Firefox 3.5 is known as "Upgrading the entire Internet"

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Bkjia.com was quickly translated from toutiao on September 18] Mozilla officially released the latest version of Firefox 3.5, which was originally codenamed "Shiretoki Hokkaido National Park". Firefox 3.5 was developed based on Firefox 3.1, it took up to one year to develop, and according to reports before bkjia.com, Firefox browser users reached 0.5 billion, it seems that Firefox 3.5 will bring a new round of Firefox tide.

Firefox 3.5 uses the latest TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, which accelerates script performance and is three times faster than Firefox 3.0. In addition, in terms of tag browsing, security, and support for HTML 5 standards such as video and offline storage, the performance of Firefox 3.5 has also been greatly improved. If Firefox 3.5 is satisfactory, according to 51cto.com, Firefox3.6 has been developed. Let's take a look at the exciting new feature "next-generation Firefox function decryption" in Firefox 3.6.

The launch of the new Firefox browser is at a time when major browsers have launched new versions to snatch users. At present, Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 and Apple's Safari 4 have been launched, google's Chrome 3 is also under intense development, and competition is killing. Readers interested in bkjia.com may wish to take a look at this article Microsoft Update. NET, secretly destroying FireFox, you may also want to look at the three browsers in the eyes of ordinary users: Firefox, Chrome & IE browser in my eyes.

Because Firefox already has more than 0.2 billion million users, Mozilla attaches great importance to the release of new browsers, which they think will be an event that has a wide impact on the Internet.

"We don't think this is just a browser upgrade," said Mike Beltzner, Mozilla's Firefox director. "We have installed various free and open source technologies in Firefox 3.5, this will upgrade the entire internet." Obviously, this is not the first time Mozilla has praised its own products. We can refer to bkjia.com's article "Mozilla claims that FireFox 3.5 will be twice faster than version 3.0".

Although the improvement in processing speed is an important improvement of Firefox 3.5, it seems to Mozilla that providing support for the new HTML 5 network standard is the biggest impact it brings.

Firefox 3.5 supports a series of HTML 5 standards, including video and offline storage. In terms of video, the new HTML5 video tag allows users to run videos directly in the browser without any external plug-in players. Of course, Safari 4 and Chrome 3 have also provided support for HTML 5 videos.

Offline storage is another key HTML 5 feature enabled in Firefox 3.5. It provides users with the ability to offline store network/software as a service SaaS) type data. Beltzner explained that Mozilla's offline storage method provides APIs that allow developers to create data objects and perform many common functions, such as searching, storing, and updating.
Offline storage has great potential, Beltzner believes, especially for large social media companies such as Facebook.

"We have been discussing database storage with Facebook. We asked them, if they want to use offline applications, what are their actual needs ?" Said Beltzner. "I agree with this open cooperation, which will help us upgrade the Internet together ." In any case, the release of Firefox3.5 plays an important role in the development of Firefox. We can view the article "Firefox3.5 release significance: Check Firefox Evolution History" by bkjia.com.

Font

One of the most obvious changes in Firefox 3.5 is to provide network developers with support for CSS Web Font.

"You can think about it. Over the years, network designers have been using almost 10 fonts, so that they can reliably ensure the same effect on everyone's computer," Beltzner said.

Beltzner explained that in the past, network developers had to specify a font for the page, which must have been installed on the user's local computer; otherwise, the user end would use the default font for display. The CSS network font pattern has changed this point. Now, in CSS network fonts, developers can almost specify any font they want.

"For example, you can use handwriting. In the new mode, this is only a 20 K file," said Beltzner. "So when the browser accesses the webpage, we download the font and render the webpage. When you leave the page, we will remove the font ."

Tag browsing and security

Using tag browsing is one of the highlights of earlier Firefox versions. In version 3.5, Mozilla has added some updates to this expert skill, improving the tag Usage Performance.

Firefox 3.5 now has the ability to tear up tags. Users can drag tags from one browser window to another. The new version also includes the function of restoring closed windows. This is a feature extension based on the Firefox 3 Series, allowing users to restore closed tags from history.

In terms of security, Firefox 3.5 will be the first Mozilla Browser with a private browser, which is already available in Safari, Chrome, and IE. In private browser mode, all history records and cookie information in a browser session are discarded immediately when the browser is closed.

Firefox 3.5 also adds some patterns in the private browser mode, which Beltzner calls "post hoc after this. Firefox 3.5 users can now Delete historical records and cookie information based on the previous hour or two hours, which is indeed a little more advanced than deleting or retaining all the information in other browsers.

In addition, there is also a "Forget this Site forgot this Website" function, you can right-click the operation in the history, delete all access records and related cookies for a specific website.

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