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not too long ago the venerable Firefox was struggling google chrome was new and on the rise and mozilla had not been as focused on what people wanted speed and stability that's all changed and Firefox is back hi I'm Seth Rosenblatt for cnet and today we're taking a first look at the modern Firefox Firefox now has a major emphasis on speed and stability crashes from add-ons mostly are over with it's also the best browser on the market for massive numbers of tabs it can scale on desktops to more than a hundred tabs with very few problems and it can also group your tabs Firefox Sync makes it easy to jump across your devices by syncing add-ons bookmarks passwords tabs preferences and history you can search from the location bar or search box which exists to provide Mozilla with revenue you can however get rid of it and customize Firefox just as you would in the past Firefox still has a very deep add-on catalog and the new minimalist browser interface really maximizes your screen space other features in the browser include private browsing the do not track header excellent developer tools and very aggressive support of the still in progress html5 another big plus with Firefox is that if you're skittish about browsing with Google or Microsoft you do get the same features but with a better reputation for user privacy with your first look at firefox 17 I'm Seth Rosenblatt you