James Delahunty
30 Nov 2005 18:54
While browser updates aren't really what we cover here, we have covered some articles about Mozilla Firefox in the past so we thought it would be important to announce the release of Firefox 1.5. While most Firefox users would have noticed this by now, this is a good time for unsatisfied users of Microsoft Internet Explorer to check out the open-source web browser. Amongst other things, it now has a more efficient pop-up blocker, better stability and a better update system.
Some smaller items too could help users a bit, such as improvements for the forward and back buttons to help web pages load faster. Firefox 1.5 also supports new Web programming standards, such as AJAX, that enable more graphical capabilities in Web pages. According to Chris Beard, vice president of products at Mozilla, Firefox now also automatically checks for updates every day, downloads them and then prompts a user to install them.
Firefox has about 40 million users and it has been downloaded over 100 million times in total. Thousands of volunteers have contributed to the new version of the open-source browser, and a further 750,000 users were involved in testing it. Mozilla now pans to release updates more frequently. Firefox 2.0 is aimed for a mid-2006 release, and Firefox 3.0 is expected to be released in the first quarter of 2007.
You can download Mozilla Firefox 1.5 for Windows at: http://www.filepedia.com/network_software/web_browsers/firefox.cfm
You can download Mozilla Firefox 1.5 for Linux at: http://www.filepedia.com/alternative_platforms/linux_software/firefox_for_linux.cfm
You can download Mozilla Firefox 1.5 for Mac OS X at: http://www.filepedia.com/alternative_platforms/mac_software/firefox_for_mac.cfm
Source:
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