Firefox 3.5 Top New Features
July 1st, 2009
1. New JavaScript Engine: TraceMonkey
This new javascript engine promises performance improvements when running heavy JavaScript web applications and sites, such as Google Docs or Meebo. JavaScript speed is important as more and more people are relying on web apps to get things done.
2. Location Aware Browsing
One of the greatest new things in Firefox 3.5 is location aware browsing support. Essentially, you can grant Firefox permission to find out where you are based on your IP address and nearby wireless access points, which the browser can then relay to web sites in order to provide you with a more personalized browsing experience.
3. Support for HTML 5 and Downloadable Fonts
A lot of the new stuff in Firefox 3.5 is support for new web technologies that only web developers will really be happy about. But some of those new technologies, like HTML 5 and the CSS @font-face rule, will have a noticeable positive effect for users.
4. Fun with Tabs and Windows
Firefox 3.5 adds two new items to the History menu: Recently Closed Tabs and Recently Closed Windows. They do just what they are supposed to do: they let users choose from a list of recently closed tabs or windows and reopen them.
5. Private Browsing
In private browsing mode, Firefox doesn’t save your browsing, search, download, or web form histories, or your cookies, or temporary Internet files. Private browsing doesn’t mean anonymous browsing — your ISP might still have a record of where you’ve been, and if you log into any sites, they might still have a record of who you are and when you were there.
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