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Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 Available for Download
Wired: Epicenter — ... about what to expect from this release last week, and the latest beta fulfills those expectations. New features include Private Browsing mode (aka "porn mode"), a more detailed session restore dialog, the new "web worker threads" for running web app processing tasks in the background, and performance enhancements. Also, the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine is the default rendering engine for all scripted web content. Check out more details from the Mozilla Developer Center. While beta releases aren't something the average user is ...

Private Browsing Comes to Firefox
Mashable! — ... authored some details about how it works and how to use it. Private browsing is already a part of several other Web browsers, including IE8, Safari, and Google Chrome. Speaking of Chrome, the new Beta for Firefox 3.1 includes a number of enhancements designed to improve performance and speed – perhaps the greatest strength of the Google browser versus the Mozilla product. The full details of the release are available on the Mozilla blog. --- Related Articles at Mashable | All That's New on ...

Firefox 3.1 Beta 2
SuperSite Blog — ... New support for Web worker threads. The new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine is on by default for Web content. Web standards improvements in the Gecko layout engine, including speculative parsing. Support for new Web technologies such as the video and audio elements, the W3C geolocation API, JavaScript query selectors, CSS 2.1 and 3 properties, SVG transforms and offline applications. You can view more information on the DevNews post. Download Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 ...

Second Firefox 3.1 beta brings significant changes
Webware.com — ... The official announcement has more details for users, and programmers can check the developer site. CNET's Download.com site has the Windows and Mac OS X versions available. The finished 3.1 version, code-named Shiretoko, is expected to arrive in early 2009 after a third beta, Mozilla has said. It arrives during a period of hot activity for browsers. Apple is promoting its Safari browser for Windows as well as Mac OS X. Microsoft, the leader of the market, plans to release Internet Explorer 8 in 2009. And of course the biggest ...

Mozilla releases Firefox 3.1 Beta 2
SlashGear — ... As we suspected, Mozilla announced the availability of the new Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 this afternoon. This version is available on Mozilla’s Beta download page in 55 different languages.  The 3.1 Beta 2 exceeds any previous expectations that we had as far as added features. ...

Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 Available for Download
AppScout — ... According to a Mozilla Developer Center blog post, Beta 2 is already available for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux in more than 50 languages. ...

Firefox 3 Beta 2 Update Highlights Private Browsing Mode
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — Mozilla on Monday released Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 , an update to its popular Internet browser. The company characterizes the software as a preview release for developer testing. It's available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux in 54 languages. The updated browser includes the New Private Browsing Mode, which allows users to surf the Web without leaving locally stored records of online activities. A number of news organizations, including InformationWeek , have referred to this as "Porn Mode," named so because it's widely believed that this feature is ...

Firefox 3.0.5 woes
The Apple Core — ... . I stupidly installed it automatically (via Preferences > Advanced > Update) on my MacBook Pro 2.4GHz running Mac OS 10.5.5 and it’s completely FUBAR . Tabs don’t work, neither Command-T nor File > New Tab produce a new tab and instead FF 3.0.5 stares back blankly at me. And now FF305 won’t even launch for me - it just beachballs until I force quit it. I’ve resorted to using Firefox 3.1 beta 2 in the interim, because at least it launches . I know that FF 3.0.5 is probably working fine for you, but other Mac-heads are also complaining about problems in the ...