1 00:00:02,879 --> 00:00:06,815 Hi my name is Johnathan Nightingale. I am a Director of Firefox Engineering here at Mozilla. 2 00:00:06,815 --> 00:00:09,450 I'd like to talk to you about What's New in Firefox 4. 3 00:00:09,450 --> 00:00:12,109 The first thing I want to talk to you about is Speed. 4 00:00:12,109 --> 00:00:14,384 It all starts with our Jeagermonkey Javascript engine. 5 00:00:14,384 --> 00:00:15,719 It's the fastest we've ever ship. 6 00:00:15,719 --> 00:00:18,285 It's up to 6 times faster than our previous versions of Firefox. 7 00:00:18,285 --> 00:00:19,887 We've optimized our start up times, 8 00:00:19,887 --> 00:00:22,291 we've popped up a lot sooner to get you on the web. 9 00:00:22,291 --> 00:00:24,299 We've added Hardware Acceleration. 10 00:00:24,299 --> 00:00:28,200 So interacting with pages, scrolling them, switching between a large number of tabs 11 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:32,333 The next thing you are going to notice when you install Firefox 4 is the new streamlined user interface. 12 00:00:32,333 --> 00:00:35,572 We've made it a lot cleaner and it takes up a lot less space. 13 00:00:35,572 --> 00:00:39,148 We've got rid of the firefox menu. We turned it into a button up in the top corner 14 00:00:39,148 --> 00:00:41,842 It's just got the most frequently used things, the things you need most. 15 00:00:41,842 --> 00:00:45,638 We've also made some changes to make it easier to get around when you are browsing the web. 16 00:00:45,638 --> 00:00:48,251 The first one of these is the Switch to Tab. 17 00:00:48,251 --> 00:00:51,652 When you have a bunch of open tabs in your browser and go to open something new 18 00:00:51,652 --> 00:00:54,984 Firefox will tell you if there's already a copy of this tab that is opened. 19 00:00:54,984 --> 00:00:57,318 For sites that you are living in all the time, 20 00:00:57,318 --> 00:00:59,431 things like your email, your social networking sites, 21 00:00:59,431 --> 00:01:01,370 We've added the feature called App Tabs, 22 00:01:01,370 --> 00:01:03,866 so that you can right click and turn one of these things into an App Tab. 23 00:01:03,866 --> 00:01:07,976 and make sure it's always available. It's pinned to the left end edge of your user interface, 24 00:01:07,976 --> 00:01:09,706 It's really easy to jump back to it 25 00:01:09,706 --> 00:01:11,981 and not have to go searching through hundreds of tabs for it. 26 00:01:11,981 --> 00:01:15,383 And if you do have a hundred tabs, you're gonna love Panorama. 27 00:01:15,383 --> 00:01:18,715 It's this new feature we've got that lets you organize your tabs into groups 28 00:01:18,715 --> 00:01:19,923 You can drag and drop them. 29 00:01:19,923 --> 00:01:21,850 Focus on one set of work at a time. 30 00:01:21,850 --> 00:01:25,426 Instead of having to move all around your tab strip to get to the things you care about most. 31 00:01:25,426 --> 00:01:28,363 All in all, it just makes it easier to browse the web 32 00:01:28,363 --> 00:01:30,697 and live more of your life on the web. 33 00:01:30,697 --> 00:01:33,599 Customization has always been a big priority of Firefox. 34 00:01:33,599 --> 00:01:35,666 But in Firefox 4, we've made it even easier. 35 00:01:35,666 --> 00:01:37,941 You can see the new Firefox 4 Add-ons Manager 36 00:01:37,941 --> 00:01:40,066 includes all of your extensions, all of your plug-ins. 37 00:01:40,066 --> 00:01:44,838 It also includes a search interface to help you find new add-ons and new ways to make Firefox your own. 38 00:01:44,838 --> 00:01:48,205 One of the killer features we've added in Firefox 4 is sync. 39 00:01:48,205 --> 00:01:52,477 We support the ability to sync all of your personal information between your various computers 40 00:01:52,477 --> 00:01:56,819 So, if you've got your home computer and work computer or maybe if you've got an Android phone, 41 00:01:56,819 --> 00:01:59,552 Firefox Sync lets your push all of your history, 42 00:01:59,552 --> 00:02:00,457 bookmarks, 43 00:02:00,457 --> 00:02:01,560 your saved passwords, 44 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:04,157 even your open tabs between those machines. 45 00:02:04,157 --> 00:02:05,759 So it's really easy to get up and go 46 00:02:05,759 --> 00:02:08,696 And have the same Firefox no matter where you are. 47 00:02:08,696 --> 00:02:11,169 One thing that's different about the way we built sync, 48 00:02:11,169 --> 00:02:14,164 is that all this personal information that's moving between your machines, 49 00:02:14,164 --> 00:02:16,904 is encrypted locally before it hits the internet. 50 00:02:16,904 --> 00:02:21,107 That's just part of our ongoing dedication to make sure that we're always doing as much as we can 51 00:02:21,107 --> 00:02:22,942 to keep you safe when you are browsing online 52 00:02:22,942 --> 00:02:26,610 and to make sure your that private data is your own and it doesn't belong to anybody else 53 00:02:26,610 --> 00:02:30,558 And for web developers, Firefox 4 is the best we've ever shipped. 54 00:02:30,558 --> 00:02:35,596 It's got an amazing array of open web technologies for building beautiful interactive websites online 55 00:02:35,596 --> 00:02:41,831 HTML5, CSS3, Downloadable fonts, even WebGL for 3D accelerated graphics 56 00:02:41,831 --> 00:02:43,723 This is the future of the web. 57 00:02:43,723 --> 00:02:46,440 And it's never been easier to build incredible stuff online. 58 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:48,542 We're really excited about Firefox 4. 59 00:02:48,542 --> 00:02:50,713 And the stuff I've talked about today is just a sampling. 60 00:02:50,713 --> 00:02:51,804 Get Online. 61 00:02:51,804 --> 00:02:53,000 Check out the feature list. 62 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,043 Grab a Copy and Take it for Spin yourself. 63 00:02:55,043 --> 00:02:57,005 We've built it for you and we want to know what you think. 64 00:02:57,005 --> 00:02:59,385 We think it's the best Firefox yet.