Mozilla have released Firefox 4 Beta 1 to the public, after final beta 1 builds started to appear last week.
Firefox 4 has many changes over 3.6, and is based on Gecko 2.0 rendering engine. New in Firefox 4 include:
- Tabs on top for Windows by default (Mac and Linux changes coming later)
- Menu bar replaced by Firefox button for Windows Vista and Windows 7 users
- New add-ons manager
- CSS transitions
- Native HD HTML5 WebM video support
A full list of changes can be found in the release notes. Firefox users can download Firefox 4 Beta 1 from the Firefox Beta website.
Justin wrote on July 15, 2010 at 4:46 am
In a word… it SUCKS !
Alex wrote on July 15, 2010 at 9:30 am
What’s wrong with it?
Jon wrote on August 12, 2010 at 6:32 am
Firefox 4 beta brought me back into the fold, but that’s about to change real quick. I can’t stream videos from netflix with it and now my bookmark toolbar has disappeared and I can’t seem to get it back. The hand dandy help menu shows you what you need to do in 3.6…
Sorry, Mozilla – you got axed for the last time.