Firefox 3.0 Alpha Version Released
Posted
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 1:45 AM
by
hwaldron
IE 7 and Firefox 2.0 are improved browsers offering improved functionality and security. The new Firefox 3 version offers internal improvements and so far no issues have been encountered in early testing.
Article: Firefox 3.0 Alpha Is for Developers Only
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2071031,00.asp
QUOTE: The Mozilla Foundation recently released the first alpha of Firefox 3.0, and when people refer to this release of the browser as a developer version, they aren't kidding. In fact, the only difference that a regular Firefox user will notice between this alpha and the current shipping version of Firefox 2.0 is that the top browser title bar and the About screens use the Firefox 3.0 code name Gran Paradiso instead of Firefox.
FIREFOX 3.0 - SUMMARY OF KEY CHANGES
1. Uses alpha of Gecko 1.9, the forthcoming rendering engine for Mozilla browsers.
2. Uses the Cairo library for all vector graphics rendering.
3. Includes changes to improve page rendering and performanc
4. Use System X Cocoa application environment, making Mac versions easier to develop.
5. Will only run on Windows 2000 and later and on Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.
DOWNLOAD - Home Page (Windows, Linux, Mac, etc)
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/granparadiso/alpha1/
DOWNLOAD - Windows 2000 or Higher
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/granparadiso/alpha1/win32/en-US/