Some New Features Coming Soon To Firefox 5

You have barely begun getting used to FireFox4 new Amazing Features , and Mozilla is already preparing us for a June 21 release of Firefox 5.

The latest release schedule reveals that Mozilla Firefox 5 beta could release on May 17th, and the final (stable version) on June 21st.
It’s only been a few of days since FireFox 4 became available for download, and now, a preview of the next version, Firefox 5, is already available.

Firefox 6 and 7 are also scheduled for release in 2011.
DESKTOP APPS. Similar to the Pinned Sites feature on Internet Explorer 9 (pinning websites to Windows taskbar), Firefox 5 will also allow users to do the same. Mozilla calls it "Desktop Apps," a feature that activates site specific Browsers.

Firefox 5 Desktop Apps – Site Specific Browsers

HOME TAB. The Home button is gone, but a prominent and permanent Home Tab replaces it.
Firefox 5 - Home Tab

FIREFOX SYNC NOTIFICATION. Firefox Sync is a very useful feature, but what if the user doesn’t know it exists? So, in Firefox 5, you’ll see a notification to set up Sync the first time your save a password or bookmark, and via snippets in blank page (about:home / new tab page).

Firefox Sync Promotion via Notifications

STREAMLINED SEARCH BOX. The search field shows a search engine specific color button as the user types in a query. This makes it easier for the users to identify which search engine they are about to use.Apparently, Mozilla will ask its search engine partners (G and Wikipedia) to specify their favorite color.
For other websites (pinned sites), Firefox picks the most dominant color in their favicon.

ACCOUNT MANAGER. Once you visit a site, which you have a sign-in password for

(in your Account Manager / Password Manager), it gets really easy to sign-in now.
Right-click on the sign-in button, select the account (username) and you are signed in.

For sites that allow you to sign-in with multiple accounts at the same time (like Gmail),

you will see a check box to switch between accounts.

Account Manager: Simple Sign-in

SOCIAL SHARING. As you can see (below), You can share content right away on

Social Media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc. To add an account, click the "+" button and enter your log-in credentials… that’s it.

Integrated Social Sharing

OTHER FEATURES include, showing add-ons in toolbar (like in Google Chrome), file upload progress indicator, new tab page, and integrated PDF viewer, MP3 and Video players,among many others yet to be revealed.
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A Chinese Facebook is coming and will make Huge Censorship Concessions

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Free Email Alerts on Mobile Using Way2SMS

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Difference between Optical Mouse and Laser Mouse

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