To keep up with the competition and to be the best of all the browsers, the mozilla team always tries to provide the best in their Firefox browser. And after the launch of the beautiful Firefox 4 browser, they have started the development of the Firefox 5 browser and has already released the Firefox 5 beta stage for the users to test it out and report the errors so that it can help in the developing a good stable version later.
Mozilla recently brought in the Firefox Aurora development channel which would help in supporting more frequent releases and better development of the next versions of the Firefox browser. Here is what the Mozilla team speaks about the FF5 Beta Launch –
After five weeks of testing on the Firefox Aurora channel, the next version of Firefox is ready for the beta channel. This release includes the Firefox channel switcher, performance and stability enhancements and support for the new CSS Animations standard to allow developers build more amazing Web experiences. The new Firefox channel switcher lets users move between Firefox Aurora, Beta and Release channels to test features at various levels of development, quality and polish.
More than 400 millions users worldwide use Firefox and they would expect something good from each and every version of the browser. The better stability and performance of the Firefox 5 beta would surely speak of a great stable launch. The release is not just to the developers and any normal user can download the FF 5 Beta to test it out. For making things easier, there is a channel switcher too available which can help people switch between the Beta, Release and Aurora.
Here are the major changes in the Firefox 5 Beta –
- Added support for CSS animations
- Added support for switching Firefox development channels
- The Do-Not-Track header preference has been moved to increase discoverability
- Improved canvas, JavaScript, memory, and networking performance
- Improved standards support for HTML5, XHR, MathML, SMIL, and canvas
- Improved spell checking for some locales
- Improved desktop environment integration for Linux users
Download Firefox 5 Beta browser from here.
Download Firefox 5 Beta Browser – Better Performance, Channel Switching