Posted by: adityawinanda | December 19, 2008

Firefox 3.1b2 released

I’ve been using Firefox since…forever. This is the best browser on earth. The first time I heard Firefox 3.1 beta 2 had been released, I immediately downloaded it and installed it on my computer. There’s lots of significant improvement compared to the old version.

  • it’s been released in 54 different languages
  • using a new private browsing mode which allows you to browse without leaving traces of where you’ve been
  • a new function to remove history in an instant
  • new support for worker threads
  • supports for new tracemonkey javascript engine
  • Improvements to the Gecko layout engine, including speculative parsing for faster content rendering
  • removes the new tab switching and preview behavior
  • Supports for new web technologies such as the <video> and <audio> elements, the W3C Geolocation API, JavaScript query selectors, CSS 2.1 and 3 properties, SVG transforms and offline applications. (source:Mozilla)

Although there’s lots of improvement, especially on speed, Firefox 3.1b2 lacks of supportive add-ons. When I upgraded my Firefox from 2.0 to 3.1b2, I lost most of my add-ons because of their incompatibility. Anyway, Firefox is still the best for me. You can download 3.1b2 version here.

have fun using the new Firefox.


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