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Firefox 3 Final - Released

Utkarsh Kukreti — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:58:13 +0000

Firefox 3 Final isnt available to download directly yet, but it has been found in the FTP Server of mozilla.org.

Those who are too desperate to download it (like me) can download it from ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/3.0/win32/en-US/Firefox Setup 3.0.exe

This is not any joke or anything. It’s for real! I have also downloaded it and it’s working really great! If you download Firefox 3 from here, your download wont be counted in the Firefox 3 pledge, if you want your download to be counted, then don’t download now or you can download it 2 times

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We’re not quite ready yet!

We’re just as excited as you are for our upcoming release, but we’re still putting the finishing touches on Firefox 3: preparing the new mozilla.com website, getting our severs ready for downloads, and doing our final pre-launch checks. You can follow our progress if you’d like!

The files in this directory are - for now - only meant to be used by our testers. Downloading them directly can harm our ability to distribute Firefox efficiently, and will also not be counted as part of our attempt to set a Guiness World Record for the most software downloads in a day.

If you’d like to be notifed the minute that we launch, please go to sign up for Download Day. Or just head over to getfirefox.com on Tuesday, June 17th after 10am PDT.

With over 1 million pledges, it certainly looks that Mozilla Firefox will set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours.

Opera 9.5 Released

Utkarsh Kukreti — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:23:47 +0000

Opera.com today officially announced the release of Opera 9.5.

It is claimed to be 50% faster than the previous versions. Other new features include Opera Link, which syncs your Opera settings, notes, and bookmarks everywhere you go, Quick Find, which lets you quickly search for websites not only by their address but also by their content, and a sleek new default skin (Just like Firefox 3 which is still in Beta). Opera has also claimed that the latest version starts up much faster, and handles third party plug-ins faster, too. Support for web standards is also improved.

Firefox 3 Final - To be released on 17th June

Utkarsh Kukreti — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:30:55 +0000

Mozilla has finally announced the release date of the most its software version - 3.0

Firefox 3.0 will be released on the 17th of June this year. (5 days to go)

Opera 9.50 Updated To Beta 2

Utkarsh Kukreti — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:58:09 +0000

Opera just now announced the release of 9.50 beta 2 of its browser. There are many changes in this version compared to beta 1. These include changes in the User Interface, Shortcuts, Mail, Chat, Feeds, Display, Scripting, and Security

The original Release Note is as follows

Changes Since Opera 9.50 Beta 1

User Interface

Full text history search is now part of the address field, with better results and better performance.

Introduced a new security notification scheme in the address field; see Security.

Added alternative tab-closing behaviors. The preferences now include the following options when closing a tab:

Activate the last active tab (default)

Activate the next tab

Activate first tab opened from current tab

New spatial navigation highlighting, similar to the one used in Opera Mini 4 and the Wii browser.

Shortcuts

Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right for Back and Forward are no longer specific to Mac, but also apply to Windows/Unix.

“Save Draft” shortcut Ctrl+S removed due to the new autosaving of drafts (change is not new but was not listed in previous documentation).

Shortcut for “Add attachment” in the compose window is now Ctrl+O instead of Ctrl+S.

Shortcut Ctrl+Enter now sends a message, in addition to Ctrl+Shift+S.

Changed the handling of “Delete” in mail filter views, with Shift+Del for “Move to Trash” and Del for “Remove from Filter View”, in place of Ctrl+X.

Shortcut for “Duplicate Tab” has been removed.

Shortcut for “Reopen Closed Tab” has been changed from Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z to Ctrl+Shift+T

Changes in Keyboard Shortcuts between Opera 9.27 and 9.50 Beta 2

Mail, Chat, and Feeds

Improved IMAP performance and reliability.

Faster startup times on systems with NTFS and ReiserFS file systems.

Improved search results in Opera Mail when using Quick Find.

Opera can now be set as the default mail application from the control panel.

Improved feed download speed when there are many existing feed messages.

Reduced CPU usage when downloading torrents.

Numerous bug fixes and optimizations.

Display and Scripting

Added MathML support. See the article on Dev.Opera.

Opera now cloaks document.all. See the discussion on Hallvord’s blog.

Improved performance of Web pages with XMLHttpRequest (AJAX).

Added support for getClientRects and getBoundingClientRect.

Added support for the CSS color and background-color properties for the ::selection pseudo-element.

ACID3

Zero bytes in encodeURIComponent and encodeURI are now handled correctly.

Unicode escapes can no longer be used to put non-identifier characters into identifiers.

getSVGDocument is now supported in an iframe.

createDocumentType now throws an exception for malformed qualified name.

Fixed NodeFilter returning true => 1.

Fixed HTMLTableRowElement.rowIndex and .sectionRowIndex returning undefined for table rows created via DOM.

HTMLButtonElement.type now defaults to “submit”.

Fixed form control collection not indexed by name when outside the main document tree.

Fixed Range.surroundContents().

Fixed insertNode to not collapse range.

Fixed removeNamedItem() and removeNamedItemNS() to throw a not-found error.

Fixed NodeIterator to function well also under dynamic changes.

Fixed Date.UTC() to do proper 1900 year offsetting.

Miscellaneous

All mail and history searching now occurs in a separate processor thread.

Opera Link now synchronizes notes, in addition to bookmarks and Speed Dial entries.

New search.ini includes Google Images and Wikipedia.

Improved compatibility with Gmail 2.

Security

Improved back-end for Fraud Protection, now enabled by default.

Added support for Extended Validation (EV) certificates.

Added automatic updates of root certificates.

Introduced a new security notification scheme in the address field:

gold lock on green field for secure sites with Extended Validation

silver lock on yellow field for regular secure sites

question mark on gray field for HTTPS sites with problems

no notification for normal sites

fraud warning on red field for blacklisted sites

Opera now distinguishes between local servers on localhost, intranet servers, and remote servers on the Internet. Local servers can use remote resources, but not vice versa.

Windows-specific changes

Improved performance of painting on Web pages demanding graphics-intensive operations.

Windowless mode for Silverlight 1.1 now works.