Enterprise Applications: Mozilla's Firefox 4 Web Browser Gets an Overhaul, Inside and Out

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• Mozilla's Firefox 4 Web Browser Gets an Overhaul, Inside and Out

  
  by eWEEK Labs

• Tabs on Top

  
  Tabs are now on top by default. For now, the change is visible on Windows builds only, with new themes for OSX and Linux to come soon.

• The Firefox Button

  
  On Windows Vista and Windows 7, the menu bar has been replaced with a Firefox button that reminds us of the button to reach Office 2010's "backstage area."

• Smart Location Bar

  
  You can search for and switch to already open tabs in the Smart Location Bar.

• New Add-ons Manager

  
  Firefox 4 sports a new Add-ons Manager and extension management API.

• Reload and Close

  
  The stop and reload buttons in Firefox 4 have been merged into a single button on Windows, Mac and Linux.

• Bookmarks Button

  
  The Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar has been replaced with a Bookmarks Button by default.

• Crash Protection

  
  Firefox 4 protects browser sessions from certain crashes by segregating browser plug-ins into separate processes.

• WebM

  
  Firefox 4 also includes native support for the HD HTML5 WebM video format.