Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Firefox 3 Features
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Saved by 25 people (4 private), first by anonymouse user on 2008-05-21
- Amckague on 2008-07-15 - Tags firefox
- Web20dozent on 2008-07-02 - Tags no_tag
- Skooks777 on 2008-06-17 - Tags firefox , firefox3 , lifehacker
- Hennerfehr on 2008-06-17 - Tags firefox , features , software , browser
- Dginsberg on 2008-06-01 - Tags no_tag
Public Sticky notes
Most noticeably when you first switch, the Back button only appears on the address bar if there is a page to go back to, and when it does, it's bigger and easier to click.
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Firefox 3 has stronger filters and protection against malware, phishing sites, cookies, and other tools that compromise privacy and security.
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A malware warning shows up when you visit sites known to install malicious software, Firefox 3 doesn't show the content of knock-off sites (like PayPal "Update Your Account" phishing scams) by default, and Firefox 3 checks against Google's ever-growing blacklist of phishing sites.
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Gran Paradiso's download manager lets you search through recent files, resume big downloads after a crash or restart, and lets you keep an eye on your transfers in the status bar.
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, Firefox 3's new Smart Bookmarks function can analyze your browsing habits and create lists of links based on it.
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Firefox 3's address bar, now dubbed the Smart Location Bar, helps you get to your frequently visited, or recently discovered, sites in super-quick fashion.
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Firefox's engineers claim that their third major release is 9.3 times faster than Internet Explorer 7 in JavaScript performance, and 2.7 times faster than Firefox 2.
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Public Comment
on 2008-05-25 by alextsui05