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Firefox 3.5 New developer features: Performance

Faster JavaScript performance

JavaScript, the "J" in "AJAX," is sped up dramatically in Firefox 3.5 with the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine. Web applications are much faster than in Firefox 3.

Faster page rendering

Web content draws faster in Firefox 3.5, thanks to technologies such as "speculative parsing." Your users don't need to know what it means, other than "it makes things draw faster."

Private Browsing

Need to use someone else's computer? Switch on Private Browsing mode and nothing will be recorded about your session, including cookies, history, and any other potentially private information.

Better privacy controls

The Privacy preference pane has been completely redesigned to offer users more control over their private information. Users can choose to retain or discard anything including history information, cookies, downloads, and form field information. In addition, users can specify whether or not to include history and/or bookmarks in the location bar's automated suggestions, so you can keep private web addresses from popping up unexpectedly while typing in the location bar.

User experience

Location aware browsing

If you choose, you may allow Firefox 3.5 to share information about your current location with web sites. Firefox 3.5 can use information about the network you're connected to to share your location. Of course, it asks for your permission before doing so, to ensure your privacy.

Open audio and video support

Firefox 3.5 supports embedded video and audio using the open Ogg format, as well as WAV for audio. No plugins, no confusing error messages about needing to install something or other that turns out not to be available on your platform anyway.

Local data storage

Web applications can now use Web Storage's local storage capabilities to store data on your computer. This is great for anything from site preferences to more complex data.

Brand new and enhanced functionalities enable Web site authors and developers to create advanced content and applications. Support is now available for:

CSS2.1 CSS3 HTML5 SVG Filters Ogg Vorbis Ogg Theora Native JSON MathML

Animated Portable Network Graphics (APNG) Cross-Site XMLHttpRequest Microformats Web Worker Threads

Location-Aware Browsing: Now Firefox can tell websites where you’re located so you can find info that’s more relevant and more useful (for example, getting directions or finding restaurants near you). It's all optional - Firefox doesn't share your location without your permission - and is done with the utmost respect for your privacy.

For web site and application developers
HTML 5 support

Using audio and video in Firefox
Firefox 3.5 adds support for the HTML 5 audio and video elements.
Offline resources in Firefox
Firefox 3.5 now fully supports the HTML 5 offline resource specification.
Drag and drop
The HTML 5 drag and drop API allows support for dragging and dropping items within and between web sites. This also provides a simpler API for use by extensions and Mozilla-based applications.

Newly-supported CSS features

Downloadable fonts support
The new @font-face @rule lets web pages provide downloadable fonts, so that sites can be rendered exactly as the page author expects.
CSS media queries
Firefox 3.5 now supports CSS media queries, which enhance support for media-dependent style sheets.
:before and :after updated to CSS 2.1
The :before and :after pseudo-elements have been updated to full CSS 2.1 support, adding support for the position, float, list-style-*, and some display properties.
ch units for length
The ch unit can now be used anywhere that accepts a unit of length. 1ch is the width of the "0" (zero) character.
opacity
The -moz-opacity Mozilla extension to CSS has been removed in favor of the standard opacity property.
text-shadow
The text-shadow property, which allows web content to specify shadow effects to apply to text and text decorations, is now supported.
word-wrap
This newly-supported property lets content specify whether or not lines may be broken within words in order to prevent overflow when an otherwise unbreakable string is too long to fit on one line.
white-space property supports the pre-line value
The white-space property now accepts the pre-line value.
-moz-box-shadow
-moz-border-image
-moz-column-rule
-moz-column-rule-width
-moz-column-rule-style
-moz-column-rule-color
Firefox 3.5 adds support for these Mozilla extensions to CSS.
The -moz-nativehyperlinktext color value
This new color value represents the user's system's default hyperlink color.
The -moz-window-shadow property and the :-moz-system-metric(mac-graphite-theme) pseudo-class
These new CSS features were added to facilitate theming.
New values for -moz-appearance
The -moz-win-glass and -moz-mac-unified-toolbar values have been added to -moz-appearance.
Using CSS transforms
Firefox 3.5 supports CSS transforms. See -moz-transform and -moz-transform-origin for details.
:nth-child
:nth-last-child
:nth-of-type
:nth-last-of-type
:first-of-type
:last-of-type
:only-of-type
These selectors are all newly-supported in Firefox 3.5.

New DOM features

localStorage
Firefox 3.5 adds support for the Web Storage localStorage property, which provides a way for web applications to store data locally on the client's computer.
Using web workers
Firefox 3.5 supports web workers to allow easy multi-threading support in web applications.
Using geolocation
Firefox 3.5 supports the Geolocation API, which allows web applications to obtain information about the user's current location if a provider for that information is installed and enabled.
Locating DOM elements using selectors
The selectors API allows querying a document to locate the elements that match a given selection rule.
Mouse gesture events
Firefox 3.5 supports mouse gesture events such as trackpad swipes.
The NodeIterator object
The NodeIterator object provides support for iterating over the list of the nodes in a DOM subtree.
The MozAfterPaint event
This new DOM event is sent after painting updates in windows.
The MozMousePixelScroll event
This new DOM event allows detection of pixel-based mouse scroll wheel events instead of line-based scroll events.

