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Updating to the latest version of the browser is also very easy, as the user is only required to select the ‘Check for updates’ option from the Help menu. Mozilla executive, Mike Beltzner said that when the Firefox 3.6 had been launched in January 2010, it had done better, as almost 5000-6000 copies were downloaded every minute. But, analysts predict that Firefox 4 can very easily oust Microsoft in the first 24 hours of its launch, as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 that was launched on Mar. 14, had been downloaded 2.4 million times on its launching day. In a webcast aired live by Mozilla, Beltzner encouraged people to download the latest browser, and said, “What better way to spend your break than by downloading Firefox 4.” Mozilla staff celebrates A calculator had been installed on the Mozilla homepage that notified everyone, on how many copies had been downloaded till then. “When the new browser reached one million downloads, Mozilla developers and employees rang cowbells, cheered, and watched as someone dressed in a Firefox mascot costume danced around the room,” informed an insider source. The first ‘alpha’ edition of the new browser had hit the markets in Feb. 2010, and after an-year-long research, Firefox 4 has been released and the expectations are high for this one. Features of the new Firefox 4 A new feature called Panaroma, supporting GPU acceleration to boost page composition speeds has been added on the new browser, and it will work as a tab manager. Mozilla developer, Robert O’Callahan said, "Microsoft's message that IE9 is the apex of what a browser can do with the GPU is nonsense. Microsoft's PR about 'full hardware acceleration' is a myth.” Mozilla aims at beating Microsoft by being the safest and speediest browser, available to users. For more information check out Mozilla homepage
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