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Mozilla Firefox has released version 3.5, codename Shiretoko Shock, today! The launching date and time is as follow:

Wednesday, July 1st 11:50 AM Pacific (San Francisco) 2:50 PM Eastern (New York) 7:50 PM GMT (London)
Thursday, July 2nd 12:20 AM IST (New Dehli) 2:50 AM CST (Beijing) 3:50 AM JST (Tokyo)

I have been trying Firefox 3.5 Beta 4. I’m just so excited to test out the stable release. It was said that this version is two times faster than the previous version. I have downloaded Firefox 3.5 and going to try it out after this post.

Have you upgraded your Firefox browser?

Find out more about Firefox Shiretoko Shocck here.

We know the annoying pop-ups advertisements are all over the World Wide Web when we are surfing websites.  Most pop-ups are generated by Javascript and most browsers including Internet Explorer 7 and above has “pop-up blocker”. Since pop-ups are easy to “kill”, pop-unders are then being introduced. Normal pop-up blocker embeded in the browser is not able to “kill” pop-unders. This is because, pop-unders are made available by Abode Flash Plugin!!

What is pop-under anywhere? It’s the annoying online advertisement which appears “beneath” / behind your current active browser. Once the advertisement is launched, it will automatically open up a new window, showing ads without really disturbing you for the time being, until you close your current browser. (then you will have to close those extra meaningless windows)

If you are using Firefox, you can disable pop-unders in just few steps!

In your browser URL, type about:config and press enter. Read more…

Previously, I’ve mentioned about the official released of Mozilla Firefox 3 and the upcoming Firefox project of accomplising a mission on creating a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours, known as the Firefox Downlaod Day 2008.

The official release date is fixed! 17th June 2008, 10am PDT! But for us who are in GMT+8 time zone, this day falls on 18th June 2008, Wednesday (which is tomorrow by the time I write this), 1am GMT+8. You still have time to join the Firefox Download Day Pledge, and make sure you download Firefox 3 during the stated date.

Firefox 3 Download Day 2008
Date: 17th June 2008
Time: 10:00am
Timezone base on: PDT

For Malaysians:
Date: 18th June 2008
Time: 1:00am
Timezone base on: GMT+8

Don’t know when is it for your timezone?
No worries, check the fixed time around the world for Firefox Download Day 2008.

You can also follow Mozilla Firefox on Twitter.

My Two Cents:

I’ve been using Mozilla Firefox for years and really enjoy the experience. I’ve tried out Firefox 3 Beta and love the new features and flexibility. I’m going to wake up at midnight 1am to download Firefox 3. Will you?

Colleague: What do you do during your free time?
Me: Online.
Colleague: You always stay in front of the computer, when you free you still online?
Me: Yes, besides online, it’s still online. I can’t live without Internet.
Colleague:

Most people around me spend their free time watching TV dramas, chatting, gathering with friends… Those are not very tech-savvy people, they rarely touch the Internet. They questioned me on what’s so good about Internet. Well, I have to say poor souls like them always under estimate the power of Internet and the impact it can bring to us. Sooner or later, they will realise that, not to worry. (Now even senior citizens learn to online because they want to book cheap air fares.)

What is the best thing you can get from Internet?
UNLIMITED RESOURCES!
Yes, if you are a frequent Internet user, you should know that we download “a lot of things”. Then you come across file sharing sites like Rapidshare or Megaupload, just to name a few. However, if you want to enjoy unlimited download access, you have to signup as a premium member, which most of us don’t like, because we have to pay!

With the growing poluarity of Rapidshere, they have recently implemented the “CAPCHA” word verification with the so-hard-to-identify cat images embedded in the verification characters. But now, they also come out with the “Happy Hour” campaign.

Read more…

If you are a Firefox user and haven’t edit this configuration, you should give it a try. I’ve tried it but don’t know is it me or really working…now my Firefox speeds up a little. Just within a few clicks you can grab the web more. Try it out!

Summary
- Step 1: go to about:config
- Step 2: enable network.http.pipelining
- Step 3: change the value of network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to 50
- Step 4: enable network.http.proxy.pipelining
- Step 5: right click anywhere within the about:config page and choose New>Integer
- Step 6: type nglayout.initialpaint.delay
- Step 7: set the value to 0 (zero)
- the end