Mozilla Firefox has officially launches their latest product which is Firefox 3 yesterday(17 June 2008).To get more media attention and (more importance) have fun, they already asking everyone to download the firefox 3 together in an effort to set the most software download in 24hours!!
There's already a large number of pledges and it should be interesting to see how many of those are fulfilled.
This release kicks off a browser skirmish…
Firefox 3 will introduce a number of new security features that look very promising.
For example: sites using Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificates will be very noticeable to end users from the Navigation Toolbar.
Firefox 3, PayPal EV SSL
There's also antivirus integration for executable file downloads and malware protection. Malware protection warns users when they attempt to visit bad sites known to be hosting malware. The anti-phishing site features have also been enhanced.
On the other side of the battle field is Microsoft's beta of Internet Explorer 8. They are working on similar security features.
Then of course there's Opera, which some of us in the lab use. Opera 9.5 is now available and it too has new security options.
There's even Apple's Safari available for Windows.
All of this is good news for end users. Many of the malware samples and scams that we currently come across are targeting browser applications. So enhancing browser security and an increase in competitiveness is a good thing.
I already downloading Firefox 3 today, and I hope that you will join me in setting a world record!
