Rapid Fire: Firefox 9 Beta is Already Out for Download
You're running Firefox 8? That's so last week.
Firefox 8 was just released last week. Some of you have probably yet to update. However, the releases are coming fast these days, as is evidenced by the fact that Firefox 9 Beta is already available for download. Mozilla recently announced that the "new, faster" Firefox Beta is now ready for testing and download with support for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Mozilla says FF9 Beta adds Type Inference to make JavaScript significantly faster; added support for Mac OS X Lion, including two-finger-swipe navigation and makes improved functionality for multiple displays; enables JavaScript to show developers when users choose to opt-out of behavioral tracking with the Do Not Track privacy feature; and chunking for XHR requests so websites can receive data that’s part of a large XHR download in progress.
Hit up Mozilla to get your hands on the newest Firefox beta.
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FFS I just installed v8 2 days ago..I wonder what is going on there, they should release updates monthly or so, so that they can include all their improvements on one version instead of just making patches. There is no rush, FF8 is working good to me.
FFS I just installed v8 2 days ago..I wonder what is going on there, they should release updates monthly or so, so that they can include all their improvements on one version instead of just making patches. There is no rush, FF8 is working good to me.
The releases are six weeks apart, so it's longer than a month. The whole point of a rapid release model is to get updates out of the door quickly. If you try and do everything in one shot, you end up releasing nothing, like with Firefox 4 which was in development for 18 months.