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For Microsoft, Mozilla release a new version of the Firefox browser when Firefox developers on the cake has become a tradition.
Recently, Mozilla released Firefox 7 browser, Microsoft also adhere to the traditional send a box of cake to celebrate the arrival of the new version of Firefox.

Microsoft said, Firefox is not against the company sent out of baked goods made to the Crown and back. Microsoft joke to say that a blog called Firefox “when the new crop is still in the blade and the old one is all consumed-temporary shortage”, fails thanks may be because they are on a diet? ；）

As usual, in a patent dispute in the world, Microsoft is quite worth learning this friendly gesture. Whenever Firefox group released new version of the browser when the IE team sent a cake to table blessings, each cake shapes and tastes are different.

Microsoft this attitude shows that, even though they are at a competitive relationship between, but they are sincere, aim is to provide the best Web experience for end users.

The foreign media today, Ars Technica got Mozilla is testing Firefox for Android UI, new interface improves the address bar, and tab bar, which combined together, bookmarks, and history toolbar into a hidden design, when you need to bring up. New version of the appearance of one of the most confusion where there is no back button, so users must back can be achieved using back physical buttons on the phone, it may be the most inconvenient places.

According to foreign media reports on Tuesday, the Mozilla Foundation officially launched Firefox 8 browser, keeping its rapid pace of upgrading. Launch of the launch of the new version of the browser from Firefox7 less than 6 weeks. Panel’s key features include integrated Twitter search, labels on demand and more WebGL graphics hardware acceleration support. This open source software also adds a new security feature: when you install a third-party software is prohibited to install extensions.

下载: Mozilla Firefox 8

On November 8, 2011 new simplified Chinese version

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According to the need to restore the tabs: when you restore the last browsing tabs, the user can only select some tabs are loaded and thus improve startup speed. Tab animation effects: allows users to more easily reorder and drag labels, and these operations to have a certain animation effects. Enhanced extended control: the user will receive a one-time reminder to look at and confirm that they want to keep, disable or remove third-party extensions. CORS for WebGL textures:Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) allows developers to load structures from other domain names that support WebGL safely. Updated the WebSockets: SSL page creation time, Firefox now prohibit the use of plain text of WebSockets, which can improve the security of the user. HTML5 comes with right click on the menu: Web developers can use a simple HTML5 markup directly in Firefox right click menu to add an entry. HTML5 media elements: without affecting performance, developers can add many video and audio elements in your Web site.

New Twitter search integration capabilities, easier to find new topics and user accounts. This feature is currently available only in English, Portugal, and Slovenia, and Japanese versions Firefox 8, but future versions will support more languages. WebGL graphics hardware acceleration support, Firefox 8 increased its cross-domain resource sharing (CORS) support, allowing developers to safely load WebGL texture from other domains.

JavaScript browser WebGL allows utilization of standard programming languages, develop interactive 3D graphics running on the user’s graphics hardware. However, Microsoft and Apple agree that WebGL is a security risk. IE9 is only based on the latest Windows DirectX application programming interface (API) for hardware acceleration.

Android version of Firefox 8 increase the Master Password feature to protect all login on the device, to help users protect private information, even if on a shared device or lost equipment, too. This feature allows the user to make icon used to open a specific Web site.

Mozilla Firefox is a free, open source browser, for Windows, Linux and MacOS x platforms. It also has a number of other advanced features such as tabbed browsing, you can prevent the popup window. built-in phishing protection, change tabbed browsing behavior, other than to reopen closed tabs, better support Web preview and subscriptions of a subscription, such as spell checking, support for JavaScript 1.7.

下载: Mozilla Firefox 3.6.24

Firefox 3.6 features include:

Available in more than 70 languages – get your local version. Support for a new type of theme called Personas, which allow users to change Firefox’s appearance with a single click. Protection from out-of-date plugins to keep users safer as they browse. Open, native video can now be displayed full screen and supports poster frames. Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness, and startup time. The ability for web developers to indicate that scripts should run asynchronously to speed up page load times. Continued support for downloadable web fonts using the new WOFF font format. Support for new CSS attributes such as gradients, background sizing, and pointer events. Support for new DOM and HTML5 specifications including the Drag & Drop API and the File API, which allow for more interactive web pages. Changes to how third-party software can integrate with Firefox in order to prevent crashes.

Mozilla Developer Ian Barlow today released the Firefox for Android 3 flat panel version screenshot preview, this is Mozilla’s first tablet-oriented browser products, support for widescreen system, multi-tabbed browsing design, with a specially designed touch-friendly navigation bar, this browser is still in its early stages, release date unknown.

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Mozilla today released Firefox in the official FTP 8 Bet6a download, three platforms intended for Windows, Mac, and Linux available. As a public beta version of Firefox 8 Beta 6 has not added any function, fix a known Bug, to enhance the security and stability. According to Mozilla’s current speed, Firefox 8 months in November to meet formally with members.

