- Feb 21, 2011
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With the official release less than a day away, Mozilla has already unveiled an unofficial version of Firefox 8 Stable. The newest browser package is available for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms.
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With the official release less than a day away, Mozilla has already unveiled an unofficial version of Firefox 8 Stable. The newest browser package is available for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms.
imsoadude said:I must agree it is a weird move to make, why release a unofficial version one day before the official version? i can understand that users may want to have it right away but still its only one day.
BoXX28 said:I only upgrade to the latest version if the updater will say so since I want to be sure.
What’s New in Firefox
The latest version of Firefox has the following changes:
Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default
Added a one-time add-on selection dialog to manage previously installed add-ons
Added Twitter to the search bar for select locales. Additional locale support will be added in the future
Added a preference to load tabs on demand, improving start-up time when windows are restored
Improved performance and memory handling when using audio> and video> elements
Added CORS support for cross-domain textures in WebGL
Added support for HTML5 context menus
Added support for insertAdjacentHTML
Improved CSS hyphen support for many languages
Improved WebSocket support
Fixed several stability issues
Fixed several security issues
Please see the complete list of changes in this version.
umbrapolaris said:no but more and more i use Dragon instead
Win7, my FF never freezes, a HIPS, BB, antivirus or something like that is probably causing your freeeezing, try to figure out what it is. In my opinion FF gets better as time goes on.win7holic said:Firefox version 4 or above, always seem to freeze ?
Any idea what's the problem?
I think it feels a little faster.BoXX28 said:Just updated mine yesterday. Still no noticeable improvements though.