Filed under: Mozilla, Browsers
Firefox 3.5 is out, adds private browsing, tab tearing and more
But there are also a few new bells and whistles including a private browsing mode that lets you surf the web without saving any data to your computer. You know, because you don't want your spouse knowing what you're buying for their birthday. Because that's what you'll use this feature for.
There's also support for "tab tearing," which lets you drag and drop tabs between browser windows. Or you can drag a tab out of a browser window to create a new window. Firefox 3.5 also supports HTML video which lets you watch some videos embedded in web pages without any plugins.
Update: The change is now up at getfirefox.com.
Added: Direct download links (US English) straight from Mozilla:
Windows: http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.5&os=win&lang=en-US
Mac: http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.5&os=osx&lang=en-US
Linux: http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.5&os=linux&lang=en-US
Firefox 3.1 or 3.5 or whatever it's called these days, includes a feature that lets you delete just some information from your web browsing history instead of clearing your entire history file in one fell swoop. All you have to do is open the history section in your bookmark library or in the "most visited" sites section in your browser toolbar, right-click on a site and select "Forget About This Site."
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
