Learn More About Firefox 3’s Site Identification Button

Comments · May 9, 2008 at 6:00 am · Firefox Security

Taking a deeper look at the new site identification button inside of Firefox 3, dria.org does a good job at taking it apart and showing you what it is all about.  Honestly, it takes the padlock in browsers past and puts a whole new useful spin on it.   No longer is it just a yes or no answer on if a site is safe.  You get all kinds of useful information delivered right to you in a way you have yet to see in a next generation browser.

Check out more about Firefox 3: Site Identification button!

Tags: features, Firefox Security, Firefox-3, protection, Resources

Making Your Smart Bookmarks Even Smarter

Comments (1) · May 8, 2008 at 6:29 am · Bookmark Help

Over at CyberNet they have posted a great guide on how to create your own smart bookmarks. Smart bookmarks are the new feature to Firefox 3 that allow you to bring up your saved links in new, unique and useful ways. For example, you could browse through your most recently bookmarked links, your most recently visited links, and so on.

Check out Create Your Own Smart Bookmarks in Firefox 3!

Tags: create, customize, Firefox-3, Resources, smart bookmarks

Firefox 3 Themes Get Named

Comments (2) · May 6, 2008 at 5:00 am · Firefox Themes

According to Mozilla Links, the new line of Firefox 3 themes all have their own names now:  Tango!, Strata, and Firelight.

Personally, I think I might like the Tango one the best.  The other day played with Strata some but still not a big fan of it.  I am sure it will also be only a matter of time before people release “classic” versions to make the theme look more like Firefox 2. 

Tags: design, Firefox Themes, Firefox-3, mozilla, names, preview

Firefox 3’s Color Profile Support

Comments · May 3, 2008 at 5:06 am · Firefox News

When it comes to tweaking some of the internals of Firefox, your average user won’t care that much - but for the graphic or photography nuts this next ‘bit of news should be exciting.  It seems that the color profile support for Firefox 3 will be better.  Although, the updated and upgraded is not enabled by default (due to resource issues) if you need it - it will be there.

This image above should give you a good idea of what you can look forward to once it is enabled.  See how Firefox 3’s color representation and Photoshop are just about the same?  I won’t lie, I am not as up on this color profile information as much as other may be so let me direct you to a great article that tackles this subject even deeper. 

One thing that has always irritated me about looking at pictures on the web is that browsers don’t seem to display photographs properly. And by “photographs” I really mean “colors”. I spend a lot of time tweaking pictures in Photoshop, but when I upload them to my Flickr account and look at them in Firefox 2 the colors aren’t the same — they’re more washed out, dull, and lifeless. It’s a subtle thing, but annoying nonetheless.

You can check more out about Firefox 3’s color profile support and what to look forward to on Firefox 3: Color profile support (oh the pretty, pretty colors) (a great article by the way) via dria.org.

Tags: better, color profile, colors, Firefox-3, photos, support

Metal Lion Theme Goes to Firefox 3

Comments (2) · May 2, 2008 at 5:10 am · Firefox Security, Firefox Themes

Still haven’t seen many, but hope to see more. What am I concerned with? Classic Firefox 2 themes that we have all known and loved on Firefox 3. It is not secret that news about themes have dropped some here and elsewhere due to the change from Firefox 2 to Firefox 3 but now it looks like Metal Lion is crossing the line.

Metal Lion - Andromeda gives Firefox 3 a classic sleek look, with your shinny blue icons. If the rest of you desktop is blue, this is the perfect fit for you. Ok, maybe I might be a little short on words for this design but it is a good one so lets let it speak for itself.

Tags: addons, andromeda, Firefox-3, Firefox-themes, metal lion

The Awesome Bar Excites Me!

Comments · April 23, 2008 at 6:23 am · Firefox News

I’ve been doing some additional reading this morning about Firefox’s address bar - which seems to be slowly converting over in the minds of the public to being renamed the awesome bar.

One of the features that makes the new address bar system really awesome is that it will match what your typing against the URLs, page titles and tags in your bookmarks and history - in turn giving you what you have been looking for.

The best news is that in Firefox 3 Beta 5, they have cut down a lot in the CPU power that is used when searching via the bar of awesomeness.

If you want more insight into the awesome bar and it’s development, go check out Edward Lee’s web site. Now I haven’t really been a huge bookmarker in the past, but with Firefox’s new address bar and bookmarking system I might have to rethink the way I browse the Web.

Tags: address, awesome bar, features, Firefox-3, history

Firefox 3 Faster than Safari Where?

Comments (2) · April 10, 2008 at 6:58 am · Firefox News

In a funny, yet surprising twist of fate it looks like the ZDNet guys found that using SunSpider JavaScript benchmark tests that Firefox 3 Beta 5 is faster than Safari 3.1… on a Mac! 

That has to be a little ‘bit of an embarrassment for the Apple team but good news for all the Apple users out there that are looking forward to trying out and switching to Firefox 3 - once the final version hits the streets.  Sure, the Safari wildebeests will say Firefox is only faster by a 7% margin but it is still a feather to be had in Mozilla’s proverbial cap.

Tags: Apple, benchmark, faster, Firefox News, Firefox-3, mac, Safari