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Firefox 3

Firefox 3

CNET's comprehensive Firefox 3 coverage includes downloads, news, unbiased reviews, user ratings and specs on the latest Firefox browser, extensions, add-ons, and plug-ins.

Firefox 3 review from CNET editors

Firefox 3

Editors' Choice: Firefox 3
After months of testing, Firefox 3 (code name Gran Paradiso) is available for download from Mozilla. With its new Gekko 1.9 engine, the browser rocks, rendering pages faster and uses fewer system resources overall. As with any new browser, some add-ons created for Firefox 2 may not work, but give them time. Firefox 3 touts faster rendering, a vastly reduced use of system resources, and clever new data-mining tools for your bookmarks and browser history. Most notable is that Firefox 3 includes many security-related features baked right in, such as the best of breed antiphishing protection, making Firefox the most secure browser on the market today. Read our full review of Firefox 3.

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Firefox downloads

Even though Internet Explorer dominates the Web browser market, you might wonder why if you spend some time with Mozilla Firefox. This light and nimble Web wonder brought tabbed browsing into the mainstream (IE7 recently jumped on the bandwagon) and offers countless ways to customize it through extensions and themes.
Though it's difficult to unseat Safari as the preferred browser of Mac users, Mozilla Firefox garners attention through its solid design and extra features, making it a worthy alternative.
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Firefox extensions and add-ons


User opinions of Firefox 2

7 out of 10 Very good
"Initial Impression" I was impressed with how quickly it loads pages. I did notice a bit of sluggishness when I was on my MySpace home page, and... Read more

by AspDotNetDvlpr (see profile), 06/17/2008

10 out of 10 Perfect
"Firefox is great 4 me." Firefox is a great way to go about your business on the internet. Read more

by tommmm111 (see profile), 06/17/2008

10 out of 10 Perfect
"Firefox Leads the Industry" Firefox is superior to other browsers for one reason, they are leading the industry. Thousands of creative designers and... Read more

by SleeplessHacker (see profile), 05/28/2008

4 out of 10 Mediocre
"As wonky and error prone as anything I've seen" In the last few months, Firefox has become the least reliable piece of software on my trusty old Dell laptop. Anything that has... Read more

by drdivo (see profile), 04/26/2008

3 out of 10 Poor
"Not as good as IE 7" The only advantage of Firefox is it is more secure than Internet Explorer 7 and that is becuase Firefox is not intergrated into... Read more

by harold24915 (see profile), 04/20/2008

Very good

7.7

out of 10
Average user rating


Learn about the Mozilla Firefox 3 browser

After Mozilla's years-long slow start, Firefox has gained significant market share against its top rival, Microsoft's Internet Explorer. One of the Firefox's strengths is the broad collection of hundreds of add-ons, but that also means things move more slowly when programmers must update their projects to be compatible with Firefox 3. The latest version of the popular Web browser includes a new rendering engine, so pages load faster. It also uses fewer system resources, addressing a complaint in earlier versions.

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Firefox pictures

Firefox 3 Alpha 8 (Gran Paradiso)

Mozilla has released a new security-based build of its upcoming Firefox 3 release. As with its other alpha builds of Firefox 3, aka "Gran Paradiso," Mozilla warns casual users to wait to download until the final version is available.

Firefox 3 Alpha 5 (Gran Paradiso)

Developers can run the latest iteration of Firefox now, while casual users should wait until the final release in the fall.

Firefox videos

New Mozilla release expects 1 million downloads

In anticipation of Firefox 3, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Webware.com's Rafe Needleman discuss what users can look forward to with the new browser release.

Quick Tips: Turn off Firefox's URL suggestions

If you have embarrassing URLs and share a browser, you might need this tip. Tom Merritt shows you how to turn off suggested Web addresses.

Quick Tips: Speed up Firefox page display

Make Firefox stop waiting those lengthy 250 milliseconds before displaying a page.



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