Firefox 6 Beta is out
The 6th version stands out by having new option (about:memory) that allows change of some memory settings thus reducing the amount of memory required for browser.
Mozilla team does its best to update three browser channels (stable, beta, aurora) simultaneously, however, it does not always go the way its was planned. Mozilla has introduced Firefox 7 Aurora one week ago, whereas Firefox 6 Beta became available only couple of a days ago.
The update features the following changes:
- The address bar now highlights domain name
- Added support for latest draft version of WebSockets
- Added support for EventSource
- Added support for window.matchMedia
- Added new menu option Web Developer with all developments commands moved to it
- Web Console got easer to work with
- Browser takes less time to launch using Panorama
Firefox 6 Beta can be downloaded here.
In the end, here is Mozilla’s timetable for upcoming releases:
Note that, 6th version stands out by having new option (about:memory) that allows change of some memory settings thus reducing the amount of memory required for browser. On the other hand, Firefox 7 is said to have these features optimized even more to reduce browser’s original RAM size.
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