5 reasons to choose Firefox 3.0

From 'excellent address bar' to speed improvements, the latest version of Firefox has many new advantages. Here are five reasons PC World magazine offers to convince users to choose Firefox 3.0 for their web browser.

1. 'Fooling' little resources of the machine

The biggest problem and also the biggest drawback of Firefox is that it uses too much of its resources (mainly RAM and CPU) seem to have been overcome.

If you use an earlier version of Firefox you will see this situation happen frequently: you are working, suddenly, you realize something is horrible with your computer. It slows down and cannot load open applications. Open Task Manager, and discover that Firefox is the culprit, with 95% of CPU usage. You quickly 'finish' it, and everything is back to normal.

This concern is no longer in Firefox 3.

Developers at Mozilla have 'borrowed' some memory management tricks from the FreeBSD operating system to apply to Firefox 3. Its effectiveness is clearly demonstrated. Firefox has consumed less 'resources' (including RAM and CPU).

Those add-ons that are famous for taking up a lot of RAM are no longer a problem. Moreover, developers will also be provided with the tools needed to build add-ons that use RAM more efficiently.

2. "Great address bar"

It is still the address bar but now it has been equipped with many useful features. Developers have given the address bar a new name, the Awesome Bar, and in fact it's great.

You only need to type in this keyword and address bar, it will show all related websites, including: websites with the address of this keyword, the websites in your Bookmark, the target pages. contains keywords, and also a list of Firefox-marked pages that are relevant.

It can be a keyword contained in your Gmail content, which can also be a title of a topic you're debating on forums. This address bar allows you to get to the websites you have visited, the fastest way.

3. Pay more attention to Phishing warnings

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Firefox 3.0 did not discourage 19 fans' waiting months.

Phishing warnings are warnings for websites with potential attacks to retrieve user data (data such as credit cards, mailbox passwords .).

Most browsers have Phishing warnings, so does Firefox, though it proved ineffective in previous versions. Because often these warnings are displayed in the changed address bar, or an icon attached to the address bar, places that are very user-friendly. Often they will pay more attention to the content of the website instead of the address above.

However, Firefox 3 has a way to attract users' attention to these dangers. When you visit a site that is potentially vulnerable, Firefox will bring up a full screen warning. Just one more click will be fully explained why the site has a reason to block it. Or simply, simply click on 'Get me out of here' to return to your home page. Or if you feel confident about the security of the site, there is a link that allows you to give up the warning and continue access.

4. Bookmark facilities

If you feel like you are interested in a website during your web surfing, click the star icon in the address bar to save it in your Bookmark.

Firefox 3's bookmarks are now managed by a database, which means you don't need to spend time sorting and adjusting the folders in it. What's more, Firefox 3 also gives you the ability to automatically bring bookmarked web pages to folders that match certain criteria.

5. Perfect Zoom feature

For Firefox 2, zooming in or out on a page can distort the site because parts of the web page cannot be put on the same scale. Only the text will be 'zoomed in', while the image portion of the web page will remain the same.

This weakness has been completely fixed in Firefox 3, enlarging or reducing a web page will bring all parts of the site to the same rate. The web page after being 'zoomed in' still holds the same size ratio as the previous one.

Another advantage of Firefox is the Full-Screen feature, which takes the site to the full screen, without retaining the address bar and 'tab' bar as in Firefox 2. In case you need to switch The page you just hovered over the position above the address bar screen and the tab bar will automatically appear again.