Mozilla has released version 13 of its popular browser Firefox yesterday. This new Firefox 13 comes with a fresh look and brings some exciting features like SPDY for faster browsing, reset button to regain crashes, revamped new Tab Page and home page, etc. All these features give users a much better browsing experience. Here are top 6 features that makes you try Firefox 13.
The latest release of Firefox 13 contains a number of new features. Among them, redesigned new Home Page, New Tab page, Reset to Default feature and support for Tabs on Demand are notable features. Here is what “New Tab” page in Firefox 13 is and how to hide or disable this feature.
Mozilla lab partnered with Blekko search engine has released an experimental add-on called Blekko that gives Firefox users a new take on instant search results. It enables user direct navigation to search result page from search bar auto-completion drop down list. If the auto-completion is not navigational, then the corresponding search result page will be shown. It provides for search previews as well.
After introducing the Android version, the iPhone exclusive photo-sharing app Instagram has achieved massive popularity. Instagram (recently purchased by Facebook) lets you take photos, apply filters and easily share your work on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram’s own social network.
Flash, Java and PDF are most insecure browser plug-ins. If you have no control over them, there are chances for malware infection via these plug-ins, especially when you surfing through shady websites. Chrome and Opera has built-in option called “Click to Play” to control such plug-ins and now Mozilla has announced that version 14 of Firefox (schedule to release in July) will have Click to Play feature to boost its security.
Read It is a handy Chrome extension that allows you to remove ads and banners from webpage and lets you read the article with full comfort. With a click, Read It instantly removes all clutters from the webpage letting users view only most relevant content in clean text. You can also save the clip for later reading, when you’re offline.