Mozilla has released two significant browser updates in the last 24 hours. First up, Firefox 3.0.10 is a minor update to the stable version of Firefox, fixing some security and stability issues.
The more exciting update is the release of Firefox 3.5 Beta 4. This is the first version of Firefox to use the new 3.5 version number. Up until now the betas were labeled 3.1, but Mozilla decided that the next version of Firefox represented a big enough change from Firefox 3 to warrant a bigger name change.
Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 includes a number of new features, including support for the Gecko 1.91 rendering engine, a new private browsing mode (which deletes all cookies, history, and other data when you're done with your browsing session), and support for location aware browsing using geolocation web standards. There's also better support for JavaScript, which makes many web applications appear to fly by at lightning speed.
Firefox 3.0.10 should be available as an automatic update. You can download Firefox 3.5 beta 4 from the Firefox beta page.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Firefox 3.0.10, 3.5 Beta released
