Tag Archives: Firefox 4

Pros And Cons Of Using The New Firefox 4, Chrome 11, IE9 And Opera 11

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The recent browser wars between internet titans like Microsoft, Google and Mozilla has left users out in the cold. While these giant companies compete to upgrade their browsers to meet the latest technology requirements, they seem to be leaving their end users in a mess with lots of browser compatibility problems. If the Firefox 4 beta was not frustrating enough, the so called stable version has its own set of issues. Likewise, despite the fact that Internet Explorer 9 has received more than 10 million downloads, yet it requires being fast tracked to meet the user habits changed by Firefox and Chrome extensions. Even the light weight Opera seems to be following the Beta disaster of Firefox 4 by alienating its market niche of legacy hardware users. In this post, we will take a look at the pros and cons of using these browsers and provide you with a comparison of the advantages and possible issues you may face by using them. Read More

What’s New? Full Review Of New Features In Firefox 4

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Its been nearly eight months since Firefox 4 entered its Beta stage. The Firefox 4 journey has not been free of hurdles. It has suffered from everything including frequent browser crashes to HTML5 support issues that resulted in frequent flickering of the Windows Live webpages (including Windows Live Mail). After 12 beta and two release candidates, Firefox 4 has finally released its final stable version. Lets hope that this release can bring back many of the annoyed users that switched from Firefox 4 during this transition phase. Chrome is looking good as ever and Internet Explorer 9 has already had millions of downloads in the short time frame of its final release. With Chrome taking a big bite out of the browser market share and speculations of Internet Explorer gearing up for its 10th version release, it was about time that Firefox cleaned up its act and provided a stable and reliable Firefox 4 version. In this post we will take a look at the new Firefox 4 features and explain the dynamics of how it can change the way you browse the World Wide Web. Read More

Add Grooveshark Playback And Playlist Controls In Firefox 4 Status Bar

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Do you hate to bring up Grooveshark playlist every time just to change the track, search for your favorite  song or to shuffle the playlist items? GrooveControl is a newly developed extension for Firefox 4 which saves you a lot of time by bringing the Grooveshark basic controls in status bar. It was made to let users perform basic operations over currently opened Groveshark playlist whilst providing playback controls. You will also see details of the song, including, track name, artist name, and album art along with playback controls. Read More

Change Width Of Firefox 4 Tabs With Custom Tab Width

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Since there is no direct way to change the width of opened tabs in Firefox, Custom Tab Width jumps in to help. It is an extension for Firefox 4 which allows you to set the maximum and minimum width of tabs. You can decrease the width in order to easily fit more tabs in the window or increase the width if you are more comfortable with long tabs. Read More