Firefox 3
June 26, 2008
I have been using Mozilla Firefox to access the internet for a long time now — since version 0.6, when it was called “Mozilla Phoenix”. Earlier this month, Mozilla released Firefox 3. I’m definitely enjoying the new version already. The Mozilla web site now contains a video that looks at some of the new features: take a look at the video. I’m definitely enjoying the new release: it’s much faster, and I really love the boldly-named “Awesome Bar”. I use a lot of plugins, and almost all of them upgraded just fine. Along with this version of Firefox
Along with this version of Firefox, Mozilla launched a new version of their web site. The new web site looks very nice! I love how they evolved the existing design to incorporate some of the current trends in web design: instead of a complete redesign, they have wisely chosen to take a sophisticated step forward. The images rotate each time you visit the home page, between birds, hot-air balloons, and UFOs; I love how these prominent images fade nicely into the background as you enter the more content-heavy pages.
With this release, they also moved the old Mozilla dinosaur from the header to the footer — a choice which I think has been long overdue.