Should you upgrade to firefox 3 ?

Firefox 3 : More quicker and safer, the new version of Web browser of the Mozilla Foundation has been downloaded by 8.3 million Internet users in 24 hours. Petit overview of news behind this enthusiasm.

– Available free for Windows XP and Vista, Mac OS X and Linux (www.mozilla-europe.org), Firefox 3 takes the innovations of its predecessors: opening pages in tabs, customizable search box (Google, Yahoo !, Amazon, Wikipedia, etc..), Blocking pop-up, respect of Web standards, security options, restitution of pages after a power failure, and so on.

– Among its new features, the software displays web pages two to three times faster than the previous version. Its area of address has a function that avoids capture the exact address of a website: just type a keyword (or a term in the site address) for a list of suggestions from bookmarks and sites previously consulted. It may also involve a web page to a keyword to find more easily.

– Firefox 3 allows for more information on the identity of the site to which you connect by clicking on its icon in the address bar. It may even know how many times one has visited this site, it uses “cookies” and if the password has been registered. The software displays a warning when one reaches a site containing viruses or spyware. He also points out the sites falsified abusing visitors pretending to secure sites and can go hand-in antivirus software on the computer after a download.

– Among other options, there is compatibility with parental control settings of Windows Vista, the manager of passwords and the ability to erase all traces of navigation.

– Firefox 3 is easy to customize: you can change its appearance, change the default search engine and add-ons to download. For example, to facilitate the transfer of photos or playing videos, manage online auctions or censor advertisements on Web pages. In total, more than 5 000 modules of all kinds are available, including three quarters work with the new version of the browser. The other will be updated.

– Main criticisms: some security holes still to be verified. As the son of reading information RSS, increasingly practised on the Web, it is regrettable that it is not better care