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For those of you keeping in touch with the development of the Firefox browser, you're most likely be interested to know that the Beta for Firefox 3 is available for download here.
This is the ninth developer milestone focused on testing the core functionality provided by many new features and changes to the platform scheduled for Firefox 3. Ongoing planning for Firefox 3 can be followed at the Firefox 3 Planning Center, as well as in mozilla.dev.planning and on irc.mozilla.org in #granparadiso.
Read on for more info on feedbacks you could give to the developers.
The developers do require feedback on some of the new features like;
* Improved security features such as: better presentation of
website identity and security, malware protection, stricter SSL error
pages, anti-virus integration in the download manager, and version
checking for insecure plugins.
* Improved ease of use through: better password management, easier
add-on installation, new download manager with resumable downloading,
full page zoom, animated tab strip, and better integration with Windows
Vista and Mac OS X.
* Richer personalization through: one-click bookmarking, smart
search bookmark folders, direct typing in location bar searches your
history and bookmarks for URLs and page titles, ability to register web
applications as protocol handlers, and better customization of download
actions for file types.
* Improved platform features such as: new graphics and font
rendering architecture, major changes to the HTML rendering engine to
provide better CSS, float-, and table layout support, native web page
form controls, colour profile management, and offline application
support.
* Performance improvements such as: better data reliability for user
profiles, architectural improvements to speed up page rendering, over
300 memory leak fixes, and a new XPCOM cycle collector to reduce entire
classes of leaks.
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