Mozilla have pushed out the latest Firefox 3.6 beta, taking it to beta 4.
The update mostly fixes existing bugs (131 to be exact), but also includes support the HTML5 file API.
A full list of changes for Firefox 3.6 can be found in the release notes, while the browser can be downloaded from the Firefox beta website.
The final release date of November 26 has now slipped, but Firefox 3.6 is still expected before the end of the year.
In it’s third release in two weeks, Mozilla have released Firefox 3.6 beta 3.
The update includes 84 bug fixes, but gone, surprisingly is support for Windows 7 features, including tab preview and jump lists – perhaps the most anticipated feature of Firefox 3.6. The feature is now expected to reappear in Firefox 3.7.
This release is not surprisingly aimed at increasing stability heading into the release candidate phase.
A full list of changes can be found in the release notes, while the browser can be downloaded from the Firefox beta website.
Firefox 3.6 final is expected November 26.
Just 10 days after the release of Firefox 3.6 beta 1, Mozilla have released Firefox 3.6 beta 2.
Over 190 bugs has been fixed since beta 1, dramatically increasing the browsers performance.
A new feature has emerged in this beta, as a new mechanism to prevent incompatible software from crashing Firefox (specifically DLL files in Windows).
A full list of changes can be found in the release notes.
Users of Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 will automatically receive the update, while new beta testers can download Firefox 3.6 Beta 2 from the Firefox beta site.
Firefox 3.6 final is scheduled for November 26.
Today, Firefox turns 5, exactly 5 years since the release of Firefox 1.0.
Firefox has come a long way in this time, currently at version 3.5, with over 330 million users world wide. Available in over 70 languages, and with over 7,000 add-ons for the browser, Firefox is arguably any users browser of choice.
With Firefox 3.6 on it’s way, the browser still has plenty of life left in it.
You too can get involved by helping celebrate Firefox’s 5th Birthday.
Mozilla has pushed out a new Firefox 3.5 updating, taking the browser to 3.5.5.
The update is only minor, and fixes several stability issues. A full list of changes can be found in the release notes.
The update will be pushed out to existing Firefox 3.5 users, or can be downloaded from the Firefox website.
Mozilla have announced the release of Firefox 3.6 Beta 1. The new release includes a slew of new changes:
Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 can be downloaded from the Firefox beta website.
The final Firefox 3.6 is expected late November or early December.
Mozilla have released Firefox 3.5.4 and Firefox 3.0.15 with a basket full of bug and security fixes.
Firefox 3.5.4 closes 11 security issues, 6 of which were rated as critical, 3 moderate, and 2 low. A total of 124 bugs were fixed for this release. A full list of changes can be found in the release notes.
Firefox 3.0.15 closes 10 security issues, 5 of which were rated as critical, 3 moderate, and 2 low. A list of changes can also be found in the release notes.
The two updated will be pushed out to exsisting Firefox 3 and Firefox 3.5 users, or can manually be downloaded.
Mozilla have announced that they will support the Web Open Font Format (WOFF) from Firefox 3.6.
Firefox will be the first browser to support WOFF, but support in other browsers is expected to follow.
The WOFF has several advantages over current TrueType and OpenType formats in that it is compressed.
One example given by Mozilla Hacks shows a 3.1MB TrueType Font compressed to a 1MB WOFF, quite a massive saving.
WOFF support can be seen in the latest nightly release of Firefox.
It looks as if Windows 7 support is on its way for Firefox 3.6, rather than Firefox 3.7 as previously announced.
The move is likely to come with this weeks upcoming release of Windows 7 to the public on October 22nd.
Features supported include jump lists which can be accessed by right clicking on the Firefox icon and allows users to perform their most recent tasks. Tab preview is also included which shows all open tabs when hovering over the Firefox icon, and gives the users the ability to jump to any tab from the previews.
Users will also be able to monitor the progress of their downloads from the taskbar, without needing to be in Firefox.
The feature is expected to appear in future beta versions of Firefox 3.6 in the coming weeks, and can be seen in current nightly builds of the browser.
With the browser about to enter beta, Firefox 3.6 is set to get computer orientation detection. The feature which is set to appear in the mobile version of the browser, Fennec, will also be added to Firefox 3.6 before its final release.
“Originally built as something that we would include for our upcoming mobile browser release, we’ve made it available on desktop systems as well. Many modern Macbooks and Thinkpads contain devices and drivers that expose this information. We’ve added support for Linux, Macs and some Thinkpads where drivers and devices are available.” wrote Christopher Blizzard, a Mozilla employee.
A demo video can be seen below: