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Firefox 4 Beta 1 Shines On HTML5

Posted by timothy on from the acknowledge-over-repeat dept.

snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Peter Wayner takes a first look at Firefox 4 Beta 1 and sees several noteworthy HTML5 integrations that bring Firefox 4 'that much closer to taking over everything on the desktop.' Beyond the Chrome-like UI, Firefox 4 adds several new features that 'open up new opportunities for AJAX and JavaScript programmers to add more razzle-dazzle and catch up with Adobe Flash, Adobe AIR, Microsoft Silverlight, and other plug-ins,' Wayner writes. 'Firefox 4 also adds an implementation of the Websockets API, a tool for enabling the browser and the server to pass data back and forth as needed, making it unnecessary for the browser to keep asking the server if there's anything new to report.'"

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  1. Re:Firefox needs better support for security token by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Tools" -> "Options" -> "Advanced" -> "Encryption" -> "Security Devices".

  2. Horray Websockets! by DontLickJesus · · Score: 4, Informative

    As a javascript developer I'd simply like to applaud this addition from the HTML5 spec. Simulating the effect with Web Workers wasn't cutting it.

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  3. Re:Have I missed any? by blair1q · · Score: 3, Informative

    Both of which can be disabled using about:config settings.

  4. Re:Firefox needs better support for security token by blair1q · · Score: 4, Informative

    You mean "Edit" -> "Preferences" -> "Advanced" -> "Encryption" -> "Security Devices".

  5. Re:Acid test still not 100/100? by t0y · · Score: 3, Informative

    The remaining tests target SVG font functionalities which are not being actively developed.
    You can find a semi-official rationale for not implementing them here: http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roc/archives/2010/06/not_implementin.html

  6. Re:Have I missed any? by icebraining · · Score: 3, Informative

    You don't need about:config for the Tabs on top config:

    "To disable the tabs from the top position, click on the Firefox button on the top left corner. From the menu, click Customize-> Tabs on top. Uncheck the box against "Tabs on top"."

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  7. Re:Its too bad the UI got messed up by BZ · · Score: 3, Informative

    > Merging the address and search fields is a big drawback

    Of course Mozilla hasn't merged them. So I'm not sure what you think they got wrong.

  8. Re:On Windows 7 by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 3, Informative

    It is supposed to use Direct2D, just like IE9. I don't know if it does yet or if it is enabled by default

    FF 4 beta 1 does that, but it is not enabled by default. Here are the instructions on how to enable it.