Mozilla on Monday unveiled the second release candidate (RC) for Firefox 3.5.
Firefox 3.5 RC2 is the second release candidate the developers built, but it is the first time version 3.5 has been released for download directly from the Mozilla site. The first RC was made available last week to about 800,000 beta users late last week, and RC2 build on the feedback received from that release, Mozilla said.This release of Firefox is the fastest version of the browser ever, according to Mozilla.
Other speed adjustments include JavaScript that runs up to three times faster than Firefox 3, and page load and manipulation that is two times faster than the previous version.
Firefox 3.5 RC2 also includes built-in video and audio playback via open technologies, location-based browsing, the ability to pull tabs out into separate windows, and an "undo close" window.
On the security and privacy front, the release include a full, private-browsing mode, the ability to delete all traces of visiting a specific site, the capability to erase a user's browsing history for the past few hours, and frequent security updates.
For a more customized browsing experience, RC2 provides one-click theme changes, over 6,000 add-ons, downloadable fonts, graphics support for CSS and SVG, and web worker threads for multitasking.
The RC is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux machines.
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