Faster than a speeding.. Firefox?
Ayeshea Perera -
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 11:19 AM
Traveling through cyberspace is about to happen at warp speed, if one is to believe Mozilla's claims about the soon-to-be-launched Firefox 3.5. Touted as the fasted browser ever (or so far at least given the speed at which browsers seem to be one-upping each other these days), Firefox 3.5 is reportedly twice as fast as Firefox 3 and ten times as fast as Firefox 2. And for those of you worried about how fast it will remain once you load all your plug-ins, the good news is that it requires no additional plug-ins to view flash or video. The National Business Review has also declared itself satisfied in its review, so if speed is what you need, this one is probably worth downloading.
But the real reason I'm blogging about it is because of the competition Mozilla has announced to co-incide with the launch. They're looking for videos of people at their fastest - be it running, jumping or clapping (they've featured a man who currently holds the Guinness record for the most amount of claps per minute). I'm also guessing that they're open to innovative things - like how fast you can um.. i don't know... pick your nose or fry samosas, dance bhangra or fling things at unsuspecting passers by. Anyone interested in sending out speed videos can do it here - any innovative ideas?