{"id":4595,"date":"2012-06-05T08:54:18","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T15:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=4595"},"modified":"2014-04-24T15:38:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T22:38:59","slug":"firefox-has-a-redesigned-home-page-and-new-tab-experience-that-make-browsing-the-web-faster-and-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2012\/06\/05\/firefox-has-a-redesigned-home-page-and-new-tab-experience-that-make-browsing-the-web-faster-and-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox Has a Redesigned Home Page and New Tab Experience That Make Browsing the Web Faster and Easier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Firefox makes it faster and easier to get where you want to go on the Web with a<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/ux\/2012\/05\/update-on-firefox-13s-home-and-new-tab-redesign\/\"> redesigned Home Page and New Tab experience<\/a>. The Home Page now includes icons at the bottom of the page to give you easy access to bookmarks, history, settings, add-ons, downloads and sync preferences with one-click shortcuts. When you open a new tab, you\u2019ll see thumbnails of your most recently and frequently visited sites. You can customize the New Tab page by adding or removing thumbnails based on where you go most.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1247px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HRp4a_24cp8\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"    \" title=\"New Tab page\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/Kw0zlyfdUwpee8tEsBkdaAOtnvbURAQnODEUke0isnjpJA2qBZwIYj2hi_vQErpsO8XtXYTqg86vtCDZE49zmTCFjBz4wIAsWDq8un0dhm-21eY6U7I\" alt=\"\" width=\"1237\" height=\"850\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click the screenshot to learn more!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Firefox loads tabs on demand when restoring a browsing session to more quickly get you to Web pages. Firefox first loads the tab you are currently viewing, then loads background tabs when you click them. It\u2019s an improvement that makes Firefox start faster and use less memory. This is just one of a<a href=\"http:\/\/hacks.mozilla.org\/2012\/05\/getting-snappy-performance-optimisations-in-firefox-13\/\"> series of performance improvements<\/a> to Firefox responsiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Firefox supports<a href=\"http:\/\/hacks.mozilla.org\/2012\/02\/spdy-brings-responsive-and-scalable-transport-to-firefox-11\/\"> SPDY<\/a> by default to make browsing more secure. SPDY is a protocol designed as a successor to HTTP that reduces the amount of time it takes for websites to load. You will notice faster page load times on sites that support SPDY networking, like Google and Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/l10n\/2012\/06\/05\/new-localizations-coming-to-firefox\/\">With this support<\/a>, Firefox is available to an estimated 15 million native Khmer speakers around the world, in addition to the millions that already use Firefox in<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/firefox\/all.html\"> more than 85 languages worldwide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/firefox\/new\/\">Download Firefox for Windows, Mac and Linux<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/firefox\/13.0\/releasenotes\/\">Firefox for Windows, Mac and Linux detailed release notes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefox makes it faster and easier to get where you want to go on the Web with a redesigned Home Page and New Tab experience. 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