{"id":231,"date":"2011-07-08T21:13:30","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T21:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/?p=231"},"modified":"2011-07-08T21:13:30","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T21:13:30","slug":"firefoxbeta6-0-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/futurereleases\/2011\/07\/08\/firefoxbeta6-0-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Firefox Beta is Available for Download and Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest Mozilla Firefox Beta is now available for <a href=\"http:\/\/mzl.la\/iOuPBB\">download and testing on Windows, Mac, Linux and Android<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/firefox\/channel\/\">.<\/a> This release introduces innovative tools to help developers build rich and compelling Web experiences.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">New in this release for Windows, Mac and Linux:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Add-ons Manager with Plugin Check: Check that your plugins are up-to-date directly from the Add-ons Manager<\/li>\n<li>Improved Panorama Groups: Reduces browser startup time by only loading saved tab groups when you use Panorama<\/li>\n<li>Improved Address Bar: Highlights the domain name of the website you&#8217;re visiting to make it easy to identify where you are online<\/li>\n<li>Streamlined site identity block<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/antennasoft.net\/robcee\/2011\/06\/08\/scratchpad-canvas-demo\/\">The Scratchpad<\/a>: Quickly build and test JavaScript snippets in the browser<\/li>\n<li>Support for Web Sockets with a prefixed API<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/devtools\/2011\/05\/28\/web-console-where-you-want-it-to-be-with-nicer-completion-and-more\/http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/devtools\/2011\/05\/28\/web-console-where-you-want-it-to-be-with-nicer-completion-and-more\/\">Moveable Web Console<\/a><\/li>\n<li>New Web developer-specific menu<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dbaron.org\/log\/20110422-matchMedia\">Window.matchMedia<\/a> API<\/li>\n<li>Support for <a href=\"http:\/\/hacks.mozilla.org\/?p=8405&amp;preview=true\">server-sent events<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">New in this release for Android:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New initial experience: Firefox starts faster and uses less memory. Get to your home page quickly and discover browser features on the side panels.<\/li>\n<li>Higher-quality image scaling: View crisp Web pages and images with less pixelation<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced Firefox experience on large screen tablets<\/li>\n<li>Improvements to the form helper on Android<\/li>\n<li>Fresh visual style on Gingerbread OS<\/li>\n<li>Optimization for pages that use right to left layout rendering, e.g. in Hebrew and Arabic<\/li>\n<li>Touch Events for better interaction with Web pages<\/li>\n<li>IndexedDB allows Web pages to store data offline for faster access<\/li>\n<li>Automatic text hyphenation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A sincere thank you to all of the Firefox Beta testers for submitting feedback. 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