But that’s not to say that there is nothing I wouldn’t change in Firefox – in fact, one thing I hate about this browser is that it tends to crash once too often. Of course, I was always able to retrieve my session because Firefox was thoughtful enough to conveniently save my work before crashing on me. But I still needed to fix the source of the problem, and so I went looking for a solution and found one that seemed to work.

So if you’re plagued by random crashes for apparently no reason whatsoever, all you have to do is remove the plugins and extensions that you’ve added on to Firefox. They are the reason for the crashes, not all of them, but one or two rogue add-ons that disrupt your entire browsing session. When you click on Tools, you can see all the plugins under the Add-Ons tab. Uninstall those that you don’t use and disable the rest. Now reload Firefox and enable each of the plugins one at a time to check which of them is causing the crash. It is a time-consuming process, but it does get rid of those awful and annoying crashes.

And while you’re at the job of tweaking how Firefox works, here’s another tip to speed up the loading of this browser. Most users complain that it takes a while to load and is significantly slower than Opera or Chrome. I beg to differ – yes, Firefox does seem slower than most other browsers when you use it regularly and the others not so much, but that is only because your browsing history is extensive and slows down the entire loading process. To cut a long story short, Firefox by default saves a copy of the names of all the sites you visit, so when you open a new window at the start of your browsing session, the browser must recall your entire history before loading. So to speed up the process, all you need to do is delete history every few days or change your options to never save your browsing history.

In general, be careful when adding plugins – they’re usually developed by third parties, so even though Firefox is not responsible for them, it gets all the bad publicity when there is a browser crash because of rogue add-ons.

This guest post is contributed by Barbara Williams, she writes on the topic of Becoming a Computer Technician. Email her at: barbara.williams07@gmail.com.

Mac version has accelerated even more and now run by about 30 percent faster than Firefox 3.5.

Firefox 3.6 is the third fastest of five browser for Windows. Firefox 3.6 JavaScript runs in three times less time than Opera 10 and over four times faster than Internet Explorer 8 (IE8). But even when the reinforcement JavaScript, Firefox 3.6 is generally two times slower than Safari and almost two times slower than Chrome 4.0. Safari also won first place, the Google browser diverging about 6.5 percent, slightly shorter than that recorded in the lead for the test of time on Mac in November 2009.

Most aggressive developers of browsers boast improved using JavaScript in the past two years. From Microsoft said that work on the acceleration of IE9. In November last year, Steven Sinofsky – president of Windows and Windows Live, said that work on the next version of Internet Explorer is set browser’s JavaScript speed to a level of competition. Although it is not yet known data from any testing IE9, neither version is available for independent testing.

In another evaluation system – Acid3, which checks how close one browser standards associated with DOM (Document Object Model), CSS2 (Cascading Style Sheets) and SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) – Firefox 3.6 obtained rating 92 points out of possible 100. Current versions of Safari, Chrome and Opera compiled 100 points, while IE8 is finished with 24.

# Personas: Personalize the look of your Firefox by selecting new themes called Personas in a single click and without restarting
# Plugin Updater: To keep you safe from potential security vulnerabilities, Firefox will now detect outdated plugins
# Stability improvements: Firefox 3.6 significantly decreased crashes caused by third party software – all without sacrificing our extensibility in any way
# Form Completition: When filling out an online form, Firefox suggests information for fields based on your common answers in similar field
# Performance: Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness, and startup time
# Open Video and Audio: With the world’s best implementation of HTML 5 audio and video support, now video can be displayed full screen and supports poster frames

What’s New Under the Hood for Developers

# Support for the latest HTML5 specification, including the File API for local file handling
# Font Support: In addition to OpenType and TrueType fonts, 3.6 now supports the new Web Open Font Format (WOFF)
# CSS gradients: Supports linear and radial CSS gradients which allow for a smoother transition between colors
# Device orientation: Firefox 3.6 exposes the orientation of the laptop or device to Web pages

Main competitor – Chrome is now gaining strength. Google’s browser is still a modest 3.9 percent market share but the figure is expected to reach 5% by next spring. Whether this will be at the expense of IE or Firefox has yet to become clear.

Far on top is IE with 63.3 percent.

Second, support for jump lists: right click on the Firefox taskbar icon to get quick access to the most frequently visited sites, create a new tab or window or close Firefox.