Mozilla Firefox 5

Mozilla have released a new version of their popular web browser, Firefox 5. Firefox 5 looks almost identical to Firefox 4 but it loads much faster and feels snappy when loading new pages. It's main improvements are behind the scenes but it's still worth a download. Although there is the inevitable wait for third party add-ons to be updated and become compatible with the latest version.




The Web Browser scores have been updated, shockingly Firefox 5 didn't get a better score than Firefox 4, but it still feels much quicker when browsing. Google's Chrome browser version 12 has the best score by far...


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Firefox Add-ons Collection

Web Warp Blog now has a Firefox Add-on Collection to help you find useful and interesting Firefox Add-ons.

To access the collection just follow this link: Click Here for Web Warp Blog Firefox Add-ons Collections

For the latest recommended add-ons please follow this collection. Feel free to recommend add-ons that you have found useful by tweeting @webwarpblog.

Mozilla Firefox 4

Mozilla Firefox 4 is available to download now for PC, Mac and Android devices. The Sync feature keeps all your bookmarks, settings, open tabs and history in sync across multiple devices. The new sleek look brings Firefox up to date with Safari and Chrome. The speed is improved by up to 6 times, and I can speak from a Web Warp Blog test that it is genuinely quicker.




The V8 Browser test scores have been updated. Chrome 10 is the best result by far.


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Firefox Home iPhone App Review

Mozilla have released an iPhone app to accompany their popular web browser Firefox. Firefox is so popular in fact that it is fast becoming the default browser for websites minimum requirements, and many companies are encouraging their employees to use Firefox. Due to Apple's App store approval requirements (or so it is cited)...
... Firefox Home is Not a Web Browser.
This leads on to the question, what is Firefox Home?

Firefox Home is an iPhone app that allows you to view the contents of Firefox Sync. Firefox Sync is an Add-on for Firefox which allows you synchronise your bookmarks and open tabs across multiple computers. On your iPhone you can view these bookmarks and open tabs and open them in the in built browser (where they don't seem to open particularly quickly or accurately, but hey it's not a web browser!) or open them in Mobile Safari (which really is the only option).

So this app is for people who are in love with Firefox and would like the ability to see their bookmarks whilst out and about (but not add to them!). For those serious about syncing bookmarks to between their computer(s) and iPhone over the air MobileMe is a better (and more expensive) option.

For those who want this ability between two or more computers Google Chrome offers a far better option. The set up process on Google Chrome is just your Google account details. For Firefox you need to download the Firefox Sync Add-on to each PC and go through a lengthy set up wizard with username, password and a secret phrase. Firefox Sync does allow you to store your bookmarks on your server though, but is this really a worthwhile feature?