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Firefox 4.0 Beta 1 Released

Posted by timothy on from the that's-a-nice-good-morning dept.

balster neb writes "Mozilla has released the first Beta of Firefox 4, the next major version of the popular web browser. Apart from the new 'Chromified' tabs-on-top UI, there are many major improvements in performance and HTML5 support. This release also adds support for the new WebM video format. Other changes include faster DOM and CSS performance, improved UI responsiveness, hardware 2D acceleration, experimental WebGL support, and better JavaScript performance (though this beta does not include the new JaegerMonkey JIT engine). More details on the Mozilla blog."

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  1. Re:I'll never let go, Firefox. I'll never let go. by hal2814 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I couldn't quit Firefox either (and had no intention of doing so). But then Firefox went the way of IE in my book. I can't trust it anymore. There are now sites that will install spyware on my machine by merely visiting them in Firefox. That still hasn't happened to me with Chrome so I guess that's my flavor of the week until it starts getting crudded up as well. I'm not thrilled about the way Chrome "feels" but I am used to it by now. The Chrome UI is less annoying than random spyware.

  2. Office 2007 by space_hippy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Looks like MS Office 2007, which SUCKS!!!!
    Please leave the option of using the classic interface. Concentrate on making it standards compliant and less blot.

  3. Re:Option to use the old UI? by hibiki_r · · Score: 0, Troll

    But if you are browsing on a maximized window on a widescreen monitor, you are already failing. Books and fliers aren't landscaped for a reason.

  4. Re:Not bad by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why would it matter who came up with any given feature first?

    Mainly because Opera is unfairly pooped on here.

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