Mozilla Firefox is light version of open source web browser. It has been launched in 2004 and was the first ever browser to challenge the dominance of Microsoft internet explorer. Firefox is featured in the top recognized browsers in the world. The main features of Firefox is its simple user interface, strong and secure capabilities and fast speed of the browser. It is mainly popular because of the security and protection for users. The web browser has streamlined process for visual tweaks and have secure add-on development processes.
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Pros
Certification:
Firefox attempts to make add-ons in a safe manner with necessary certifications. The developers need to adhere to the standards to continue with the add-ons. The standardization reduces the risks of malicious attacks on system.
Utility of Search Box:
The search queries are taken in the search box which is right to the address bar. Firefox can search for sites such as Wikipedia, Amazon, and IMDB directly without loading the sites. This is helpful in case of low internet connections and data caps.
Smooth Navigation Options:
The settings of Firefox are very clean and categorized with various sub0-categories and tabs in the panes. The question mark box in right side can be used for further setting explanations.
Enhanced Security of Passwords:
The passwords saved in the browsers are encrypted in Firefox and the passwords can be completely protected with a master password. This functions does not transmits the passwords into cloud storage for better safety of private and confidential information and have local storage of passwords.
Easy Scroll Options:
Firefox have a very easy scroll option for Page up/Page Down, arrow keys. The scroll option is not as slick as in other web browsers.
Personalization
The web browser allows the use to customize the navigation toolbar with easy drag and drop options and also allows to discover and install various add-ons in the browser for enhanced experience.
Cons
Interface:
The interface of Firefox could have been betters and there is no way to resize the icons and buttons. It is difficult to differentiate the original menu and compact menu in the browser.
Add-on option:
The add-on option of Firefox does not provide much relevant results as compared to the Google web browser.
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Bottom Line
Firefox is not completely different from other web browsers in the market but it is still an excellent browser which performs well in the competition and exceeds in the areas of security and protection concerns.
Publisher’s Description
Mozilla Firefox is a well featured browser and includes various new features such as tab browsing, pop-up blocking, privacy controls and overall a streamlined browser to show more than one pages. The additional features such as add-on options are also of great use to the users.
Change Log
The new version of Firefox comes with disabled asynchronous plugin initialization. The updated version is fixed with various issues such as start-up crash, segmentation fault, regression with some specific fonts, broken use of combo box for specific sites and also, fixed missing partner codes and security concerns.
