Mozilla posts faster, safer Firefox 3.5
updated 11:30 am EDT, Tue June 30, 2009
Firefox 3 5 Official
Mozilla today published the final version of Firefox 3.5. The new version of the Gecko-based browser emphasizes speed with overall improvements as well as a new JavaScript engine, nicknamed TraceMonkey, that dramatically improves the speed of sites using such code; Mozilla estimates 3.5 is about as twice as fast as 3.0. Privacy and security are also bolstered with a new private browsing mode as well as better anti-phishing and malware detection.
Other new touches involve support for geolocation with websites that allow it and native support for both Ogg Vorbis and Ogg Theora without having to use a plugin. The address bar, tabs and session restoration from crashes have all been given their own minor upgrades.
The finished update to Firefox is available immediately for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows systems.
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