New Firefox

I've become a beta tester of Firefox 3, and I'm very impressed that it is more nimble. It also seems to be smaller and require less memory! If this was the only improvement, I'd be pleased, although I know there are more goodies beneath the hood; here are some highlights:

1. Simple & elegant system for managing add-on's


2. New "Places" system simplifies bookmarks and history, using SQL*Lite


3. Increased security for downloads, tying in with virus scanners


4. The gecko 1.9 rendering engine is now based on the Cairo vector graphics library


5. CSS rendering passes the ACID2 test


6. Better OS platform integration with Vista & Mac


7. New thumbnail images for tab management, like IE7


8. SysAdmin friendly features like silent install

RIP Netscape

AOL will let Netscape the browser rest in peace after this month; they're officially ending support for their product and helping customers to migrate to Flock or Firefox.