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Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2

Posted by Soulskill on from the keeping-up-with-the-googses dept.

daria42 writes with news that Mozilla has released the second alpha build for Firefox 3.1, codenamed "Shiretoko." The new build includes "support for the HTML 5 <video> element" and the ability to "drag and drop tabs between browser windows." ComputerWorld is running a related story about benchmarks shown by Mozilla's Brendan Eich which indicate that Firefox 3.1 will run Javascript faster than Chrome.

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  1. Re:Hey, Mozilla: Learn what "Never" means by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That bug was fixed in version 3.0. I recommend you upgrade your browser to fix the bug.

  2. Re:Hey, Mozilla: Learn what "Never" means by Psychotria · · Score: 5, Funny

    There is a fix/workaround for this behaviour--make sure that you do not connect to the internet. This way firefox never sees the update and the nag dialog to update never appears.

  3. Re:Hey, Mozilla: Learn what "Never" means by ShaunC · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cool, thanks. I'll get on that right awa

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  4. From the Computer World story I stab thee! by Todd+Fisher · · Score: 1, Funny

    ComputerWorld is running a related story about benchmarks shown by Mozilla's Brendan Eich which indicate that Firefox 3.1 will run Javascript faster than Chrome.

    Take that Google!

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  5. Re:Still somewhat disappointed in Firefox! by lazy_nihilist · · Score: 5, Funny

    I even have CNN's own plugin for Firefox installed...but live streams will not play! Incidentally, the commercial before the the actual content (which is in Flash), plays fine. When it's over, what one sees is a black screen!

    The commercial plays fine, that's all what matters.

  6. Re:Hey, Mozilla: Learn what "Never" means by Hurricane78 · · Score: 2, Funny

    On the other hand... if you call us *the* shit... we might accept it. :D

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  7. Re:shiretoko by Mr+Z · · Score: 3, Funny

    japanese has so many homonyms

    I dunno. They all sound the same to me.

    ;-)

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  8. Re:"New" features by Hal_Porter · · Score: 1, Funny

    Opera has let you drag tabs between browser windows for ages.

    Oh, never mind.

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  9. Re:Hey, Mozilla: Learn what "Never" means by Cheesy+Fool · · Score: 2, Funny

    s/Ubuntu/Debian/g

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  10. Re:Hey, Mozilla: Learn what "Never" means by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow... that's got to be one of the quickest and most amazingly silly Godwins I've ever seen.

  11. Oh dear, and FF 3.1 was going to *win* at JS by David+Gerard · · Score: 4, Funny

    "We are so, so happy with Google Chrome," mumbled Mozilla CEO John Lilly through gritted teeth. "That most of our income is from Google has no bearing on me making this statement. Their implementation of our JavaScript is SO GOOD it's ... pleasing. Really."

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