Firefox 5.0 - Arriving on 21st June 2011



After very huge Excitement, Finally Mozilla Corporation is about to release the Official version of Firefox 5.0.The Official version of Firefox 5.0 is about to released on 21st June 2011. Nine months have passed since Firefox 4 was announced and about a year since the development on this new browser started. Finally its gonna released on 21st June. Now just 12 days to go to get the latest & faster version of Mozilla Firefox. Just few days ago Mozilla Firefox released the Note about Bugs which are now fixed in Firefox 5.0. Read the Note here.

Mozilla Corporation already released 3 beta versions of Firefox 5.0. On 12th April 2011 First Firefox 5.0 alpha released. But unfortunately this version is No longer available. On 7th May 2011, First Firefox 5.0 beta released to public. Officially its First Firefox 5.0 beta version. Later version of Firefox 5.0 beta released to public on 1st June 2011. This is Second & Current beta version of Firefox 5.0. Click here to get Firefox 5.0 beta.





Whats New in Firefox 5.0?
  • Now Firefox 5.0 is in new look.  
  • New menus that has two columns.
  • Tabs on Top now in Firefox 5.0.
  • No Status bar at bottom now.
  • New add-on manager.
  • Firefox Sync: It allows synchronising bookmarks, passwords, Preferences & Tabs. -Panorama: New way of managing tabs by visually arranging tabs in group.
  • App Tabs: It saves space in Title bar as Chrome & Opera.
  • Tab Switching from location bar.
  • Multi-Touch Support in Firefox 5.0.
  • Restartless add-ons: A way that enables installation without requiring a restart.
  • Added support for CSS animations.
  • Added support for switching Firefox development channels.
  • The Do-Not-Track header preference has been moved to increase discoverability.
  • Improved canvas, JavaScript, memory, and networking performance.
  • Improved standards support for HTML5, XHR, MathML, SMIL, and canvas.
  • Improved spell checking for some locales.
  • Improved desktop environment integration for Linux users.


Read More Here. Check out its Screenshots:







Original authors - Mozilla Corporation
Developers - Mozilla Corporation, Mozilla Foundation.
Initial Released - 12th April 2011
Preview Released - 17th May 2011 (1st beta Version), 1st June 2011 (2nd beta Version)
Official Release Date - 21st June 2011.
Operating Systems - Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux
Engine - Gecko 5.0
Available in - 82 Languages
Development status - Active
Official Website - http://www.mozilla.com/firefox


So Just 12 days to go now! Stay Tuned! Firefox 5.0 is Coming...