No doubt the big event of the past week was Mozilla's release of Firefox 3; within five hours, the Web browser had broken the record set by its predecessor. It didn't stop there - it went on to set an all new Guinness World Record - registering 8.3 million downloads in 24 hours.CNET's verdict: Firefox 3 remains "their Editors' Choice over Microsoft Internet Explorer and Opera". The obvious pros being the browser's improved rendering speed thanks to its new Gekko 1.9 engine, the clever new data mining tools for bookmarks and browser history, and the many security-related features baked right into it. Get the picture here.
FOXNews' conclusion: Firefox 3 is "their Editors' Choice" (too), thanks to the browser's speedy performance, thrifty memory usage, and, in particular, the address bar referred to by Mozilla insiders as the 'Awesome Bar'. Read their review here.
SiliconRepublic writer - Marie Boran - a user of Firefox 2 herself argues that the acid test of any good application upgrade is whether you'd want to go back to the original. As such, Firefox 3 makes the cut since she wouldn t think of going back to Firefox 2. She lists the Awesome Bar and the Favicon feature as some of the pluses of the new browser. Read her version here.
