20 Jul 09 Firefox 3.5.1 Download

Firefox 3.5.1 update is now available for download

As part of the Mozilla Corporation’s ongoing security and stability process, Firefox 3.5.1 is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux users as a free download

We strongly recommend that all Firefox 3.5 users upgrade to this latest release. If you already have Firefox 3.5, you will receive an automated update notification within 24 to 48 hours. This update can also be applied manually by selecting “Check for Updates…” from the Help menu.

Firefox 3.5.1 fixes the following issues:

Several security issues.
Several stability issues.
An issue that was making Firefox take a long time to load on some Windows systems.

Firefox 3.5.1 Download English (US), Windows (7.7MB)

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13 Jul 09 Firefox 3.5 with Private Browsing (incognito mode)

Upgrade to the speediest, safest and most advanced Firefox yet

Things move quickly online, and we’ve beefed up the engine that runs Firefox to make sure you can keep up: Firefox 3.5 is more than twice as fast as Firefox 3, and ten times as fast as Firefox 2.* As a result, Web applications like email, photo sites and your favorite social networks will feel snappier and more responsive.

Top Features

Private Browsing

New Surf the Web without leaving a single trace.

Password Manager

Remember site passwords without ever seeing a pop-up.

Awesome Bar

Improved Find the sites you love in seconds (and without having to remember clunky URLs).

Super Speed

New View Web pages way faster, using less of your computer’s memory.

Anti-Phishing & Anti-Malware

Improved Enjoy the most advanced protection against online bad guys.

Session Restore

Improved Unexpected shutdown? Go back to exactly where you left off.

One-Click Bookmarking

Bookmark, search and organize Web sites quickly and easily.

Easy Customization

Improved Thousands of add-ons give you the freedom to make your browser your own.

Tabs

Improved Do more at once with tabs you can organize with the drag of a mouse.

Instant Web Site ID

Avoid online scams, unsafe transactions and forgeries with simple site identity.

Download Firefox 3.5 in your language for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux

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10 Jul 09 Google Chrome OS

Google’s blog announces an extension of the Chrome project: an operating system for netbooks.

Introducing the Google Chrome OS

It’s been an exciting nine months since we launched the Google Chrome browser. Already, over 30 million people use it regularly. We designed Google Chrome for people who live on the web — searching for information, checking email, catching up on the news, shopping or just staying in touch with friends. However, the operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web. So today, we’re announcing a new project that’s a natural extension of Google Chrome — the Google Chrome Operating System. It’s our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be.

Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. Because we’re already talking to partners about the project, and we’ll soon be working with the open source community, we wanted to share our vision now so everyone understands what we are trying to achieve.

Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We’re designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don’t have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work.

Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips and we are working with multiple OEMs to bring a number of netbooks to market next year. The software architecture is simple — Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. For application developers, the web is the platform. All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies. And of course, these apps will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform.

Google Chrome OS is a new project, separate from Android. Android was designed from the beginning to work across a variety of devices from phones to set-top boxes to netbooks. Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems. While there are areas where Google Chrome OS and Android overlap, we believe choice will drive innovation for the benefit of everyone, including Google.

We hear a lot from our users and their message is clear — computers need to get better. People want to get to their email instantly, without wasting time waiting for their computers to boot and browsers to start up. They want their computers to always run as fast as when they first bought them. They want their data to be accessible to them wherever they are and not have to worry about losing their computer or forgetting to back up files. Even more importantly, they don’t want to spend hours configuring their computers to work with every new piece of hardware, or have to worry about constant software updates. And any time our users have a better computing experience, Google benefits as well by having happier users who are more likely to spend time on the Internet.

We have a lot of work to do, and we’re definitely going to need a lot of help from the open source community to accomplish this vision. We’re excited for what’s to come and we hope you are too. Stay tuned for more updates in the fall and have a great summer.

Source:googleblog.blogspot.com

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09 Jul 09 Maxthon Browser version 2.5.2.7058

Maxthon Works the Way You Want It To

Swap, add, move, remove, and change Maxthon’s tool bars, icons, menus, colors, skins, and layouts until it looks the way you would have designed it.
Don’t like menus? Use hot keys. Don’t like hot keys? Use word aliases. Don’t like aliases? Use toolbars. Don’t like toolbars? Then use mouse gestures. It’s all up to you.
Think we left something out? Pick from more than 1,400 plug-ins that make Maxthon the do-all of browsers.
Other companies sell remote conferencing, screen capture, electronic passports, and automatic password managers as separate programs. With Max, they’re free – just like Maxthon itself.

