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Firefox 3.6 beta 5

Matt Rees - Cloud Testing — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:12:47 +0000

Beta 5 of Firefox 3.6 has now been released.

Firefox 3.6 Beta is built on Mozilla’s Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering platform, which has been under development for several months and contains many improvements for web developers, Add-on developers and users. This version is also faster and more responsive than previous versions, and has been optimized to run on small device operating systems such as Windows CE and Maemo.

[NEW] Made some changes to how we allow third party software to integrate with Firefox in order to prevent crashes.

[NEW] This beta is available in more than 70 languages – get your local version.

More than 100 bug fixes from the last beta to improve performance, stability, security and features.

The ability to run scripts asynchronously to speed up page load times.

Users can now change their browser’s appearance with a single click, with built in support for Personas.

Firefox 3.6 will alert users about out of date plugins to keep them safe.

Open, native video can now be displayed full screen, and supports poster frames.

Support for the WOFF font format.

Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness and startup time.

Support for new CSS, DOM and HTML5 web technologies.

Developers can find out about all the changes and new features at the Mozilla Developer Center.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6b5/releasenotes/

Firefox updated on Cloud Agents – 3.0.15, 3.5.4 and 3.6 Beta 1

Phil Smith - Cloud Testing — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:00:59 +0000

All of our Cloud Testing Agents have been updated with the latest releases of Firefox, i.e. 3.0.15 for the 3.0 release and 3.5.4 for the 3.5 release.

Version 2.0.0.20 remains available for those requiring a test on 2.0.

The Beta 1 release of the 3.6 browser has also been added to a number of agents to allow testing with it using the Cloud Testing service.

For full details of the Functional and Cross Browser testing services available from Cloud Testing, visit the website at http://www.cloudtesting.com/

Firefox 3.6 Beta due next week

Phil Smith - Cloud Testing — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:14:59 +0000

Following an conversation in Google Groups, which was first reported by The Register, it looks like the first beta release of Firefox 3.6 is due next week. Firefox 3.6, (codenamed “Namoroka”), has a release schedule before the end of 2009. Changes include a tweak to the JavaScript engine and minor upgrades to the look and feel of the browser.

Users of the Cloud Testing Service (www.cloudtesting.com) will be able to run their scripts using Firefox 3.6 Beta within 24 hours of it’s release.