June 14th, 2008

My Favorite Firefox 3.0 Upgrade

Posted by Baker | Discussion: Leave a comment »

Filed under Firefox + Mozilla + Video Clips

Around last week I made the switch to Firefox 3.0 RC 2. I wanted to get my feet wet in the browser before it came out and once Foxmarks was released there was no more reasons for delay.

I have to admit the browser is stunning. The list of improvements seems endless, but there is one that I think shine above the rest.

This was in my opinion the new address bar. The new address bar is possibly the most noticeable yet functioning addition to Firefox 3. For me it is because I have over 1500 bookmarks and sorting through them was a pain. Finding them in my jungle of folders and sub folders was about impossible and I am not fond of using social bookmarks as my default. The new address bar makes it really easy to find your bookmarks and traffic history by only inserting part of the URL or a description. So if I want to find Blogiseverything, I could just type in, “everything,” and sure enough the site would be on the list. Also they have integrated the tagging system in to the bookmark manager. You can tag your favorite site for quick reference. One more bonus to the address bar was the little star on the right hand corner. It gives you the functionality to bookmark a page with only one click. For there you can find it in the new folder titled, “Unsorted Bookmarks.” As you can see the address bar is a big upgrade.