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Tuesday, July 13, 2004

More on new Firefox features

Neil's world: "I did a post yesterday about this but today I’ve downloaded a nightly branch build and so here’s the lowdown on what’s new ...

Update notifications. When I first launched Firefox after installing the nightly, it told me that Tabbrowser Extensions and Gmail Notifier had been updated, and offered to download them for me.

New ‘Web features’ option pane. The Web Features pane of the options dialog has been changed, largely to accommodate the new ‘Allow web sites to install software’ option.

Information bar. This feature is borrowed directly from IE6 SP2. If a popup or XPI install is blocked, then the information bar appears, telling the user what has happened, as opposed to merely showing a non-obvious icon in the status bar. With the popup message, you can click on the bar and it will let you show the popup, unblock the site, or let you configure the popup whitelist.

Find toolbar. This appears at the bottom of the browser window (above the status bar) when you press ’ (for link text) or / (for all text) outside of a text area, and works like Find As You Type did, except it’s a bit more intuitive.

Status bar re-organisation. All status bar icons are now on the right-hand side, and each has its own box to live in (in the default theme).

Livemarks. Livemarks are a cross between aggregation channels and bookmarks - Live Bookmarks if you like. If a page has an RSS feed, a lightning icon appears in the fourth box on the status bar, and clicking on it lets you choose a Livemark to add to your bookmarks.

Secure sites. If you’re connected to a secure site, then the address bar will have a padlock by the arrow on the right and the background will turn yellow.

Bookmark Manager update. The Bookmarks Manager now has a folder pane on the left, which should make it easier to navigate."

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