Geek review: Firefox 1.0

Just a review of the recently released Firefox 1.0 (http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox) commending developers and recommending users alike. What can I say, I've been using Firefox since the 0.6 stages and it has seriously grown from strength to strength - hopefully it can remove the strangle hold that Microsoft has over the browser market with their Internet Explorer.
Great features, tabbed browsing, meaning you don't have to have a billion items on your taskbar, just one browser item with many tabs in it. Clicking on a link with the scroll wheel on your mouse will open the link in a new tab - ingenious! However, one of the greatest features that Firefox comes equipped with is the anti popup blocker. Pre-installed on the package is a utility that stops those annoying popups for online gambling and smiley faces. Popups are the most annoying thing in the world, and for the Mozdev team to come up with this feature proves testament to providing the needs of modern Internet users.
The live RSS feed feature is something that's a serious innovation. Pages such as this one, that support live RSS/ATOM feeds mean you don't have to actually open the page to know that an update has been made. When opening a page with a live RSS/ATOM feed using Firefox, a little bookmark icon will appear on the bottom right. Clicking on that will add the page to your bookmarks and you can see the headlines of that page without actually visiting it. - great for news feeds.
Customise the Firefox look with skins and themes (I'm currently using Noia eXtreme). The easy search bar which links to Google, eBay, Yahoo, and others. A lot of the developers are using it at work and they highly recommend the product, as do I.

Overall a great *FREE* product.
Rating: 10/10