My OperaFirefox out with 2nd Beta of V.1.5
Sunday, October 9, 2005 2:38:11 PM
Firefox marks gains for new browser edition
Plugged In: Firefox vs. IE Battle Heats Up
Sr. Assoc. Ed.
Eric Dahl, PC World
Firing Up the New Firefox
The Buzz: Get ready for the next round of the heavyweight browser fight. Mozilla has officially released version 1.5 of its excellent Firefox browser, to be followed soon after by the beta release of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7. Automatic updating receives a major revamp in the 1.5 version: If you want, Firefox will download critical updates by itself when your Web connection is idle and then alert you when patches are ready to install. Improved pop-up blocking and the ability to reorganize browser tabs by dragging and dropping them are also in the offing. Live Bookmarks--Firefox's already impressive method of simplifying the discovery and bookmarking of RSS feeds--get a boost as well.
For a hands-on look at the beta, read in PC World "A Quick Look at the Firefox 1.5 Beta":
http://blogs.pcworld.com/techlog/archives/000897.html?tk=tpx
For details on Firefox 1.5, read in PC World "Firefox Browser Upgrade Now Available":
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,122459,tk,tpx,00.asp
Bottom Line: Microsoft's feature list for Internet Explorer 7--including tabbed browsing, integrated Web searching and RSS, and antiphishing technology--should do a lot to help IE catch up. But browsers like Firefox and Opera established themselves as the true innovators long ago, and many of us have simply moved on.
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Plugged In: Firefox vs. IE Battle Heats Up
Sr. Assoc. Ed.
Eric Dahl, PC World
Firing Up the New Firefox
The Buzz: Get ready for the next round of the heavyweight browser fight. Mozilla has officially released version 1.5 of its excellent Firefox browser, to be followed soon after by the beta release of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7. Automatic updating receives a major revamp in the 1.5 version: If you want, Firefox will download critical updates by itself when your Web connection is idle and then alert you when patches are ready to install. Improved pop-up blocking and the ability to reorganize browser tabs by dragging and dropping them are also in the offing. Live Bookmarks--Firefox's already impressive method of simplifying the discovery and bookmarking of RSS feeds--get a boost as well.
For a hands-on look at the beta, read in PC World "A Quick Look at the Firefox 1.5 Beta":
http://blogs.pcworld.com/techlog/archives/000897.html?tk=tpx
For details on Firefox 1.5, read in PC World "Firefox Browser Upgrade Now Available":
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,122459,tk,tpx,00.asp
Bottom Line: Microsoft's feature list for Internet Explorer 7--including tabbed browsing, integrated Web searching and RSS, and antiphishing technology--should do a lot to help IE catch up. But browsers like Firefox and Opera established themselves as the true innovators long ago, and many of us have simply moved on.
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