Firefox 4 Beta 9 Out, Now With IndexedDB and Tabs On Titlebar

Posted by timothy on Friday January 14, 2011 @04:15PM from the let-us-now-praise-famous-foxes dept.

surveyork writes "''Mozilla today officially released Firefox 4 Beta 9 and it's a big improvement over previous betas and a parsec beyond the Firefox 3.6.x experience. At this stage, after months of development, Mozilla developers are clearly nearing the end of this development marathon.' After Firefox beta 9, a beta 10 and a single RC are scheduled (this road map can change, of course). The main features of Firefox beta 9 are IndexedDB and tabs on titlebar (just like Chrome and Opera). IndexedDB allows sites to store data on your computer (with your prior authorization). Tabs on titlebar is self-explanatory. Old-schoolers can always turn on the 'show menu bar' to get their familiar GUI back. Oh, and Fx beta 9 is fast and starts fast. Firefox beta 9 available here and in lots of official mirrors."

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Re:Status Bar??? by IB4Student · 2011-01-14 16:43 · Score: 5, Informative

Yes, although it's moved to a more logical spot (the URL bar)
Re:I thought the final would be out now. by asa · 2011-01-14 16:51 · Score: 5, Informative

The plan you're talking about is Mozilla's post Firefox 4 plan.
Re:Status Bar??? by gfody · 2011-01-14 17:11 · Score: 5, Informative

there's already an extension to add the status bar functionality back

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Re:Status Bar??? by Joce640k · 2011-01-14 23:06 · Score: 5, Informative

1) You can hide it with two mouse clicks in the current version.
2) It's impossible to get in the new version.
Which of those options makes any sense to you...?

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