Firefox 8.0.1 now available

Firefox 8.0.1 is now available for download. The latest and new Firefox 8.0.1 contains fixes for stability issues that affected Mac OS X and Windows users in previous release. The full details of changes are available in this version of Firefox are listed in the "What's new in Firefox 8.0.1 " section.

Firefox 8.0 introduced several new features and improvements such as: Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default, Add a one-time add-on selection dialog to manage previously installed add-ons, and add Twitter to the search bar.

Overview
Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox includes pop-up blocking, tab-browsing, integrated Google search, simplified privacy controls, a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online.

Download Firefox 8.0.1:
You can download Firefox 8.0.1 from web site listed below:

What's new in Firefox 8.0.1
Firefox 8.0.1 has the following changes:
  • Fixed Mac OS X crash that occurred in certain instances when a Java Applet is loaded with Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_29 installed.
  • Fixed Windows startup crash caused by RoboForm versions older than 7.6.2.

Firefox 8.0 introduced the following changes:
  • Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default.
  • Added a one-time add-on selection dialog to manage previously installed add-ons.
  • Added Twitter to the search bar.
  • Added a preference to load tabs on demand, improving start-up time when windows are restored.
  • Improved tab animations when moving, reordering, or detaching tabs.
  • Improved performance and memory handling when using audio and video elements.
  • Added CORS support for cross-domain textures in WebGL.
  • Added support for HTML5 context menus.
  • Added support for insertAdjacentHTML.
  • Improved CSS hyphen support for many languages.
  • Improved WebSocket support.
  • Fixed several stability issues.
  • Fixed several security issues.

The full list of changes that are in Firefox 8.0 is available in the Firefox 8.0 Bug Fixes.

Source: Firefox 8.0.1 Release Notes.

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