Posts Tagged ‘firefox 3.5’


Optimizing @font-face For Performance

You want to use @font-face, then you realize it’s got some downsides. First of all, it’s another http request, and we know that the golden rule of web performance is to keep http requests to a minimum. Secondly fonts aren’t even small files, they can be 50k+ in size. Lastly the lag [...]

Friday, July 3rd, 2009 Posted in Mozilla, Web Development | 12 Comments »

Firefox 3.5 Released

Firefox 3.5 has been released. Click the logo above to get it now. If you don’t know why you want it, read my blog post from a few days ago about things you’ll love about Firefox 3.5.

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 Posted in Mozilla | 2 Comments »

@font-face Hacks

I’m going to make a bold prediction on the night before a certain web browser is scheduled gets an upgrade. @font-face (MDC) will change web design, but not just for typography. As I suggested a few days ago, to use a font on the web it needs to sit on a webserver so [...]

Monday, June 29th, 2009 Posted in Mozilla, Web Development | 3 Comments »

Things You’ll Love About Firefox 3.5

For the upcoming Firefox 3.6 release: go here!

Firefox 3.5 is around the corner. For those who don’t pay attention to development here’s the big features worth checking out. There are lots more, but these are my favorites:
User Centric Features
Private Browsing – Officially it’s called “Private Browsing” but most know it as “porn mode”. [...]

Saturday, June 20th, 2009 Posted in Mozilla | 25 Comments »