New Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 released

Written by Matti Vähäkainu @ 09 Dec 2008 5:32 User comments (5)

Mozilla has released a new beta version of the popular Firefox browser. According to Mozilla Developer Center Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 includes improvements to speed, performance and compatibility. Download it and you'll also get try out couple of new and anticipated features.

The speed and performance improvements come from the updated version of Gecko layout engine and the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine. TraceMonkey especially is a welcome addition as it provides a huge boost to JavaScript processing speeds. Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 also includes the new Private Browsing Mode which allows users to browse the web without leaving any traces. You can also now choose to remove the history of for example only past hour of browsing.

Download Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 for Windows, Mac OS X or Linux.

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19.12.2008 11:31

7thsinger

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I'll be downloading this later to give it a test drive.

29.12.2008 12:01

aboutnewt

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I've been driving it in the nightly build version and now with the official beta 2 and written a full report. It's great and you should get it right away because it's fast, stable and so far, zero problems.

39.12.2008 13:35

lynchg0p

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It's much faster and very stable. No option to put "Open new tab" icon up top anymore.....now ya' gotta move cursor all the way to the right side and click the "Plus" sign. That's tolerable.

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417.12.2008 23:45

kubapolak

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Mozilla does it again, I hope that IE dies, and other browsers take charge with firefox in the lead.

517.12.2008 23:55

aboutnewt

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Originally posted by aboutnewt:
I've been driving it in the nightly build version and now with the official beta 2 and written a full report. It's great and you should get it right away because it's fast, stable and so far, zero problems.

Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 Full Test Report

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