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Firefox 4 Beta 12 Released; Fixes Over 650 Bugs

Posted by Roblimo on from the less-memory-leakage-makes-a-big-difference dept.

darthcamaro writes "At last! Firefox 4 Beta 12 is now available. There are over 650 bug fixes in this massive update including a fix for a memory leak that kept Firefox consuming RAM even without opening new tabs. The other big thing that many users have asked for is that FINALLY, when you hover over a link, the URL is displayed in the status bar, instead of the location bar."

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  1. But there's no status bar by neo00 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    the URL is displayed in the status bar, instead of the location bar."

    The URL is actually displayed at the bottom of the page in a "pseudo-status-bar" overlaying the page contents. And guess what happens if the background of the page at that area is dark or matching the URL font color.!
    Do I see phishing attacks coming soon?