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Enterprise Applications: LABS GALLERY: Google Chrome 4.0, Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Betas Up Browser Ante


With the recent releases of beta versions of Google Chrome 4.0 and Mozilla Firefox 3.6, the two browsers continue their rapid pace of upgrading to provide more integrated functionality across Web services. Despite the version number, Firefox 3.6 looks to be the more significant upgrade. The Chrome 4.0 beta focuses on underlying capabilities, with only one major new feature (for syncing bookmarks across browsers and users' Google accounts).
 
  • LABS GALLERY: Google Chrome 4.0, Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Betas Up Browser Ante
    by Jim Rapoza
  • Chrome 4.0-Bookmark Sync
    Outside of speed and engine improvements, the only really noticeable new feature in the beta of Chrome 4.0 is Bookmark Sync, which taps a user's regular Google account to enable bookmark syncing among multiple versions of Chrome.
  • Chrome 4.0-Choosing Bookmark Sync
    Syncing bookmarks through Chrome 4.0 is as simple as choosing Bookmark Sync from the Tools menu and then entering your Google log-in credentials.
  • Chrome 4.0-Bookmark Availability
    Bookmarks are also available in the user's Google Docs folder.
  • Chrome 4.0-Sync Options
    Bookmark syncing can be turned on or off in the Chrome Options window.
  • Firefox 3.6-Personas
    A new feature introduced in the beta of Firefox 3.6 is Personas—essentially browser themes that can be easily created and deployed.
  • Firefox 3.6-Choosing Persona
    When a user finds a Persona that he or she would like to use in the browser, just a single mouse click (on the Wear This button) is required to enable the Persona.
  • Firefox 3.6-Persona Look and Feel
    Like traditional browser themes (or chrome, as they used to be called), Personas add images and change the look of the browser.
  • Firefox 3.6-Persona Management
    Personas can be managed from the Themes tab of the Firefox Add-ons window.
  • Firefox 3.6-Status Tracking
    Firefox 3.6 can also track the status of plug-ins in the browser, notifying users when plug-ins are out of date.
  • Firefox 3.6-HTML 5 Capabilities
    The HTML 5 video capabilities in Firefox see a boost in 3.6, with the ability to choose full-screen for native video viewing in the browser.
  • Firefox 3.6-HTML 5 Video Feature
    With the new HTML 5 video feature, users can watch full-screen video in the browser without the need for third-party video-viewing plug-ins.
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