Firefox 3.5 is Available for Download

Firefox is all set for the major update sometime later today but If you do not want to wait for the  update and want it beforehand go ahead and download Firefox 3.5 for your chosen Platform using the following Links.

Download Firefox 3.5 for Windows, Linux and Mac.

Note : Be careful while updating to a Newer version manually. Some of your add-ons might not be compatible with the updated version so you should always backup your Firefox installation completely before Upgrading manually.

Top Features Of Firefox 3.5

1.Html 5 Support ,Treats Videos as Webpages : Firefox 3.5  will let you view  videos tagged between HTML5 video tag  without requiring the flash player. If you are viewing a page that has been coded in HTML 5 firefox 3.5 will render the video more quickly as if it is a part of the same webpage and not any external flash content. A Superb Improvement that makes video integration more simpler. Just Upgrade to Firefox 3.5 and Try viewing this video without the flash Player.

2.Undo closed Window : Serious drawback of Firefox Being fixed. Well there were keyboard Shortcuts to bring back an accidentally closed tab But it is difficult to memorize each and every  keyword. Firefox 3.5 has implemented a restore feature for both tabs and Windows in the History menu so You can easily restore accidentally closed tabs and windows.

What Makes the restore feature interesting is that any Text Typed into the closed window is also restored. So If You have typed in a long comment  in a comment form and closed the window accidentally then upon restoring , the comment text is also restored.

3. Delete a particular Site from History  : The Updated Version allows you to delete a particular entry from Firefox History. You can selectively Choose Which Sites to delete so in case of any mischief that you have done just make sure you delete them and not the entire history of Firefox.

4. Open tabs in a New window By Just Drag and Drop : Too late To be included but However better late than never. Now you can Open a New tab Into a New Window by Just dragging the tab out of the firefox window. You can also open a tab into a New Window from the right click context menu.

Google chrome and safari 4 has this feature inbuilt already and now Firefox 3.5 Joins the team .

5. Easier and Efficient Tab restoration

Firefox is Known to consume heavy amount of memory and it often results in crashing the browser. Firefox 3.5 has included a Session restore feature allowing you to select which tabs to restore in case  Firefox closed unexpectedly. Somewhat similar to Google’s chrome task manager and it’s a much sought after improvement. ( also see : Simple hacks to reduce firefox memory usage )

6. One click Private Browsing  Mode added

Quite similar to Google chrome’s”Incognito mode” a New option is added in Tools as “Start private browsing “. Allows you to privately browse the web and it does  not stores your Visited pages, Form and Search entries,passwords,downloads,cookies,cache and History. So If you have to do an email check on your friends computer Just hit on the private browsing Mode , Do your stuff and get away.

Read more of the Firefox 3.5  features at lifehacker

And here is a wonderful screencast of the new features of Firefox 3.5. Enjoy !

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