WebBand Blog

Tuesday, Mozilla released the latest version of Firefox. Version 3.0 adds several new features and is touted to be the fastest web browser available. I’ve been playing with the new program since it was released in beta a few months ago and agree with most reports – it is fast and very user friendly. Here are a few details on the new program:

Performance: The program loads pages a lot faster than IE or version 2.0. It manages memory better, as well as web technology, like JavaScript. This will increase performance as your surf the web.

Security: Version 3.0 adds an anti-phishing feature. This will alert you to websites that are trying to gain access to your PC and steal data. It also adds an auto update feature. This is a much needed improvement – patches and security updates will automatically download when they become available.

Awesome Bar: The address bar has changed a bit and been dubbed “The Awesome Bar.” Time will tell if this is truly awesome, but it keeps track of the sites you go to most often and will display them when you begin typing in the address bar. So far, my experience is that this is a great feature.

For a complete list of features, follow the link below:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/features/

We’ve updated our link to download the program. It is only 7MB – only a few seconds for DSL customers and very manageable for dial-up.