Firefox 3 Beta 4 is 5x faster than IE7, 3x faster than FF2

The almost-but-not-quite-final beta of Firefox 3 (FF3 beta 4) is now available for download. The most noticeable improvement is speed. In some tests, it's three times faster than Firefox 2 (meaning the test completes in 1/3 the time), and a whopping five times faster than IE 7: ...

Mon Mar 10 20:01:21 PDT 2008

Mozilla's Firefox 3, Beta 4 faster, touts UI changes, Vista integration

Mozilla says that the fourth beta of its Firefox 3 browser is available to download with more than 900 enhancements, better handling of memory and interface tweaks for Vista. According to Mozilla's developer site, Firefox 3 beta 4 includes the following (also see What's new document). Paula ...

Tue Mar 11 03:00:25 PDT 2008

News to know: Firefox 3 beta 4; Microsoft's mesh; IT metrics

Larry Dignan: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Untangling Microsoft's mesh This is why I'll always remain a Microsoft skeptic Larry Dignan: Cloud computing hasn't gone Fortune 500 yet, but it's coming Michael Krigsman: 13 reasons IT hates metrics Ed Burnette: Firefox 3 Beta 4 is 5x faster than IE7, 3x faster than FF2. Paula Rooney: Firefox 3 beta 4 now available for testing Matthew Miller: Sprint HTC Mogul update brings us the first EV-DO Rev A Windows Mobile device Garett Rogers: Beta AdWords feature spends your budget automatically Liberty's Malone: Diller ran IAC as if he owned it Nate McFeters: Concerned over Apple iPhone's third-party development and deployment model? Yep. The Gmail password hijacking incident: When so-called helpful apps hurt Cisco amends its patch schedule; Next batch March 26 Google: Paid click decline ...

Tue Mar 11 02:05:14 PDT 2008

Firefox 3 beta 4 now available for testing

Firefox 3 is closer to the finish line with the release of beta 4 tonight. The release, posted as expected Monday evening, offers testers a variety of enhancements included more refined user interfaces for Windows, Mac and Linux, enhanced search in the Download Manager, performance improvements via ...

Mon Mar 10 22:01:11 PDT 2008