Opera software ASA today announced the final version of Opera browser 10 for Windows . We earlier covered the features of Opera 10 . At a glance the final version of Opera 10 include a redesigned user interface ,Opera Turbo ,expandable tabs ,developer tools , automatic updates , more languages ,new web standards support , and in-built spell checker .Opera 10 final is near 6.6 MB for full download . The browser is really fast companion for those who are on dial up internet . The opera turbo feature that can be enabled from the left bottom of browser window compresses files before they are arrived on user desktop . The quality of the images and text will be slightly lower , but you will see a faster page load time .

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The availability of addons ,themes and plugins are the most attractive features of Firefox web browser . Authors of the addons rewrite their product with each major Firefox releases .The recently released Firefox 3.5 was a major update .So now few non updated addons and themes gives error messages and incompatibility issues .But majority of users will not be in a situation to compromise on the new fastest Firefox version for this addon facility . So here is tip that would help you to Install old Firefox 2 and Firefox 3 addons and themes on Firefox 3.5 .

Install old addons and themes on Firefox 3.5 :

In the URL bar, enter about:config and hit enter .
I promise , I will be careful .
Now right click anywhere and select new Boolean from context menu .
Enter the preference name as extensions.checkCompatibility and hit OK.
Now set the Boolean value as False .

Now onwards Firefox 3.5 will not check addons and themes for incompatibility issues . So you can install old extensions if they are not still supported on the browser to some extend .

Mozilla Firefox 3 has been around for almost 10 months . Firefox 3 release date and the way they made it to the Guinness world records was the first story in this blog . Since then Firefox underwent different changes and seen new versions . In between Firefox 3 development ,they were also developing a special new version known as Firefox 3.1 . Firefox 3.1 was planned to be based on new JavaScript engine that makes the browser about 7 time faster then existing browsers . This version of browser completed three beta stages ,and later renamed to Firefox 3.5 considering the extra new features which were added to the do-list in between . The beta releases of Firefox 3.5 reached stage 4 and a release candidate , RC 1 and RC 2  were released . Developers, beta testers and normal users can now download Firefox 3.5 RC 2 . Firefox 3.5 final version will be will be available by the end of this month .

Mozilla Firefox 3.5 RC 2

Mozilla Firefox 3.5 features :

Private Browsing : Private browsing is a new feature introduced in Firefox 3.1 ,which later transfered to Firefox 3.5 .Private browsing let users to browse web pages anonymously without exposing privacy traces . This feature can be accessed from Tools menu in Firefox 3.5 .

New JavaScript engine : Google Chrome 3 and Safari 4 has a new version of JavaScript engine that makes the browsers little faster than the earlier version . Similarly, Firefox 3.5 also equipped with a new JavaScript engine named TraceMonkey that make it 2 time faster than existing Firefox 3 versions . New JavaSript engine will let users to edit images within Firefox widow without need of softwares like Photoshop and similar softwares .

New Firefox 3.5 logo : Firefox 3.5 has a redesigned logo as shown above

Support for HTML 5 and new CSS features: Firefox support new web standards like HTML 5 and latest CSS  . New HTML tags like video and audio will let users to play web videos without the need of special plugins or players .Firefox 3.5 will be also  able to play video in open source OGG format within browser window itself .
Web designers will be pleased with abilities of Firefox  3.5 supported CSS possibilities .  Designers need not worry about font missing issues in users machine  . Here they will be able to embed the required font in style sheet and users will not get notified about font issues .  Firefox  3.5 supports many other CSS tags to enhance the visual experience of users and easy working of web designers .

Easy to use tab structure just like in Google chrome .

Firefox 3.5 final will be available  within few days ,and for now you can download the  latest version Firefox 3.5 RC 2  here .

Download Firefox 3.5 final .