Firefox 4 Preview - Foxy, sharp and fast!
Greetings, children of the Internets! Mozilla is about to unleash their fourth major release of Firefox, the highly popular web browser that has started the revolution and torn the supremacy away from Internet Explorer. Since, the Web has become a rich battlefield, with new browsing coming out, better, smarter, faster, and more elegant.
With Google Chrome nipping tightly at its heels, Firefox version 4 must make a great impression. It's all about user experience. It's all about speed. And even though some of the hype may be overrated, hence the term, hype, it's irrelevant any longer. People want bling bling and they want warp speed. To let you know what you're up against, I decided to take the latest beta for an early spin. This preview will tell you how good Firefox 4 is really going to be and whether you should start salivating now - or writing an obituary. Or something else entirely.
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downloadsquad.com: Clearly, the status bar's days are numbered. Even Internet Explorer 9 has removed the bottom-dwelling bar in favor of inline tooltips.
Now, in the latest updates to Firefox 4, Mozilla's browser has moved status bar link previews to the right-hand side of the Awesome Bar. Hover a link, and the destination URL appears in soft, gray text. Sure, it looks OK when you're currently viewing a page with a nice, short URL -- but what about on something like an Amazon product page?
Take the jump to see!