Firefox 12 released, takes Chrome mimicry to the next level

Found on ExtremeTech on Tuesday, 24 April 2012
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Moving forward, Firefox (on Windows) will automatically (and silently) update, and — praise be — the Find function is now a lot better at centering the page on any matches.

The ability to silently update very closely mirrors Chrome, and really it’s a surprise that Mozilla has taken so long to introduce this key feature, after switching to the six-week rapid release cycle almost a year ago, with Firefox 5.

When you install Firefox 12, Windows UAC will ask you to approve Firefox Software Updater — and after that, you should never see an update dialog ever again.

In other news, the latest Nightly version of Firefox 14 has removed favicons from the address bar; the icon will now simply display a globe, or a padlock if the site is SSL-secured — just like Chrome.

"Mirrors Chrome". "Just like Chrome". You know, if these features are so insanely perfect, you can simply decide to just install Chrome and drop Firefox because it is turning into nothing but a copy. Or just use Opera which by default has the option to do a portable install; instead of relying on a 3rd party producing a portable Firefox. Plus, whoever came up with the glorious idea to let a browser bypass the security system of the operating system should consider a job change.