2014-05-06



Mozilla has expelled Firefox 29, a many poignant renovate of a Web browser given 2011. The latest chronicle of Firefox incorporates a sleeker pattern and several facilities that have already been a partial of other Web browsers. In many ways, Firefox 29 plays locate adult to Chrome, a opposition done by Google.

Fortunately for Mozilla, Firefox 29 arrives during a ideal time. Microsoft this week released a warning to users of Internet Explorer, vouchsafing them know of a vital bug that will not be patched until May 13.

Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac users can download a latest chronicle of Firefox today. Below are a many poignant new facilities of a new browser.

1. Sleek, winding tabs

The demeanour of Firefox has shifted divided from a straight-edged, blocky pattern to one that some-more rarely incorporates a use of curves. This is many conspicuous within Firefox 29′s tabs, that now strongly resemble those of Google Chrome.

But distinct Chrome, Firefox creates an bid to prominence a add-on users are now observation and blur divided all others to discharge distractions.

2. Firefox Menu

Mozilla has combined a new “Firefox Menu” that is designed to make it easier for users to find some of a pivotal facilities of Firefox, including a new window, new private window, preferences and several other options. Previously, these facilities were a small some-more tucked away.

3. Customizablity

Within a Firefox Menu, users will find a “Customize” option. Clicking that will concede users to collect and select what facilities they wish in a menu as good as other tools of a browser. Users can change a facilities they embody in a navigation bar and they can flip wave a URL margin with a hunt field. Users can also discharge a hunt margin altogether and make Firefox 29 demeanour even some-more like Google Chrome.

4. Firefox Sync

Mozilla has also introduced what it calls Enhanced Firefox Sync service. This underline creates it probable for users to simply send their Firefox facilities — including their settings, their history, their bookmarks and some-more — from one device to another. By formulating a Firefox account, users can send their facilities from mechanism to mechanism or to a mobile, Android chronicle of Firefox.

Previous versions of Firefox Sync have existed, though this chronicle creates a routine most easier to use. This is another underline already found on Chrome as good as Apple’s Safari browser.

5. Easy-to-find bookmarks

In Firefox 29, Mozilla has done it easier for users to conduct and find their bookmarks. A bookmark manager idol is now found within a navigation bar, subsequent to a star idol that is used to bookmark pages. The new idol highlights users’ bookmarks some-more prominently.

Bonus Easter Egg

When customizing, users will find a special Easter Egg by stealing each singular underline from a Firefox Menu. The Easter Egg is a stupid unicorn that bounces around a totally privileged Firefox Menu.

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