Download: ftp://FTP.Mozilla.org/pub/Firefox/nightly/8.0b6-candidates/build1/

Firefox official website server has released the first Alpha test version 10, at the same time, Aurora publishing Channel 9 to launch the second edition of the Alpha, Firefox 8 is officially transferred to the Beta channel, officially yesterday updated to 7 7 1.

　　Official 7.0.1 update instructions provided there is only one, as follows:

Some users may appear one or more extensions disappear after the update Firefox Firefox7.0.1 fixes a rare problem.

Firefox7.0 major improvements in memory consuming too much problem.

　　Download Firefox 10.0:

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/firefox-10.0a1.en-US.win32.installer.exe

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/firefox-10.0a1.en-US.win64-x86_64.installer.exe

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/firefox-10.0a1.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/firefox-10.0a1.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2

　Download Firefox 9.0:

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-aurora/firefox-9.0a2.en-US.win32.installer.exe

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-aurora/firefox-8.0a2.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-aurora/firefox-9.0a2.en-US.mac.dmg

　　Download Firefox 8.0 Beta1 simplified Chinese version:

http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/8.0b1/mac/zh-CN/Firefox%208.0b1.dmg

http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/8.0b1/linux-i686/zh-CN/firefox-8.0b1.tar.bz2

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/8.0b1-candidates/build1/win32/zh-CN/Firefox%20Setup%208.0b1.exe

　Download Firefox 7.0.1 simplified Chinese version:

http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-7.0.1&os=win&lang=zh-CN

http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-7.0.1&os=osx&lang=zh-CN

http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-7.0.1&os=linux&lang=zh-CN

Firefox was surprisingly big step forward, at least until the end of 2011 will have three Firefox officially released first half of 2012, there will be four Firefox version, in the middle of 2012, Firefox 13 release is likely to meet with you. Earlier this month, has officially released Firefox 6, and Firefox version 7 Beta to open beta, Firefox pre-testing 8 Aurora Edition, Firefox 9 Nightly development builds on a daily basis in an orderly manner. Mozilla decided to change the development process since the Firefox 4, and quick as possible and so that the majority of Firefox fans stunned, out of bounce before bad habits.

Firefox engineer Johnathan Nightingale, head says: “Mozilla is mission-driven, people sometimes forget to us is a non-profit organization, our job is to make the Web a better . Quick release in an important way to our tasks mentioned before, we develop new features and improvements more quickly, and make them available to users, we will more quickly new APIs and standards for application in the browser, we adapt to the pace Web development to deliver on commitments made to the user. ”

Schedule according to Mozilla,Firefox 7 will be released in September 2011, Firefox 8 will be released in November, Firefox 9 was released in December. From January 2012, the end users will get Firefox 10, Firefox (11), Firefox (12) and Firefox (13).

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Firefox turns bombing has made you think of mubuxiajie of 7/8/9? This is not finished yet. The official version of the three versions will be launched this year, four version will appear in the first half of next year. In other words, we will see the Firefox in 2012 year 13.

Firefox 6 version has been officially announced, and Firefox 7 is in Beta testing, Firefox development channel 8 is at an Aurora, in the Firefox development Channel 9 Nightly. Although Firefox 5 pain dystocia people entangled, but is not a major version of the moment even more missed a year?

Firefox engineer Johnathan Nightingale, head in the official blog for “speed” (Rapidity) on the theme: “Mozilla has its own task. Sometimes people forget that we are a non-profit organization, the only job is to make the Web a better place. Speed publication is an important way we carry out its mandate. We increase features, make improvements to keep pace with the faster rate. We have to keep at a much faster new API for Web developers and standards. Our commitment is being done on the Web at Web speed. ”

Mozilla’s plan was released in September this year Firefox 7 release in November, get Firefox 8, and then in time before Christmas so that everyone uses Firefox on 9.

January 2012, before Firefox 10 came to the user, Firefox 11/12/13 scheduled for March, April and June respectively.

At this rate, another two years, which is probably in the middle of 2013, we should have Firefox 20.

Johnathan Nightingale pointed out that the acceleration of new issuance policy for Mozilla is very difficult, he acknowledged failing to let users adapt to this new situation in a timely manner, but Firefox still adhere to the six-week development cycle in each of the seven or eight versions.

He added: “in order to win, Web require intelligent, agile. To this end, we also need to be flexible, agile. This is the reason why fast issuance policies. ”

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Releases of the Mozilla FTP directories have been around for the official version of the Mozilla Firefox 8 figure, is now available for download, this release contains the whole platform language, which means that Microsoft’s cakes have sent again.

Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by defaultAdded a one-time add-on selection dialog to manage previously installed add-onsAdded Twitter to the search barAdded a preference to load tabs on demand, improving start-up time when windows are restoredImproved tab animations when moving, reordering, or detaching tabsImproved performance and memory handling when using <audio> and <video> elements Added CORS support for cross-domain textures in WebGLAdded support for HTML5 context menusAdded support for insertAdjacentHTMLImproved CSS hyphen support for many languagesImproved WebSocket supportFixed several stability issues
下载: Mozilla Firefox 8.0