Firefox 3 RC1 Now Available
Saturday, May 17th, 2008Safari, whether we like it or not, is the Internet Explorer of Macs. No, I don’t mean that it is buggy and unreliable like Internet Explorer, instead it I mean that it is bundled with all Macs. Many people are not Internet Explorer fans, and so they have switched to different browsers. Many of these switchers switch to Firefox for increased security and speed, and on the Mac it is no different.
Firefox 3.0 RC (Release Candidate) 1 was released yesterday. Potentially, this could be Firefox 3 or if changes are needed, the first in many RCs. From the release notes:
“Released: May 16, 2008
This Firefox 3 Release Candidate is a preview release of Mozilla’s next generation Firefox browser and is being made available for testing purposes only.
Preview releases are published to collect feedback from Web developers and our testing community before advancing to the next stage in the release process. The final version of Firefox 3 will be released when we qualify the product as fully ready for our users. Users of the latest released version of Firefox should not expect all of their add-ons to work properly with this preview release.
Please see below for an extensive list of features and enhancements found in Firefox 3, as well as known issues and frequently asked questions. As always, we appreciate your feedback either through this feedback form or by filing a bug in Bugzilla.”
New features in Firefox 3 include:
- Gecko 1.9: A new graphics layout engine used to improve standards compliance.
- Themes for each OS: Mac OS X, Linux, Windows XP, Windows Vista
- Redesigned download manager, bookmark system, password manager, plug-in manager, and others.
Firefox 3.0RC1 is available for download here. Remember, this is a test release! Use at your own risk!
