This article was published on December 8, 2008

Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 Now Available!


Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 Now Available!

The second beta of Firefox 3.1 is now available.

According to the release notes, it brings:

  • This beta is now available in 54 languages – get your local version.
  • Added a new Private Browsing Mode.
  • Added functions to make it easy to clear recent history by time as well as remove all traces of a website.
  • New support for web worker threads.
  • The new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine is on by default for web content.
  • Improvements to the Gecko layout engine, including speculative parsing for faster content rendering.
  • Removed the new tab-switching behavior based on feedback from users
  • Support for new web technologies such as the <video> and <audio> elements, the W3C Geolocation API, JavaScript query selectors, CSS 2.1 and 3 properties, SVG transforms and offline applications. More information.

Read more here and download here.

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