New JavaScript features

New in JavaScript 1.8.1
An overview of all the changes in JavaScript 1.8.1.
Object.getPrototypeOf()
This new method returns the prototype of a specified object.
Using native JSON
Firefox 3.5 has native support for JSON.
New trim methods on the String object
The String object now has trim(), trimLeft(), and trimRight() methods.

Networking

Cross-site access controls for HTTP
In Firefox 3.5, it's now possible for HTTP requests, including those made by XMLHttpRequest, to work across domains if the server supports it.
Progress events for XMLHttpRequest
Progress events are now offered to enable extensions to monitor the progress of requests.
Improved Synchronous XMLHttpRequest support
DOM Timeout and Input Events are now suppressed during a synchronous XMLHttpRequest.
Controlling DNS prefetching
Firefox 3.5 provides DNS prefetching, whereby it performs domain name resolution ahead of time for links included in the current page, in order to save time when links are actually clicked. This article describes how you can tune your web site to disable prefetching, or to adjust how prefetching operates.

New Canvas features

HTML 5 text API for canvas elements
Canvas elements now support the HTML 5 text API.
Shadow effects in a canvas
Canvas shadow effects are now supported.
createImageData()
The canvas method createImageData() is now supported, allowing code to specifically create an ImageData object instead of requiring it to be done automatically. This can improve performance of other ImageData methods by preventing them from having to create the object.
moz-opaque attribute
Added the moz-opaque DOM attribute, which lets the canvas know whether or not translucency will be a factor. If the canvas knows there's no translucency, painting performance can be optimized.

New SVG features

Applying SVG effects to HTML content
You can now apply SVG effects to HTML and XHTML content; this article describes how.

Miscellaneous new features

ICC color correction in Firefox
Firefox 3.5 now supports ICC color correction for tagged images.
The defer attribute is now supported on script elements
This attribute indicates to the browser that it may choose to continue to parse and render the page without waiting for the script to finish executing.

Other improvements

* The Text node's wholeText property and replaceWholeText() method have been implemented.
* The property element.children has been added. It returns a collection of child elements of the given element.
* The Element Traversal API is now supported by the DOM Element object.
* HTML document nodes may now be cloned using cloneNode().
* The non-standard getBoxObjectFor() DOM method has been removed. You should be using getBoundingClientRect() instead.
* Dispatched DOM events can now be re-dispatched. This makes Firefox 3.5 pass Acid 3 test 30.
* Improvements have been made to DOM 2 Range handling.
* In non-chrome scope, caught objects in exceptions are now the actual thrown object instead of an XPConnect wrapper containing the thrown object.
* SVG ID references are now live.
* SVG filters now work for foreignObject.
* The GetSVGDocument() method has been added to object and iframe elements for compatibility.
* Implicit setting of properties in object and array initializers no longer execute setters in JavaScript. See the blog post Object and array initializers should not invoke setters when evaluated for details.
* The gDownloadLastDir.path variable has been renamed to gDownloadLastDir.file since it refers to an nsIFile , not a path.
* The gDownloadLastDirPath variable has been renamed to gDownloadLastDirFile since it refers to an nsIFile , not a path.
* Starting in Firefox 3.5, you can no longer use data: bindings in chrome packages that get XPCNativeWrapper automation.

Firefox Features: The Cutting Edge Features - Web Application Integration

Web Application Integration: Expand the power of Web-based applications. In the past you’d click on an email address in a Web site and your computer’s default email application would open up to send a message to the linked address—even if you never email through the program. Now you can choose a Web mail clients (like Hotmail, Gmail or Yahoo! Mail) to launch when you click on that email address.

Take your computer offline and still have information at your fingertips. Certain enabled sites may allow applications—like your Web-based email—to stay with you at all times.

Tabs, Easy Organization, Reopen Closed Tabs. Save on Exit, Smooth Scrolling

Tabs

At first glance, they look like little labels living above the site you’re currently visiting. But they are a brilliant way to browse multiple sites at once. Simple and easy, you can think of them as the electronic version of a well kept filing cabinet, with the tabs as the dividers and the sites as the content kept in folders. Each new site appears as a new tab (not a new window) and can be accessed in one click. When you quit Firefox, you can save your tabs and windows for the next time you start. No need to reopen all your windows each time you start a session.
Smooth Scrolling

Save on Exit

When you quit Firefox, you can save your tabs and windows for the next time you start. No need to reopen all your windows each time you start a session.

Download files seamlessly and securely! A pause and resume feature means there’s no need to wait for a download to finish before you disconnect. So, if you’re halfway through the latest White Stripes album and it’s time to catch the bus, just pause and pick up downloading when you get home. The resume function also works if your system crashes or is forced to restart. The manager shows your download progress and lets you search your files by name or the Web address where the download came from.

