{"id":2186,"date":"2010-08-24T10:41:05","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T17:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2014-04-21T00:00:06","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T07:00:06","slug":"firefox-4-beta-updated-with-sync-and-panorama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2010\/08\/24\/firefox-4-beta-updated-with-sync-and-panorama\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 4 Beta Updated with Sync and Panorama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The  latest update to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/firefox\/beta\/\">Firefox 4 Beta<\/a> is now available with new features that  offer more control over your Web experience. This release lets you own  and control your personal Web experience by syncing your data across  devices, and by helping you organize your tabs in order to juggle and  prioritize your busy online life.<\/p>\n<p><i>What new features are in this Firefox 4 Beta update?<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay in Sync<\/strong><br \/>\nFire \u200bfox \u200bSync\u200b makes your bookmarks, history, Awesome Bar, passwords, form-fill data and open tabs accessible across multiple  computers and mobile devices. Now, with Firefox Sync, you can customize  and take your Web experiences with you anywhere, even on your iPhone  with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/mobile\/home\/\">Firefox Home<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Firefox  Sync encrypts all of your data before sending it to the server and does  not track your travels throughout the Web. This means that you never  have to compromise your privacy for the convenience of using Firefox  Sync.<\/p>\n<p>When  downloading or updating to the latest version of the Firefox 4 beta,  you will automatically be prompted to create a Firefox Sync account. You  can watch this video for a step-by-step guide:<\/p>\n<p><video width=\"640\" height=\"360\" controls><source src=\"http:\/\/videos.mozilla.org\/serv\/firefox4beta\/syncvideo5final640x360.mp4\"  type=\"video\/mp4\" \/><source src=\"http:\/\/videos.mozilla.org\/serv\/firefox4beta\/syncvideo5final640x360.webm\" type=\"video\/webm\" \/><source src=\"http:\/\/videos.mozilla.org\/serv\/firefox4beta\/syncvideo5final640x3%23161DA3.ogv\"  type=\"video\/ogg\" \/><object width=\"640\" height=\"360\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/yWlsUNsluJM\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/yWlsUNsluJM\" \/><\/object><\/video><\/p>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/firefox\/sync\/\">Firefox Sync page<\/a> for more information on how to use Firefox Sync. For an engineer\u2019s perspective, see <a href=\"http:\/\/mozillalabs.com\/sync\/2010\/08\/24\/sync-in-firefox-4-beta\/\">Mike Connor&#8217;s post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Tab Revolution<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen  tabs were first introduced, the feature changed the way people browse  the Web. To continue the tab revolution, the beta now includes Firefox Panorama (formerly Tab Candy) as a new approach to tab management that  makes it easy to organize and multi-task while on the Web. If you juggle  many open tabs for work, shopping, music, social sites, vacation  planning and more, you can easily group and prioritize those tabs any  way you want. With one keystroke you can see an overview of all tabs to  quickly locate and switch between tabs or groups of tabs.<\/p>\n<p><video width=\"480\" height=\"385\" controls><source src=\"http:\/\/videos.mozilla.org\/serv\/firefox4beta\/grouptabs.mp4\" \/><source src=\"http:\/\/videos.mozilla.org\/serv\/firefox4beta\/grouptabs.webm\" type=\"video\/webm\" \/><source src=\"http:\/\/videos.mozilla.org\/serv\/firefox4beta\/grouptabs.theora.ogv\"  type=\"video\/ogg\" \/><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/5r0TQJ-gGi0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/5r0TQJ-gGi0\" \/><\/object><\/video><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azarask.in\/blog\/post\/designing-tab-candy\">Aza Raskin\u2019s blog post<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n<p>Better feedback, a better browser<br \/>\nAs always, Firefox 4 Beta includes a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/firefox\/beta\/#privacy\"> Feedback Add-on<\/a> with Mozilla Labs Test Pilot, which enable you to take part in  anonymous studies. You can choose to opt-out of any or all studies by  managing your settings in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/firefox\/beta\/feedback\/\">Feedback button<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We  value feedback from our beta testers and ask for continued feedback on  Firefox 4 Beta. The feedback is used to help improve future Firefox Beta  releases.<\/p>\n<p>Firefox 4 Beta testers will receive automatic updates, so stay tuned for the next release in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/firefox\/beta\/\">Download Firefox 4 Beta<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/firefox\/beta\/features\/\">Learn more about the features<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/firefox\/beta\/feedback\/\">Submit your feedback<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/en-US\/firefox\/beta\/faq\/\">FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/firefox\/4.0b4\/releasenotes\/\">Get the detailed Release Notes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest update to Firefox 4 Beta is now available with new features that offer more control over your Web experience. 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