Firefox 8.0 alpha 1 first impressions!All themes support Firefox 8

Hi!
Yesterday I made a post about the new Mozilla Firefox 8.0a1.I tried it and in this short post I'll share my impressions.

1.Performance
I guess they made many performance improvements.The browser definitely feels and loads faster.
2.Design
No design improvements here.Same goes for Firefox 6 and 7They've only added few small icons here and theme but the normal user won't be able to notice any difference.
That's basically all I can say about Firefox 8.0 alpha 1.They haven't added new things but performance is all that matters.

Since there's almost nothing new in the design all add-ons which were compatible with Firefox 4 (or most of them) should work fine with Firefox 8 alpha.My themes work great with it.So what are you waiting for?Go and grab one. ;)

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How many Firefox users have add-ons installed? 85%!

The revamped Add-ons Manager in Firefox 4 provides a rich experience for add-on discovery and management, and to power that service Mozilla receives aggregate data on add-on usage. We previously estimated that at least a third of Firefox users had chosen to install an add-on, but knew the number was higher than that.
We’re very excited to report that 85% of Firefox 4 users have chosen to install an add-on — that’s more than 60 million users every day! This number doesn’t include Personas, and even excludes popular add-ons bundled with other software that the user hasn’t actively agreed to install.

Firefox 4 desktop add-on usage from March 22 through June 19, 2011, excluding Personas and several commonly-bundled add-ons

When we first saw this number, we expected it to drop as more and more users upgraded to Firefox 4; remarkably, it has stayed between 89% and 85% since launch in March. It’s also interesting to note that on the weekends when Firefox (and Internet) usage slumps, the percentage of users with add-ons increases, indicating those who browse on weekends are more likely to have customized Firefox.
We’ve also learned that on average, users have 5 add-ons installed, with the following distribution:

Firefox 4 desktop add-on distribution from June 19, 2011, excluding Personas and several commonly-bundled add-ons

With more than 2.5 billion downloads and 580 million add-ons in use every day in Firefox 4 alone, there’s no better time to browse our gallery and make Firefox your own.

Source:http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/

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