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Mozilla Firefox 4 is finally here, and it’s better than ever. But can it beat Google’s Chrome 10, Opera 11, or the new and greatly improved Internet Explorer 9? Find out in our hands-on review.
The browser war heated to a burning orange glow Tuesday with Mozilla’s release of Firefox 4. Just as Internet Explorer 9, Opera 11 and Chrome 10 before it, Firefox 4 has cut away the fat, and morphed into a lean, mean browsing machine armed with a ninja’s speed and agility. It still has the Firefox feel, but with a major, much-needed makeover in both the user interface and performance departments. The transformation is so complete that Mozilla appears to have beaten back the sudden onslaught of competition in the form of IE9. It may even triumph over Chrome 10 — but that fight’s one to watch closely.
Changes to version 4 are many, widespread and far exceed those of recent updates. Seeing as Firefox 3 launched in 2008, and the most recent version, 3.6, landed in January 2010, this update is long overdue. From look and feel to security and graphics, here’s everything you need to know about Firefox 4.
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