Mozilla Firefox 4 Beta 1

Jul 7, 2010 by d0rr    No Comments    Posted under: Blog

While there will still be further tweaks and polishing on the UI and features finalization, Firefox 4 Beta 1  is close to it’s first release.

Although the emphasis for this major version update is on the newly redesigned UI for better user experience, the underlying core features are equally significant too.

Here’s a quick list of new features worth attention:

• redesigned sleeker and easier to use user interface
• supports WebM format for open HD quality video playback
• introduces WebSockets to allow developers building real-time online interactions
• indexed DB for developers to store application data locally, specifically for cloud applications
• and of course, support of CSS3 and HTML5

For more detailed Beta Features, click here

I personally feel that the changes may not be visible for day to day web browsing experience.

However, by having more and more browsers officially supporting CSS3 and HTML5 means the web revolution is near. Cloud applications, faster to load and easier to develop interactive websites are now foreseeable in near future.

What do you think?

Note! Do not install Firefox 4 Beta 1 if you depend your  life on add-ons as most of FireFox 3 add-ons are not compatible yet.

Note! The add-ons you installed on previous version of Firefox is not entirely not able to use, but you’ll have to install Add-on Compatibility Reporter and follow this steps.

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