On the right side of the URL box there are bookmarking, history and refresh buttons. The URL box features direct Google searching as well as an auto predict/history feature called Awesome Bar. In recent years Mozilla has also focused on maximizing browsing area by simplifying toolbar controls to just a Firefox button (which contains settings and options) and back/forward buttons. They created the tab structure that has been adopted by most other browsers. Mozilla put of a lot of resources into creating a simple but effective UI aimed at making browsing quicker and easier. The browser is particularly popular with developers thanks to its open source development and active community of advanced users. The key features that have made Mozilla Firefox so popular are the simple and effective UI, browser speed and strong security capabilities. Since then, Mozilla Firefox has consistently featured in the top 3 most popular browsers globally and this is set to continue thanks to the release of Firefox 30. At its public launch in 2004 Mozilla Firefox was the first browser to challenge Microsoft Internet Explorer’s dominance. Mozilla said that the browser now features 61 search providers pre-installed with Firefox regardless of region.Mozilla Firefox is a fast, light and tidy open source web browser. The company also noted that Google will still power the Safe Browsing and Geolocation components of Firefox. What’s not clear is if users with the default search engine selected will be automatically migrated to the new default of Yahoo, or prompted to make the choice. Mozilla said that “while we have decided to not renew our agreement for global default placement, Google will continue to be a pre-installed search option.” Previously Google had been funding Mozilla in order to be the default search engine. Marissa Mayer wrote on the Yahoo blog that the new partnership “helps to expand our reach in search and gives us an opportunity to work even more closely with Mozilla to find ways to innovate in search, communications, and digital content.” Mayer also indicated “future product integrations” could be in the pipeline. On the choice of Yahoo, Mozilla simply said that the change marks the “ending our practice of having a single global default search provider” and the beginning of a “local and flexible approach to increase choice and innovation on the Web.” Mozilla also noted that Yahoo will support “Do Not Track” preferences in Firefox, something the company had dropped support for earlier in the year. Yahoo will become the default search engine for the US beginning in December, featuring an “enhanced Yahoo search experience.” In Russia, the default search engine will become Yandex and in China it will remain as Baidu.
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