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POPSFirefox 3.0 RC1 Released, With A Sneaky Change
It would seem that if you don’t want Firefox 3.0 to be your default browser then you will need to keep your eyes peeled during the install process or fire up your browser of choice and let it reset itself back as the default, as most are wont to do. * Improvements to the user interface based on user feedback, including changes to the look and feel on Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac OS X and Linux. * Changes and fixes for new features such as the location bar autocomplete, bookmark backup and restore, full page zoom, and others, based on feedback from our community. * Fixes and improvements to platform features to improve security, web compatibility and stability. * Continued performance improvements: changes to our JavaScript engine as well as profile guided optimization continues to improve performance over previous releases as measured by the popular SunSpider test from Apple, and in the speed of web applications like Google Mail and Zoho Office.
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POPSMouse-less Firefox: Nice Keyboard Shortcuts Navigation from the toolbar The address bar shortcut should be as instinctual as breathing by now, but there's a few more shortcuts to that top bar that you should keep in mind * Select location bar: Ctrl/Cmd+L or Alt+D * Select search bar: Ctrl/Cmd+K * Back: Backspace or Alt/Cmd+Left * Forward: Alt/Option+Right or Shift+Backspace * Change search engine: Ctrl/Cmd+Down (Next) +Up (Previous) The last shortcut, used to change the search engine A less-known feature, Caret browsing, inserts a cursor into the text of the page and is very useful for highlighting and copying text.
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POPSHow Interplanetary Internet Will Work Wiring the Solar System Take a look at the the 1997 Mars Pathfinder rover mission and you will understand space explorers need an interplanetary Internet for deep space communications. Data from the Pathfinder trickled back at an average rate of about 300 bits per second during its mission. Most likely, your computer can transfer data at least 200 times faster than that. An Internet between Mars and Earth would likely yield a data transfer rate of 11,000 bits per second. That is still much slower than your computer's transfer rate, but it would be enough to send back more detailed images of the Mars surface. Mars Network researchers think that the transfer rate could eventually go to about 1 Megabyte (8,288,608 bits) per second and allow anyone to take a virtual trip to Mars.
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