What is new in 2.52 versions

2.5.2.7058 Final [2009-07-02]

[Interface]
+ Added icon for http document
* Changed default browser setting dialog

[Core]
* Fixed addon installation problem while boss key is activated
* Fixed some default browser setting problems
* Fixed some flash full screen problems
* Fixed some problems which may crash kernelbase.dll
* Fixed password input problem of certain bank sites

2.5.2.6929 beta5 [2009-06-25]

[Core]
+ Support IE toolbars again
+ Online favorites supports http
* Fixed some IME input problems
* Fixed some embeded player full screen problem
* Fixed some Real/WMP embeded webpage mouse click problem

[Interface]
* Fixed plugin installation problem when boss key is activated
* Fixed a problem that refresh/stop button cannot combine after customization

[Other]
* Fixed some setting default browser problems

2.5.2.6608 beta4 [2009-06-01]

[Core]
* Fixed some IME input problems and IME window position problems
* Fixed a flash full screen display problem
* Fixed a webpage layout problem under IE8 when script plugin is auto started
* Fixed problem that dropdown list and menu item cannot be selected under IE6
* Fixed problem that middle click on link does not work after page zoom under IE8
* Fixed a password input problem of an online bank using custom activex control
* Fixed a Send Page by Email and Send Page Url by Email problem
* Fixed problem that external download manager does not work for float button
* Fixed IME text selection window position problem under split view
* Fixed some webpage transparent problems (see windows below)
* Fixed problem that anti freeze stop working after certain shortcut key operations
* Fixed problem that close all tabs may cause crash of maxthon
* Improved mouse cursor responsiveness

[Interface]
* Fixed problem that Force Open in New Tab may open certain ads in new tab
* Fixed some session saving problems
+ Undo closed tab also restores scroll position now
* Fixed some float button position problems under IE8
* Fixed some dialog focus problems when windowsblind is running
* Fixed problem that maxthon does not get focus when clicked
* Fixed webpage position problem when external link is opened while hidden by boss key
* Fixed popup window size problem when popup is not opened as tab
* Fixed maxthon position problem when task bar is on top or left of screen
- Context menu skin support is temporarily removed for stability issues

[Float Button]
* Fixed problem that wrong file path is opened after Save As is finished
* Fixed problem that webpage lose focus when menu is right clicked

[Others]
* Fixed problem that multiple tasks are shown in task manager

2.5.2.5442 beta3 [2009-04-15]

[Core]
* Fixed task bar button state problem
* Fixed IME problem under multi-thread
* Fixed problem clicking certain links
* Fixed some compatibility problems with IE8
* Fixed a problem setting default browser
* Fixed problems relating to DVBBS forum

[Interface]
Webpage context menu supports skin now
Fixed a popup window focus problem
Fixed some Vista and Windows 7 flickering problem
Fixed a background tab dragging problem
Fixed page ordering problem of Last Visited Page
Fixed page ordering problem of session
Fixed problem copying url with context menu
Fixed a problem closing tabs

2.5.2.3272 beta2 [2009-03-13]

[Interface]
Fixed plugin installation problem when current page is blank
Fixed Maxthon Setup Center layout problem under IE8
Fixed blank tab problem in split view
Fixed problem running plugin by shortcut key
Fixed problem adding all tabs to favorites/group

[Core]
Improved performance closing multiple tabs
Fixed blinking problem activating background tab
Fixed empty tab problem opening local pages
Fixed empty tab problem opening external links
Fixed a memory leak problem
Fixed a crash problem when window.close is run
Fixed problem that webpage iframe/frameset border is not shown

[General]
Open all links in side bar favorites does not include links in sub folders now
Fixed keyboard operation problems after tab switch
Fixed Maxthon Super Acceleration button problem
Fixed some reader tab problems
Fixed problem that blank page may not be reused opening external links
Fixed a focus problem opening tab in background

[Plugin]
Fixed a freezing problem due to COM plugin

2.5.2.2801 beta1 [2009-03-02]

[Core]
* Improved overall browser framework and performance
* Fixed some problems caused by the 2.5.1 framework

[Interface]
* Fixed problem that vertical scroll bar is partially outside screen (need further testing)
* Improved the UI blink problem on Vista and Win7 OS

[Accessories]
* Fixed problem that File Sniffer and RSS do not work if Text Filter is not enabled
* Fixed problem that wrong favorites upload time is displayed after favorites download
* Improved GDI object usage
* Page zooming can now take effect before the page is complete loaded

Download all available versions and Maxthon Browser v2.5.2.7058

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