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
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
Mozilla has confirmed that the next major re-haul of the Firefox browser, version 4.0, will likely be delayed into early 2011. The browser was originally slated for a Q3 2010 release.
Anticipated 3.6 and 3.7 updates will include security and stability enhancements, including separate processes for each tab, but will not include too many drastic changes. Firefox 4 on the other hand, will be given “Windows 7 look and feel,” says TGDaily.
Analysts say the delay is good news for Microsoft whose Internet Explorer 8 has been stealing back some market share since the release of Windows 7. By most estimates, IE still controls about 65 percent of the entire browser market with FF in second at around 23 percent.
