Download Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 1

Mozilla Foundation yesterday released the first beta release of version 3.1 of its web browser Mozilla Firefox. The program is as usual available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X and in many languages. In this version we find improvements with regard to the speed of Java, there is support for css 2.1 and 3.0 and the switching between the different tabs in the browser has been adjusted. The release notes of this version list the main changes as follows:

New features and changes in this milestone include:

• Web standards improvements in the Gecko layout engine
• Added support for CSS 2.1 and CSS 3 properties
• A new tab-switching shortcut that shows previews of the tab you’re switching to
• Improved control over the Smart Location Bar using special characters to restrict your search
• Support for new web technologies such as the and elements, the W3C Geolocation API, JavaScript query selectors, web worker threads, SVG transforms and offline applications.

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Mozilla Firefox 3.1 beta 1, click on the image for a larger version.