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2016-10-17T12:33:41-06:00

Mozilla Firefox

Like many other major internet browsers, Firefox has adopted a useful synchronization feature. You can sync your browsing so you can access your history, passwords, bookmarks and more on your desktop or mobile browsers. The browser also has tabbed browsing, allowing you to quickly navigate between webpages in a single window. You can reorder tabs, organize them into customizable groups using the Panorama feature and perform a redo function when you accidentally close tabs.

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A few of the features Firefox doesn’t have include thumbnail previews and mouse gestures, or mouse movements that represent specific shortcuts. These would be convenient built-in features to have but aren’t essential. You can also install extensions compatible with Firefox that enable mouse gestures and voice interaction.

Firefox recently went live with version 11.0.Version 12 is currently in their beta channel which can be found @ beta

Version 13 (Aurora channel) is currently available for testing as well found @ aurora

The exciting part is in the Aurora channel which has enabled by default support for the new SPDY protocol, a faster alternative to HTTP

SPDY (“Speedy”) started out at Google blog chromium and has been in the works for a while now. In fact, Google Chrome already offers SPDY support as does Firefox 11, but SPDY support is disabled by default until Firefox 13. SPDY is not standard yet, but sites like Twitter are using it where possible, and when it finally arrives it should make many webpages load twice as fast as they do now over HTTP. You can read about all the improvements over at their blog.

Pros:
Firefox has a secure privacy mode and a new minimalist interface that enables easier and more intuitive navigation.

Cons:
There are no thumbnail previews or mouse gestures, but you can get the latter through an add-on.