Tag: FIREFOX3.1

Firefox 3.1b3 is out today, and the release notes list a few important improvements: faster Javascript with Tracemonkey, improvements to the new private browsing mode, faster rendering and native JSON support. Anecdotal evidence from folks on Twitter and some testing here on my MacBook says that 3.1b3 is noticeably faster than 3.1b2, but still not quite up to speed with Safari 4. One ...

If you're anxiously waiting for the arrival of Firefox 3.1, you may want to sit tight. While the 3.1b2 is now available in the nightly builds, you probably don't need to make the jump just yet - unless you're looking for speedier javascript processing. The changes that are included are a good start, and bode well for the final release of 3.1. The improved ctrl+tab switching looks and functions ...