2006 in Corporate Talk, Design, Reviews, Software 88 CommentsBesides the ugly new theme, the convoluted “too-cool” first-run website, and the myriad of half-baked features that Firefox 2.0 brings to the scene, there’s a couple of not-so-welcome policy changes in Firefox 2.0 that make us wonder what’s going on at Mozilla. Basically, these changes go against everything that the Firefox team has been doing for [...]
Firefox. You must have heard of it by now, you know, that really ‘cool’ browser that sees itself taking over the world of internet surfing in 5 to 10 years. Yes, that’s the one.
If I were to ask ‘What’s their logo?,’ of an average Firefox user, the answer you’d expect (and can safely bet your [...]
Inventors of Feed Icon Scrap Design, Start Anew?
Published by July 12th, 2006 in Corporate Talk, Software 6 CommentsIf the Mozilla has one cross-browser innovation fully licensed and acknowledged across the world, it’s their feed icon. The now infamous feed icon even has websites dedicated to it, and has successfully been adopted by Internet Explorer 7, Opera, and the much of the rest of the browser herd.
But is it about to change? [...]
Browser Traffic @ NeoSmart.net
Published by May 1st, 2006 in Corporate Talk, NeoSmart Technologies 4 CommentsFollowing our story on the different browsers of the future, you may be interested in the traffic rankings for NeoSmart.net since the story's publication:
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Dear Readers, you might find this comparison of traffic-per-browser to NeoSmart Technologies since this articles publication interesting.
Internet Explorer 7 has undeniably come a long way. Whether you like Microsoft's giant of a browser or hate it to pieces, the fact remains that Internet Explorer 7 is the single biggest update/upgrade this browser has ever [...]
Firefox Copy & Paste Bug: (Not) Fixed!!
Published by April 17th, 2006 in Corporate Talk, Software 161 CommentsEver since we expressed our frustration and outrage about what was potentially the most annoying bug in Firefox to date, several big and small websites around the web picked up the cry, and a flurry of activity ensued on the Mozilla Bug Entry for this particular glitch. More than a thousand users contacted us about [...]
Forcing Firefox Extensions to Work on Newer Versions
Published by March 27th, 2006 in Guides, Software 31 CommentsOne of the biggest issues people have with Mozilla/Firefox extensions (besides security vulnerabilities) is the required version field that indicates which versions of Mozilla/Firefox that particular extension will run on. While that may at first seem a nifty feature, anyone familiar with Firefox’s release of development builds, ranging from a build every hour to a [...]
Firefox Cut & Paste: 1 Bug, 4 Years, No Solution!
Published by March 12th, 2006 in Software 140 CommentsI love competition in the market just as much as the other guy. I’m comfortable with IE7, Opera, FF, and if the need be, Safari. For the most part, I use Firefox nightly for general web browsing, and IE7 for forums and blogs. However, invariably, without fail, every single time a I install Firefox, within [...]
