Update

This is to update that the search terms ‘ firefox hangs‘ and ‘firefox memory hog‘ are now in google.com search’s suggestion index!

Mozilla Geode – A threat to User privacy?

Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, has released technology that helps websites detect the physical location of computers.

• The system will allow users, for instance, to find local restaurants when they travel to a new town.

• The Geode project is an experimental program ahead of a full blown launch of geolocation technology.

• Users will have control over how much location information they give.

• It uses technology from a firm called Skyhook which works out a computer’s location from nearby wireless networks.

• Its so-called Loki system can determine location within seconds with an accuracy of about 10 to 20 metres.

But when it can trace the physical location of computers, then it can easily trace serious information for hackers and intruders as well, even some random websites now may steal user information very easily if this source code gets leaked.

It is a controversial question that if this issue should be accepted or not that easily by everyday and not so computer savvy users, as it may be a big threat to user privacy.

Google chrome review

Speed comparison

1. Slower than firefox3
2. Slower than ie8
3. Equivalent to safari
4. Can’t be compared to opera

Performance

1. Opens up with a lot of memory hog.
2. Takes a lot of time for warm up.
3. window doesn’t have GUI menu for newbies.
4. Worthless bookmarking tool.
5. No extensions.

Most common noted glitches/bugs

1. Multiple tapping of the left mouse click over back button might crash the entire browser window.
2. while opening a new tab, the window often freezes for some seconds.
3. The standard tab/menu bar is absent, and the view space is awkwardly bigger than other standard browsers making it a compromise for space and also causing less maneuverability and hence often crashes due to multiple commands.

Google chrome is still under beta testing and the version is available for downloading prior to user satisfaction.
The window would look like this

Addition to this review is pending as the google chrome version is still under beta testing

Optimize firefox browser, speed up web browsing.

Windows can’t be better than Mac but
when it comes to having software diversity Mac gets a loose character with all
the glitches and moreover web browsers created on the platform change the basic
appearance of the websites! safari is not a good one here! Every system on the
net endorses firefox which eats more memory than a mini os quota

while randomizing my tour I came across the super memory hungry firefox using my
pc’s 56,576k. almost multitasking banned for firefox users!

Optimize firefox

save your bookmarks first! transfer them
to an extra file in the hard drive.

Using profile management

1. Run
” C:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe”-P
(specify your own respective installation path)

2. Create new profile but do not modify the existing default profile

3. restart firefox and first of all reboot the cache as firefox is really a cunning fox at showing you the same saved page again
and again even if you reinstall the default profile.

4. check if the speed has improved or not and if not switch back the useless
changes. and do fresh reinstall.