Firefox 4 Released! What's There in Store For Linux Users?
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 |
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Firefox 4 is finally released today by Mozilla that brings a feature packed, fast, minimal and a secure next generation web browser to the world.
So what is there for Linux users? Lets check it out:
Tabs on Top
Tabs now stay above the address bar, very similar to Google Chrome.
Firefox Sync
Sync your browser history, passwords, bookmarks and open tabs from anywhere on your computer or mobile device.
Sync your browser history, passwords, bookmarks and open tabs from anywhere on your computer or mobile device.
Awesome Bar
Quickly access your opened tabs, history and bookmarks just by typing into address bar.
Addon Bar
Installed addons can be accessed from dedicated addon bar at the bottom.
Addons Manager
New interface for add-on manager and some restartless addons from new Jetpack addon framework.
App Tabs
Easily pin your favorite sites.
Panorama
Group and manage your tabs better with Panorama.
Better Integration with GTK Themes
Integrate better with your GTK theme colors and looks better with Metacity.
Unified Menu Button
Single unified menu gives you fast access to your menu items and preferences.
Do Not Track
Protects your privacy by sending 'Do Not Track' headers.
Hardware Acceleration
Hardware acceleration is enabled by default on supported graphic drivers.
Performance Boost and Crash Protection
New faster JägerMonkey JavaScript engine for faster web page rendering and crash protection for Adobe Flash.
Web Standards
Web Standards
Built-in Support for HTML 5, CSS3, WebGL and other cutting edge web technologies.
Check out detailed, full list of features here
Also Check out the video
Check out detailed, full list of features here
Also Check out the video
Download Instructions
Download the tarball from here, extract it and run the file Firefox from the folder.
To install from PPA, add the Firefox 4 stable PPA to your sources. Just run the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firefox
Real Time Stats
Seems like everyone out there want to try Firefox 4.
Real Time Download Stats for Firefox 4
P.S. Do not like addon bar at the bottom? Check out our post on how to remove it and move your add-on shortcuts anywhere you like.
Download the tarball from here, extract it and run the file Firefox from the folder.
To install from PPA, add the Firefox 4 stable PPA to your sources. Just run the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firefox
Real Time Stats
Seems like everyone out there want to try Firefox 4.
Real Time Download Stats for Firefox 4
P.S. Do not like addon bar at the bottom? Check out our post on how to remove it and move your add-on shortcuts anywhere you like.
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