Mozilla Firefox, the most used browser in the world at the moment is fast approaching the final version 3.6. Today, the 5th beta release for the new version was announced, which continues no more and no less than 100 new bug fixes from the last beta version, number 4. Although Google is trying to push Chrome from more and more on the market, and they have had some success in this regard, Chome being used by more and more people, Firefox is also the undisputed leader and will most likely remain so for a long time from now.
Here are some of the most important bug fixes:
The Beta of Firefox 3.6 / Gecko 1.9.2 introduces several new features for users to evaluate:
* Support for the HTML5 File API
* A change to how third-party software integrates with Firefox to increase stability.
* The ability to run scripts asynchronously to speed up page load times.
* Users can now change their browser's appearance with a single click, with built in support for Personas.
* Firefox 3.6 will alert users about out of date plugins to keep them safe.
* Open, native video can now be displayed full screen, and supports poster frames.
* Support for the WOFF font format.
* Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness and startup time.
* Support for new CSS, DOM and HTML5 web technologies.
If you already have version 3.6 beta 4 installed, then in 24/48 hours, the browser will automatically ask you to update, or if you want you can go to Help>Check for Updates to do it now, and if you don't have the beta version yet or Firefox at all, you can download it from here.
