Thread: Firefox 3.5

Among the new features that are worth a look is the inclusion of the Private Browsing mode (already available in most of the other browsers) where nothing about the session is stored no history, no cookies, no temp files, no forms information, no search information, nothing that can show where you've browsed or what you've done. It works pretty well as expected but it doesn't give any indication that you're in private browsing mode, apart from a warning asking you if you want to start a Private Browsing session and telling you that Firefox will save your tabs if you want to start one.

Another privacy tool included is the Forget This Site feature where you are given the choice to completely remove every trace of a particular site.

The Location-Aware feature is a very nice addition which tells Web sites your location so that they can deliver geographic-relevant information for online maps or to help when you're searching for local information and businesses. While testing it with Mozilla's geolocation test page, it worked pretty well by zeroing into the location where I was working from.

Another notable enhancement is in the session restore feature with the ability of remembering what has been entered into Web forms before the window is closed.