Firefox 8.0 now available for download

Firefox 8.0 is now available for download. The latest and new Firefox 8.0 contains a number of noticeable new features and improvements, 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. The full details of changes are available in this version of Firefox are listed in the "What's new in Firefox 8.0 " section.

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:
You can download Firefox 8.0 from web site listed below:

• Download Firefox 8.0 (All Systems & Languages)
• Download Firefox 8.0 for Windows (32-bit)

Firefox 8.0

What's new in Firefox 8.0
Firefox 8.0 contains several new features, bug fixes and stability improvements including:

• 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.

Security fixes:

• MFSA 2011-52 Code execution via NoWaiverWrapper. [Critical]
• MFSA 2011-51 Cross-origin image theft on Mac with integrated Intel GPU. [High]
• MFSA 2011-50 Cross-origin data theft using canvas and Windows D2D. [High]
• MFSA 2011-49 Memory corruption while profiling using Firebug. [Critical]
• MFSA 2011-48 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:8.0). [Critical]
• MFSA 2011-47 Potential XSS against sites using Shift-JIS. [High]

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

Source: Firefox 8.0 Release Notes.