in brief A new testing version of the Firefox web browser, Firefox 3.1 beta 1, is now available for download from Mozilla.

The version, intended for testing by developers, was released overnight. According to the Mozilla website, the beta version of the browser contains a number of new features including: web standards improvements, added support for CSS 2.1 and 3 properties, a new tab switching shortcut and support for new web technologies.

(Credit: ZDNet.com.au)

Testing versions of the browser are available for Windows, Max OS X and Linux.

Firefox previously broke all records for the largest number of downloads in 24 hours after the release of Firefox 3.

Related links

Leave a comment

You must read and type the 6 chars within 0..9 and A..F

* indicates mandatory fields.

Log in


Sign up | Forgot your password?

Blogs

RSS feed

  • Staff Aussies to pay more for Win 7

    If you are looking to make some money in these troubled times, perhaps importing copies of Windows 7 could be for you. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Staff Firefox: Greens want it, 3.5rc2 not up to par

    This week's roundup looks at the situation surrounding a campaign to change Outlook HTML renderer, a Greens MP wants to install Firefox but is restricted and all the photos from the iPhone 3GS launch. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Chris Duckett Microsoft misses the Outlook point

    Ask designers which mail program is the bane of their existence, and you'll find that Outlook tops the list. The reason why the most popular email reader is also the most painful is simple: it uses Word to render HTML emails. Read more »

    -- posted by Chris Duckett

What's on?