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Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 on March 10

Posted by sudhirmangla March 9, 2009

Yesterday Mozilla updated its release schedule to include Firefox 3.1 Beta 3, set to go live on March 10th at 2pm PST. Whether or not it actually lands in the hands of public end-users is another question. Believe it or not, Firefox 3.1 hasn’t seen a major upgrade since June 2008, however hopeful users seeking new features and improvements of the Internet browser can expect to see Beta 3 to go live on March 10. This is, of course, will only happen if the current version actually went into code... Read more »

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Firefox tops list of 12 most vulnerable applications

Posted by sudhirmangla January 2, 2009

Mozilla’s flagship Firefox browser has earned the dubious title of the most vulnerable software program running on the Windows platform. According to application whitelisting vendor Bit9, Firefox topped the list of 12 widely deployed desktop applications that suffered through critical security vulnerabilities in 2008. These flaws exposed millions of Windows users to remote code execution attacks. The other applications on the list are all well-known and range from browsers to media players, to... Read more »

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Firefox 3 Memory Benchmarks and Comparison – Safari Appears the Worst

Posted by sudhirmangla July 4, 2008

Web browser performance is an often talked-about and flaunted thing, but many claims are not really backed up by solid evidence. I wrote software that collected millions of data points over 14 hours of actual browsing time, and this article reveals my findings. Problem Many people load hundreds of web pages, sometimes at the same time, often over periods of 3+ hours. Users complain about the memory usage of Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer, and we need a way to identify which browsers... Read more »

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Firefox 3 CPU Usages Problem

Posted by sudhirmangla June 27, 2008

I installed Firefox 3 on Windows XP SP3 on my dell laptop. The Firefox process CPU usage keeps varying between 2-3% and 6-7%. I was totally surprised by this behavior, how such popular software is having so obvious problem. His is really a very serious issue. It can drain your laptop battery very quickly. My advice to all the users of this blog is to stay away from Firefox 3 till they release an update to fix the issue. You may think of switching back to Firefox 2 or may be even to internet explorer. After... Read more »

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