A preview version is up for grabs
Google is not the sole browser builder that is developing multiple releases concomitantly, and jumping from version to version at a fast pace. Just one week after it offered testers the first Alpha Build of the next iteration of Firefox, Mozilla has produced a fresh development milestone of yet another version of the open-source browser. Users who want to get a taste of the successor of Firefox 3.6 can do so by downloading a preview version straight from Mozilla’s FTP servers. But you shouldn’t expect too much from Firefox 3.7 Alpha 1, at least not at this stage in evolution.
First off, Mozilla is using the generic Minefiled codename for Firefox 3.7 Alpha 1, to indicate that this is indeed a very early development milestone, and by all means not even a fully fledged Alpha release. In the second half of July 2009, Mozilla presented a few concepts of a graphical user interface redesign for Firefox 3.7, in order to tailor the browser to Windows 7 and Windows Vista. No GUI overhauling has been implemented at this point in time.
Firefox 3.7 Alpha 1 looks just as its precursors, and feels much in the same way as well. But, as I have already said, this is nothing more than an early Alpha release, and as such expectations should be moderate at best. Fact is that users are better off directing their attention to Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1 for the time being.
The first Alpha of the successor of Firefox 3.5 is designed as nothing more than a minor update for the open-source browser. The development process for Codename Namoroka is planned to be very short, with the final version of Firefox 3.6 available on the heels of Windows 7’s General Availability (October 22nd, 2009). This especially because Firefox 3.6 will feature a deeper level of integration with Windows 7 compared to the existing Firefox 3.5 release.
Firefox description
The browser provides virus, popup and spyware protection in a simple, easy to use tabbed interface
The Firefox project (formerly Firebird, which was formerly Phoenix) is a redesign of Mozilla's browser component, written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform.
Firefox is a small, fast and very easy to use browser that offers many advantages over other web browsers, such as the ability to block pop-up windows and the tabbed browsing.
Here are some key features of "Firefox":
· Comprehensive popup controls to keep unwanted advertising off your desktop;
· A tab browsing mode that lets you open several pages in a single window, allowing you to load links in the background without leaving the page you're on;
· Integrated search (powered by Google);
· Industry leading accessibility with Find As You Type - find links and page text by simply typing;
· Simplified privacy controls that let you cover your tracks more effectively;
· A streamlined browser window that lets you see more of the page than any other browser while at the same time being more configurable;
· A large variety of free downloadable extensions and themes that add specific functionality and visual changes to the browser.
Requirements:
· Pentium 233 MHz (Recommended: Pentium 500MHz or greater)
· 64 MB RAM (Recommended: 128 MB RAM or greater)
· 52 MB hard drive space
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Chrome privilege escalation due to incorrectly cached wrapper
· Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.1.2/1.9.0.13)
· Location bar and SSL indicator spoofing via window.open() on invalid URL
· Heap overflow in certificate regexp parsing
· Compromise of SSL-protected communication
· Data corruption with SOCKS5 reply containing DNS name longer than 15 characters
Download Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1 for Windows
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Browsers/Mozilla-Firefox-Final.shtmlDownload Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1 for Mac OS X
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Browsers/Mozilla-Firefox-Final.shtml
