Firefox 17 has been released officially for Windows, Linux and Mac users. The desktop browser which has struggled to grow consistently against rising Chrome. The new updated version is available today.
Facebook Messenger can also be directly used with Firefox 17. Just sign-in to your Facebook account and visit this page for Messenger for Firefox and click on Turn On.
It will show up with a sidebar of your Facebook chat friends
Other Updates on Firefox 17
- Firefox 17 now is not supported on Mac OS X 10.5
- Some old bugs regarding the New Tabs page, pointer lock for web apps and page scrolling on sites with fixed headers.
- The new version will be useful for its Click-to-Play Plugin Blocks feature. The older versions of Flash, Adobe Reader or Silverlight bring up a prompt for users to update the plugins to newer versions.
- Additionally if plugins are blocked by Firefox 17 on the current page you are viewing, then a icon on the address bar turns into a blue box.
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Link: Download Firefox 17
2 Comments
wow… just downloaded ff 17 and it is smoother than before… earlier versions were quite heavy but this seems to be good.. thanks for sharing..
I like this integration, look like facebook has accepted the friend request of firefox.