Download of the day: Firefox 3.1 Alpha 1

in Categories Linux desktop, Mozilla, OS X, Windows, windows vista last updated July 30, 2008

Mozilla has released Firefox 3.1 Alpha 1 – code named Shiretoko Alpha 1 and is now available for download.

New features

=> Web standards improvements in the Gecko layout engine
=> Text API for the <canvas> element
=> Support for using border images
=> Support for JavaScript query selectors
=> Several improvements to the Smart Location Bar
=> A new tab switching behavior

=> Download Linux version here.

You may also find my step by step easy instructions on how to install the Firefox browser under Linux useful.

Posted by: Vivek Gite

The author is the creator of nixCraft and a seasoned sysadmin, DevOps engineer, and a trainer for the Linux operating system/Unix shell scripting. Get the latest tutorials on SysAdmin, Linux/Unix and open source topics via RSS/XML feed or weekly email newsletter.

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  2. Much buggy, very slow, unnecessary plugins.. and many things.. its firefox 3 alfa. bugs need to fix
    for final release i like 2.0 Firefox and am using it.

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