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Firefox 23 arrives with new logo, share button


A tweaked logo and a mixed content blocker highlight the new features of Mozilla’s latest Firefox browser for the Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android platforms.

Mozilla also threw in a share button and network monitor for the desktop version of the popular open-source browser, tech site The Next Web reported.

"The biggest addition is no doubt the new share button and panel for the browser’s Social API. In short, developers can let users share content with friends in one click (Facebook users, for example, can use it to share content directly from Firefox, regardless of where they are on the Web)," it said.

One of the newer features is the mixed content blocker, which prevents non-secure (HTTP) content on a website from being read or modified by attackers.

It works by blocking the non-secure content from being compromised, The Next Web said.

Developers also get some goodies in the form of the new Network Monitor, which shows individual website components and highlights how long each takes to load.

On the Android version, Firefox has the Awesome Screen—a new personalized page that completes a URL "as-you-type."

A "Switch to Tab" option lets a user find and switch to any open tab from the Awesome Screen without having to open duplicate tabs.

"Just like Chrome for Android, Firefox now hides its navigation bar when scrolling down," it added.

Firefox for Android also has basic support for subscribing to RSS feeds, and allows a user to change the default search provider from the Firefox add-ons manager. — VC, GMA News