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Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.0 Beta
Techtree News Staff, Nov 21, 2007 1603 hrs ISTThe new version has: several back-end platform enhancements, redesigned bookmarking and browser history, and new security tools.
Earlier this week, Mozilla Corp released the first beta of Firefox 3.0, claimed to pack innovative features and improved security tools.
The beta release came amidst what looked like a lot of mixed signals.
Courtesy Mozilla's interface designer, Mike Beltzner, who said in a note posted to the company's development center that they do not recommend anyone except developers and testers download the Firefox Beta 1 milestone release.
On the side, Beltzner also said that he's been running the 'developer preview' for at least three months, and has never looked back -- of course, in his own personal blog.
But while Mozilla seems to have largely left it to users to decide whether or not they want to download the newbie beta, there are some improvements in Firefox 3.0 that need mention.
These include: several back-end platform enhancements, redesigned bookmarking and browser history, and new security tools.
New security features include: one-click site information displaying site ownership; integration with anti-virus software and Windows Vista parental control settings; fixes for vulnerabilities in plug-in updating; malware check; and a sort of phishing filter that warns users trying to reach a blacklisted URL.
This apart, Mozilla claims it has fixed over 300 individual memory leaks, and added a new cycle collector to do away with other memory issues.
Users can download Firefox 3.0 Beta 1 for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux operating systems, in 21 language versions, from the Mozilla Web site.
Meanwhile, Mozilla has not qualified when exactly the final version of Firefox 3 will be released.
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The beta release came amidst what looked like a lot of mixed signals.
Courtesy Mozilla's interface designer, Mike Beltzner, who said in a note posted to the company's development center that they do not recommend anyone except developers and testers download the Firefox Beta 1 milestone release.
On the side, Beltzner also said that he's been running the 'developer preview' for at least three months, and has never looked back -- of course, in his own personal blog.
But while Mozilla seems to have largely left it to users to decide whether or not they want to download the newbie beta, there are some improvements in Firefox 3.0 that need mention.
These include: several back-end platform enhancements, redesigned bookmarking and browser history, and new security tools.
New security features include: one-click site information displaying site ownership; integration with anti-virus software and Windows Vista parental control settings; fixes for vulnerabilities in plug-in updating; malware check; and a sort of phishing filter that warns users trying to reach a blacklisted URL.
This apart, Mozilla claims it has fixed over 300 individual memory leaks, and added a new cycle collector to do away with other memory issues.
Users can download Firefox 3.0 Beta 1 for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux operating systems, in 21 language versions, from the Mozilla Web site.
Meanwhile, Mozilla has not qualified when exactly the final version of Firefox 3 will be released.
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Mozilla Patches Critical Firefox Flaws
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