3 Reasons to Upgrade Firefox 6: Explained

Firefox 6 has a lot of changes and here are some of the most prominent reasons that users can quickly upgrade to the newly released browser version .

Faster page loading speed

The first reason is browser speed. Mozilla said Firefox 6 starts faster than previous versions, especially when using the Panorama feature. The feature allows organizing tabs in groups, making browser opening times significantly faster.

However, the overall performance of Firefox still has many problems. Dan Howley pointed out in Laptop magazine that Firefox 6 is slower than the previous version according to the test results of the Peacemaker program.

This program evaluates browser activity using Java. The higher the score, the higher the activity. Firefox 6 scored 4,572 points lower than the Firefox 5 browser (4,733 points). Meanwhile Internet Explorer 9 gets 4830 points and Chrome 8,400 points.

This scoring method is still not very accurate, so maybe Firefox 6 has a lower score than the previous version, but users feel faster.

Highlight the domain name of the URL

The next reason to upgrade to Firefox 6 is to display the URL in the address bar. The root domain section of the site will be more prominent than the rest of the address. As an example,, in the URL http:/// www.mozilla.com /en-US/firefox/6.0/releasenotes/, the www.mozilla.com section will appear more bold for users to distinguish.

This is a feature that has been available in Chrome and IE 9. This improvement may be very simple, but it only allows users to identify legitimate domains.

Security features are more flexible

Security Firefox 6 is a feature that requires permission from users. It allows users to set permissions for specific websites by typing " about: permissions " into the address bar. Then, they will set up accepting cookies, share locations, pop-ups, passwords and storage capacity.

This feature allows users to manage the security of a browser, as well as allowing them to remove restrictions for websites that they trust. Users can set limits as a default security setting to avoid being attacked from malicious websites without worrying about affecting other trusted sites.