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These days it can be a bit difficult to get oneself excited about the release of a new version of a web browser, for the simple reason that it’s something that happens far too often. But if for some reason you still want to get your hands on Firefox 11 just before its official release on Tuesday, you can do so as the said version seems to have slipped out ahead of time.
As is so often the case, the final version of Firefox 11 became available ahead of schedule on Mozilla’s FTP site over the weekend. The direct download links, though, don’t seem to be working any longer -- not a bad thing considering how early downloads from the outfit’s FTP site can put its servers under a lot of stress. Not only that, according to one report, Mozilla is said to be preparing an update to replace this particular version. All said, it’s still possible to download Firefox 11, albeit from third-party sites like Download Crew and Major Geeks.
As far as new features are concerned, there is nothing to write home about. Firefox 11 brings the ability to migrate bookmarks, history, and cookies from Google Chrome. It also features a much improved Sync feature, which now includes the ability to synch add-ons across computers. The complete list of new features can be found here.
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pastorbob
March 13, 2012 at 6:48am
So what? I am quite content with IE 9. I tried Firefox and did not see the supposed huge difference in speed. Not to mention that it wouldn't access many of the sites I frequent and cludged my system up. I spent the better part of a day getting it back to where it was. Of course that was a couple of versions ago but why mess with what already works?
As I said IE 9 works jusr fine for me.
Maktaka
March 13, 2012 at 6:55pm
I can tell from your last sentence though that IE still lacks a built-in spell checker. :p
kixofmyg0t
March 12, 2012 at 11:03pm
The ability to switch stuff from Chrome.....LOL. Nice feature since Chrome is now losing market share.
I tried Chrome, way slower than Firefox and now Chrome is the memory hog. Waterfox FTW.
