Mozilla has released Beta 5 of its upcoming web browser Firefox 3.6. This beta version is built on the Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering engine, containing many improvements for web developers, Add-on developers, and users.
This 5th revision of the Beta of Firefox 3.6 / Gecko 1.9.2 introduces several new features:
- [NEW] Made some changes to how Mozilla allows third party software to integrate with Firefox in order to prevent crashes.
- [NEW] This beta is available in more than 70 languages - get your local version.
- More than 100 bug fixes from the last beta to improve performance, stability, security and features.
- 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- Firefox 3.6 will alert users about out of date plugins to keep them safe.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.