Firefox
Missed this one until today due to the Holiday.  Mozilla released another update to it’s Firefox 9, now in Beta 3.

With a expected Release date of December 20th, 2011 the next implementation of the Firefox browser is a great choice for a browser.  Mozilla’s website shows they are expecting to roll it out before it’s target date.  Grab your copy of the Beta or Aurora release here and give it a try.

What’s new in this version of Firefox BETA:

  • Type Inference: Firefox Beta adds Type Inference to make JavaScript significantly faster. To learn more about how rich websites and Web apps with lots of pictures, videos and 3D graphics will load faster in Firefox, check out this blog post.
  • Mac OS X Lion Support: Firefox Beta has a new look that matches the Mac OS X Lion application toolbar and icon styles. Firefox Beta also supports the two finger swipe navigation gesture and makes it easier to use multiple monitors.
  • Do Not Track JavaScript Detection: Firefox Beta enables JavaScript to show developers when users choose to opt-out of behavioral tracking with the Do Not Track privacy feature.
  • Chunked XHR Support: Firefox Beta supports chunking for XHR requests so websites can receive data that’s part of a large XHR download in progress. This helps developers make websites and Web apps faster, especially those that download large sets of data or via AJAX.
  • If you’re a developer, please visit the Firefox for Developers page.

UPDATE 12-20-2011 – Firefox 9 Officially released, touting 20-30% speed increase to Javascript.   Source: Techspot

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