Mozilla had updated their popular Firefox browser to version 3.6.4 today, adding “crash protection.”
Crash Protection isolates third-party plug-ins when they crash, if you are using the Windows or Linux versions of the browser, allowing the main browser to remain stable.
If you are watching videos online, or playing games that require a third-party plug-in and that plug-in freezes, users can simply refresh their page and continue browsing “uninterrupted.”
As of version 3.6.4, Firefox offers “crash protection” for Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime and Microsoft Silverlight.
Firefox currently controls about 26 percent of overall browser market share.
Download the latest Firefox here: Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4
For more info on Crash Protection: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Crash_Protection
Result for: browser market share
BusinessInsider has posted their latest “Chart of the day,” and today’s shows how quickly Google’s Chrome browser is taking market share from rivals Internet Explorer and Firefox.
The fast, popular browser, which has been out for 18 months and has no marketing campaign, has taken about 7 percent of the market, according to new StatCounter figures, taking share from its rivals.
In terms of growth, Chrome has grown from 4 percent in September to its current figure, while IE fell from 58 percent to 55 percent and FF fell from 31 and fractions to 31.
Safari continues to grow as well (slowly), at the expense of Opera and IE.
Result for: browser market share
Mozilla has announced it will be releasing the final version of Firefox 3.5 tomorrow, the very last day of its own self imposed deadline.
The release comes little over a year after the official release of Firefox 3.0 and the distribution was accelerated by the quick release of release candidates, most of which were sent to users running 3.0.
Firefox 3.5, originally dubbed 3.1 but changed when more and more features were added to the release, will include a “faster JavaScript engine called TraceMonkey; a privacy mode, which some call “porn mode” for one of its more obvious applications; and location-aware browsing.”
Also notably, the updated browser will include HTML5 support and other enhanced scripting features.
According to recent Net Applications statistics, Firefox owns 22.51 of current browser market share, behind the clear leader Internet Explorer at 65.5 percent but taking more share every day.
