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Firefox 3 Plans and IE8 Speculation

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you-need-one-or-t'other dept.

ReadWriteWeb writes "Information about the next versions of Firefox and Internet Explorer suggest that the two biggest browsers are heading in different directions. Mozilla has published a wiki page detailing its plans for the next version of Firefox, codenamed 'Gran Paradiso'. Among the mandatory requirements listed for FF3 are improving the add-on experience, providing an extensible bookmarks back-end platform, adding more support for web services "to act as content handlers" — all of which show that Firefox wants to be an independent information broker rather than a simple HTML renderer in its next version. Also in the works is Microsoft's IE8. According to ActiveWin.com, a Microsoft official at CES told them that work has already begun for IE 8 and it may be released as a final product 'within 18-24 months'. Looking ahead, it's obvious that IE will continue to hook into the advanced functionality that Vista offers."

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  1. Re:features by gardyloo · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I'd like to have the ability to save sessions rather than having to bookmark all the tabs and re-opening them again.

    https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2324/ works for me.