Mozilla released Beta 5 of Firefox 3 Wednesday, with many improvements, including in the performance area, from Beta 4. In fact, in their release notes, Mozilla said that Beta 5 includes more than 750 changes from the Beta 4. At the same time, Mozilla dated the code-freeze date of Release Candidate 1 (RC1) as 4/8.Improvements in Beta 5 include:
Better Integration with Windows, Mac, Linux (respectively):If you choose to try installing this, don't forget, it's still just a beta, and many extensions will either need updating or just plain won't work. That's the biggest blocker for my using it ...
Windows - Firefox now has improved Windows icons, and uses native user interface widgets in the browser and in web forms.
Mac - The new Firefox theme makes toolbars, icons, and other user interface elements look like a native OS X application. Firefox also uses OS X widgets and supports Growl for notifications of completed downloads and available updates. A combined back and forward control make it even easier to move between web pages.
Linux - Firefox's default icons, buttons, and menu styles now use the native GTK theme.
Places Organizer: view, organize and search through all of your bookmarks, tags, and browsing history with multiple views and smart folders to store your frequent searches. Create and restore full backups whenever you want.
Performance: improvements to our JavaScript engine as well as profile guided optimizations have resulted in continued improvements in performance. Compared to Firefox 2, web applications like Google Mail and Zoho Office run twice as fast in Firefox 3 Beta 5, and the popular SunSpider test from Apple shows improvements over previous releases.
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