Firefox 9.0 Beta 1 officially available

Firefox 9.0 Beta 1 is now officially available for download. This release is the first "Beta" version of the Firefox 9.0. Firefox 9.0 Beta introduces support for Type Inference to Javascript engine which improving performance by 30%, along with other new features and improvements. The full details of changes are available in this version of Firefox are listed in the "What's new in Firefox 9.0 Beta 1" 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.

Note: Mozilla planning to release Firefox 9.0 Final on December 20, 2011.

Download Firefox 9.0 Beta 1:
You can download Firefox 9.0 Beta 1 from web site listed below:

What's new in Firefox 9.0 Beta 1
Firefox 9.0 Beta 1 has the following changes:
  • Added Type Inference to Firefox's Jägermonkey Javascript engine, improving performance by 30%
  • Improved theme integration for Mac OS X Lion.
  • Added two finger swipe navigation for Mac OS X Lion.
  • Added support for querying Do Not Track status via JavaScript.
  • Added support for font-stretch.
  • Improved support for text-overflow.
  • Improved standards support for HTML5, MathML, and CSS.
  • Fixed several stability issues.

The full list of changes that are in Firefox 9.0 Beta 1 is available in the Firefox 9.0 Beta Bug Fixes.

Source: Firefox 9.0 Beta 1 Release Notes.

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