Filed under: Windows, Mozilla, Beta, Browsers, Windows x64
Firefox 3.7, now with Windows 7 jumplist support
by Lee Mathews Oct 5th 2009 at 9:00AM
Now that Windows 7 is just weeks away from hitting retail shelves, more and more applications are beginning to take advantage of the new shell integration features.
A while back, Google added jumplist support to Google Chrome. Just days ago, a build offering the same functionality finally appeared on Mozilla's Tryserver.
Yes, Firefox fans, you now have the opportunity to test jumplist support in Firefox, as long as you're o.k. with running a Minefield build. As you can see in the image above, the feature is fairly basic right now. In addition to the default Windows 7 "pinned" area, Firefox maintains a list of frequently visited site and allows you to open a new tab or window. I'd like to see a list of recent sites and private browsing added to the list.
You'll find the installer for Windows here. After about 24 hours with the tweaked build, I don't find it to be any less stable than the Minefield nightly. Tried the build out yourself? Share your thoughts in the comments!
A while back, Google added jumplist support to Google Chrome. Just days ago, a build offering the same functionality finally appeared on Mozilla's Tryserver.
Yes, Firefox fans, you now have the opportunity to test jumplist support in Firefox, as long as you're o.k. with running a Minefield build. As you can see in the image above, the feature is fairly basic right now. In addition to the default Windows 7 "pinned" area, Firefox maintains a list of frequently visited site and allows you to open a new tab or window. I'd like to see a list of recent sites and private browsing added to the list.
You'll find the installer for Windows here. After about 24 hours with the tweaked build, I don't find it to be any less stable than the Minefield nightly. Tried the build out yourself? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
revolution said 9:47AM on 10-05-2009
What about tabs? Does it behave like IE?
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seriousam7 said 12:52PM on 10-05-2009
I sure hope not. I really don't like how IE has a taskbar preview for each tab.
Rohit Kapur said 10:22AM on 10-05-2009
Link's incorrect, Lee. Leads to: http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/08/09/latest-google-chrome-dev-build-adds-windows-7-jupmlist-support/
Here's the link for all the latest build: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/
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Lee Mathews said 10:22AM on 10-05-2009
Fixed...also, link on image points to the correct place!
MrGreencastle said 12:15PM on 10-05-2009
Whichever browser gets IE8 in Win7's taskbar features first, either Chrome, Firefox, or dare I say it, even Safari, will be the browser I use. Get going guys!
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Jayayess1190 said 1:31PM on 10-05-2009
Safari already has it.
MrGreencastle said 1:37PM on 10-05-2009
It only seems to have the tabbed taskbar previews, whereas all the other's have just the jumplist support. Call me picky, but I want both.
Anthony said 3:44PM on 10-05-2009
Picky!
.....Sorry.... Couldn't resist....
Fred said 5:07PM on 10-05-2009
Wow, chrome has had this for a while. Rather surprising that FF is lagging so much....
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Anon. said 8:01PM on 10-30-2009
Needs a bookmark section on the jump list.
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