There were many that wondered why anyone would enter this crowded field, especially with 'giants' like Google, Apple and Microsoft competing ... with FREE products.
There actually are some pretty good answers but that's another post for another time.
Of course, the continued favorite of many bloggers and techies remains alive 'in the wings'. Mozilla's Firefox remains a favorite of many, especially developers and Linux users.
With the 'big three' actively playing in the browser space, some had expressed some wonder about the future of Mozilla.
Then, there was ... ugh ... today.
Mozilla released the latest beta of Firefox 4.0, now version 7.
Simply put, these guys aren't kidding around. They're not done yet. Nowhere close.
I wrote this a while back. Sure .... "Your results may vary ..." but there was simply no question, at that time, that Firefox (using Windows 7) showed visibly improved speed on several test boxes.
Earlier today, Mozilla raised that bar again (for real) with the release of Firefox 4b7.
On two computers with completely different configurations (both Windows 7), Firefox 4 Beta 7 screamed speed, especially when I wandered over to Hulu to take in a few favorite shows.
No Steve, Flash isn't dead.
It's even faster, smoother ....
..... and hasn't crashed here at all ....at least, so far :)
More info can be found on the Mozilla blog here.
The download is here.
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