Firefox 5.0.1

Firefox 6.0.2  is now the stable final release and a relatively minor update to Mozilla’s flagship browser, though still definitely worth the download.

The new version includes support for modern web technologies, such as HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3, as well as new privacy features and browsing controls, including the “do not track” feature for Android devices.

Once installed you’ll find it difficult to spot any visible changes. The Do Not Track privacy feature introduced in Firefox 4 has been relocated so it’s a little easier to spot (Tools > Options > Privacy, where it really should have been in the first place) but that’s about it.

Perhaps the most significant single new addition is support for CSS animations, a technology which makes it easy for developers to create simple web animations, even if they don’t know JavaScript.

The real benefit of Firefox 5 comes in a host of performance-related tweaks, though. Mozilla talk about “Improved canvas, JavaScript, memory, and networking performance”; we ran a few tests on a Windows 7 system and confirmed that there really are some welcome gains. When compared with version 4.01, Firefox 6.0.2 loaded 20% faster, used less RAM and required significantly fewer resources than the previous version. There’s still plenty of work to do, but if you’ve been disappointed with Firefox’s performance of late then give this version a try – it should run much more smoothly on most systems.

Change Log :

* Worked around an issue in Mac OS X 10.7 that would cause Firefox to crash
* Worked around an issue caused by Apple’s “Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 5″ where the Java plugin would not be loaded

Download : Open Source

Mozilla Firefox 6.0.2 – (13.05MB)

Homepage : www.mozilla.com/firefox/