Mozilla released the new version of Firefox today, but not version 3.1. Mozilla decided to change their version numbering system, so the new version is 3.5. As one of the most popular free, open-source non-Microsoft browsers out there, a new release is a significant event, whatever the version number. The free download is available in 70+ languages, and runs on Mac, Linux and Windows.
The developers say that JavaScript performance is more than twice as fast as version 3, and 10 times as fast as version 2. A new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine is responsible, and combined with the latest version of the Gecko rendering platform brings increased performance overall. It uses a new memory management function, has a smaller memory footprint, better color support, and loads pages faster. What more could we want?
This release has a new icon, and lots of new features. Support for embedded HTML5 video and audio content, location-aware browsing and a private browsing mode are just a few of the improvements.
The Mac version requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later, on any Mac with G3, G4, G5 or Intel processor and a minimum of 128MB RAM onboard.
The ability to use a seemingly infinite number of extensions ( over 6,000) makes Firefox an incredibly useful tool. As a web developer I love the ability to check code, validate, etc. from within a browser. Whatever your needs, you can customize your browser to do exactly what you want, be it managing online auctions, uploading digital photos, checking the weather forecast in a glance and listening to music, all from the convenience of your browser. There’s no need to open a new window or tab for each task.
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