Smart Bookmark

Find things fast with Smart Bookmarks. Click on the Bookmarks menu for quick access to sites organized by most visited, recently bookmarked and recently tagged.

Manage your bookmarks a lot or a little. One click on the star icon at the end of the location bar bookmarks a site. Two clicks and you can choose where to save it and whether to tag it. File bookmarked sites in easy-to-access folders and organize according to theme (like “job search” or “favorite shopping”). Find your bookmarked sites in a flash by entering the tag, page or bookmark name into the location bar. The more you use your tags and bookmark names in the location bar, the more the system will adapt to your preferences.

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Make your browser as efficient as you can imagine. Your browsing history (all the websites you’ve seen) and your bookmarks (all the websites you’ve saved) are archived in the Library, where they can be easily searched and organized. You can also save your frequent searches in dynamic smart folders that automatically update as your bookmark list and history grow.

improved Label a site with names or categories that are meaningful to you. For example, you can label the site www.bbc.co.uk with the “news” tag as well as the “foreign investments” tag, plus give www.nytimes.com the “news” tag, too. When you enter “news” into the location bar, both sites will be shown as results. A single site can have multiple tags, and there’s no limit to the number of tags you can create. You may not remember the exact name of a site, but with a tag, you’ll be able to find it in a way that makes sense to you.

For example, you could enter the tag: “investments” to find “www.fool.com”. The Awesome Bar learns as you use it—over time, it adapts to your preferences and offers better fitting matches. New enhancements for Firefox 3.5 give you greater control over the Awesome Bar, and include privacy settings.

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Polish

All operating systems

• New document icon
• New crash reporter icon
• New software update icon
• New search text box widget for all search interactions
• Enhanced notification bar animation
• Improved use of progressive disclosure controls
• Numerous alignment fixes
• Software update dialog no longer grabs the focus
• Text field display improvements
• Bright red dinosaur favicon on Getting Started sent into early retirement
• Column arrow in list view corrected
• Focus ring removed from tab bar

OS X New disk image icon Navigation shortcuts in text fields (press the up arrow to go to the beginning, press down to go to the end) Improved folder drag & drop in the bookmarks toolbar Rounded corners on contextual menus Improved appearance of transparent windows Transparent windows now cast shadows Support for the graphite OS setting Native theming for tabs in within application windows

Vista Visual enhancements to the sidebar design Group boxes now have native theming XP Group boxes now have native theming Linux Icons in the location bar are now aligned

Privacy

More ways to maintain your privacy while you’re online:

Browsing Set your browsing mode to private and leave no trace of past Web history.	Clear History Delete where you’ve been on the Web after the fact—simple and easy.
Pick Your Privacy Remove the history of your visits to a particular site but retain the rest of your browsing history.	Easy Options Firefox asks you straight up about how to store your history and gives you fine-tuned privacy control over the Awesome Bar.

Web Developer Features: Firefox 3.5 is the fastest and have most advanced Web Developer Features

Faster JavaScript

The TraceMonkey JavaScript engine brings screaming fast performance to Firefox 3.5. With JavaScript that's more than twice as fast as Firefox 3 and 10x faster than Firefox 2, you’ll be able to see the difference without breaking out your stopwatch.

Firefox 2 -88.23 runs
Firefox 3 -244.12
Firefox 3.5 - 458.03

* Number of runs of Dromaeo JavaScript performance test completed

FireFox The most advance webBrowser

Firefox presents itself more versatile and functional. It is created to execute it in different platforms in an easy way due to their practical system of tabs, which allow us to visit several sites in a same instance of the navigator.
It was Developer with the XUL system and it releases us from the annoying emergent windows and it includes a search bar that saves time. Its download administrator which is simple and safe shows up.

Besides, it has an open code in which there exist an infinity of programmers and helpers that are making of Firefox the best navigator of all the times.

FireFox With Google Toolbar

Google Toolbar for Firefox is a tool bar especially designed for Firefox navigator which already has a very important place in the market.

This new Google bar incorporates to your Firefox navigator a new search box, which ahs been improved, it is more efficient when it has to search for something.

It also incorporates a new tool that tells us about Web pages which may be dangerous.


Faster Download speed compare to any download softwere:

It has a word translator, spell checker which checks spelling when filling a Web form.

I have used almost all web browser what i have found when i download songs ar any thing i have found that download speed is faster not much but at least 10%-20%, in compare
with download softwere like DAP (download accelerator plus),Mu torrent, bittorent,

If you like YouTube or Google Video and your default browser is Firefox, you are lucky.

Firefox VideoDownloader is a practical added element for Mozilla Web browser to download any video form the most popular pages that render this service.

Firefox VideoDownloader will add in Firefox interface a small button to download videos, you only need to visit the page that has the video to download and that's it.