Browse the Internet using multiple tabs, bookmark your favorite pages and use the private mode to stop websites from tracking you. Synchronize your data and your current browsing activity across all your devices.
With nearly a nine percent of the browser market share worldwide, Firefox is – as of today – the third most used Internet desktop browser, and it remains a solid alternative to the its sole open-source competitor, Chrome. Its exquisite care for the user’s privacy and security together with its highly customizable look and feel make it an excellent choice for anyone tired of being sold to advertisers every time they visit their favorite sites.
Not everything is nice and dandy with Firefox, though. It is known for being an avid resource consumer, which makes it a less suitable option for those with old or low-range computers. Likewise, you may find problems when trying to display certain pages, as not all websites are fully compatible with this browser. However, other renowned browsers are also famous for their memory hunger, but their many users do not seem to care.
What I do care about, though, and at least nearly ten percent of Internet users in the world, is privacy. And here Firefox has a lot to say. If you are not a Firefox user, just give it a try, and you’ll find that most (if not all) of those ads that seem to appear out of nowhere while browsing the Web will disappear. This browser takes the upmost care in not sending your private data to anyone you don’t want to.
Its privacy and security policies are strictly enforced – actually, unless you turn them off voluntarily, they’ll be there working for you by default since the moment you add Firefox to your desktop. Its protection against social media trackers, cross-site tracking cookies, cryptominers, and fingerprinters (among others) make your browsing time a seamless and gratifying experience, not to mention the increase that a no-ad policy adds to your browsing speed. Not exclusive to Firefox though yet useful and worth mentioning, this browser comes with a Private Browsing option that leaves no trace behind, of any kind.
Firefox is also famous for its high level of customization. Its tabbed interface can be tweaked and transformed until it looks just the way you want it. You can tell it display (or hide) a side menu and a useful Overflow Menu where you can add all those functions and settings you click on more often. Besides, its support for add-ons and extensions will let you bring in to your browser countless other features and apps.
Firefox can definitely change the way you’ve navigated the Web so far, and it will convince you that another Internet experience is possible – it may take some more memory than expected, but many other apps and programs do and we don’t take rid of them. Because we need them, because we trust them, or both. That is why so many users are so into Firefox.
v33.0.3 [May 7, 2014]
What’s New
Fixed
33.0.3: Blacklisted graphics drivers that were causing black screens with OMTC enabled (1093863)
Fixed
33.0.3 Fix two startup crashes with some combination of hardware and drivers (1064107 and 1021265)
New
OpenH264 support (sandboxed)
New
Improved search experience through the location bar
New
Windows: OMTC enabled by default
New
Slimmer and faster JavaScript strings
New
Search suggestions on the Firefox Start (about:home) and new tab (about:newtab) pages
New
Support for connecting to HTTP proxy over HTTPS
New
New CSP (Content Security Policy) backend
New
Improved reliability of the session restoration
New
Azerbaijani [az] locale added
Changed
JSD (JavaScript Debugger Service) removed in favor of the Debugger interface
Changed
Proprietary window.crypto properties/functions removed
HTML5
DOMMatrix interface implemented
HTML5
@counter-style rule from CSS3 Counter Styles specification implemented
Developer
Cubic-bezier curves editor
Developer
Paint flashing for browser content repaints
Developer
Display which elements have listeners attached
Developer
New sidebar which displays a list of shortcuts to every @media rule in the current stylesheet
Developer
Editable @keyframes rules in the Rules section of the Inspector
Developer
CSS transform highlighter in the style-inspector
Fixed
33.0.1: Firefox displays a black screen at start-up with certain graphics drivers
Fixed
Various security fixes
Fixed
33.0.2: Fix a startup crash with some combination of hardware and drivers
