Mozilla has introduced a second revision of its Firefox 3.6 Beta. The long-awaited browser update reportedly fixes close to 200 bugs submitted by web developers, add-on coders and end users.
Firefox 3.6 – which is also known as Namoroka – will be based upon the Gecko 1.9.2 engine. The next-generation browser is expected to offer faster JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness and startup time.
Other features include:
- A mechanism to prevent incompatible software from crashing Firefox (new in this update).
- Native Persona support.
- Automated alerts for outdated plugins.
- Full screen rendering of open and native native video.
- WOFF font format support.
- Support for new CSS, DOM and HTML5 web technologies.
Firefox 3.6 Beta 2 can be downloaded here for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows operating systems.
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