joey stoelwinder

At november 19th the developers from Mozilla announched the new beta version Firefox 3.0 on DevNews. The beta can be download from an ftp-map or the website, the beta is compactible for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.

Ofcourse there are some changes/improvements in this new beta; Gecko 1.9, a new engine from firefox with a new graphic and font rendering and improved support for html and css. Also the performances are improved in the new browser version. You can read the exact changes at this page. Down here is a short summary from the most important changes.

New features and changes in this milestone that require feedback include:

• Improved security features such as: better presentation of website identity and security, malware protection, stricter SSL error pages, anti-virus integration in the download manager, and version checking for insecure plugins.
• Improved ease of use through: better password management, easier add-on installation, new download manager with resumable downloading, full page zoom, animated tab strip, and better integration with Windows Vista and Mac OS X.
• Richer personalization through: one-click bookmarking, smart search bookmark folders, direct typing in location bar searches your history and bookmarks for URLs and page titles, ability to register web applications as protocol handlers, and better customization of download actions for file types.
• Improved platform features such as: new graphics and font rendering architecture, major changes to the HTML rendering engine to provide better CSS, float-, and table layout support, native web page form controls, colour profile management, and offline application support.
• Performance improvements such as: better data reliability for user profiles, architectural improvements to speed up page rendering, over 300 memory leak fixes, and a new XPCOM cycle collector to reduce entire classes of leaks.

“Please note: We do not recommend that anyone other than developers and testers download the Firefox 3 Beta 1 milestone release. It is intended for testing purposes only.”

Website: Mozilla
Download: Mozilla Firefox 3 beta 1
FTP-map