{"id":1065,"date":"2012-08-30T19:59:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T19:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2012-10-05T21:32:21","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T21:32:21","slug":"firefox-beta-now-available-for-download-and-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/2012\/08\/30\/firefox-beta-now-available-for-download-and-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox Beta Now Available for Download and Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What\u2019s New in Firefox Beta for Windows, Mac, Linux<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/firefox\/beta\/\">Firefox Beta for Windows, Mac and Linux<\/a> introduces an easier way for developers to interact with Firefox\u2019s new developer tools and adds support for a number of Web standards.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hacks.mozilla.org\/2012\/08\/new-firefox-command-line-helps-you-develop-faster\">Developer Toolbar<\/a>: Firefox Beta introduces a new way to access Firefox Developer Tools. Selecting \u201cDeveloper Toolbar\u201d on the Web Developer menu of your Firefox toolbar will bring up a bar at the bottom of the screen that provides quick and easy access to all the Firefox Developer Tools. A unique-to-Firefox command line allows you to rapidly control your tools without removing your hands from the keyboard.<\/li>\n<li>Unprefixing of Stable CSS4 Features: Developers no longer need to add vendor prefixes for CSS3 Animations, Transitions, Transforms, Image Values, Values &amp; Units and IndexedDB. Firefox Beta also unprefixes Battery API and Vibration API, two Web APIs that Mozilla helped create.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get Firefox Beta for<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/firefox\/beta\/\"> Windows, Mac and Linux<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Release notes for<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/firefox\/16.0beta\/releasenotes\/\"> Firefox Beta on Windows, Mac and Linux<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s New in Firefox for Android Beta<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox_beta\">Firefox for Android Beta<\/a> introduces an easier way to read articles on your mobile phone or tablet.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Reader Mode: Firefox for Android Beta makes it easier to view and read website articles with Reader Mode. When viewing articles and stories on text-heavy pages like news sites and blogs, tapping the &#8220;Reader&#8221; icon in the Awesome Bar will activate Reader Mode. Reader Mode removes advertisements, reformats pictures and increases font size to show a clearer view of what you&#8217;re reading. Reader Mode also lets you share the pages you are reading over Bluetooth, email and SMS with the Share button on the bottom right of the screen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1066\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/files\/2012\/08\/us_reader_fx161.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1066\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1066     \" title=\"Tap &quot;Reader&quot; icon in the Awesome Bar to activate Reader Mode\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/files\/2012\/08\/us_site_fx16.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tap &#8220;Reader&#8221; icon in the Awesome Bar<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1073\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/files\/2012\/08\/us_reader_fx161.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1073\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1073\" title=\"Reader Mode\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/files\/2012\/08\/us_reader_fx161.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"365\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1073\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reader Mode<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For more information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox_beta\"> Firefox for Android Beta<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Detailed release notes for<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/mobile\/16.0\/releasenotes\/\"> Firefox for Android<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s New in Firefox Beta for Windows, Mac, Linux: Firefox Beta for Windows, Mac and Linux introduces an easier way for developers to interact with Firefox\u2019s new developer tools and &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/2012\/08\/30\/firefox-beta-now-available-for-download-and-testing\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":280,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8802,8803],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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