Mozilla said earlier this morning that it has released version 10 of its popular Firefox internet browser as part of its accelerated six-week update cycle. Mozilla's development team has also included a suite of app developer tools aimed at simplifying life for webmasters and site operators.
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Firefox version 10, available for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android, includes no less than eight security and bug fixes, but the most noticeable change in its upgrade is the method in which the browser handles add-on software.
According to Mozilla, most add-ons will now work by default (after the changes made by Firefox 8), rather than having to be reloaded to suit the new version. HTML5-support APIs for full-screen viewing are also new to the build, by the way.
Additionally, Mozilla claims to have fixed the crashable conflicts caused by Java for Mac OS X users of Firefox, and similar stability issues that occurred when trying to shift bookmarks around.
Anti-aliasing for WebGL and CSS3 3D-transforms are also included in the new release. For web and app developers, Mozilla has also added a specific function called Page Inspector, which allows a website creator to examine the HTML structure and layout of a site without leaving the browser window-- a nice feature that will, it is hoped, save time when a developer needs to analyze long segments of code after the browser has rendered it viewable, or if the developer needs to do some debugging.
Site Inspector gives the ability to edit a page, and to access CSS properties and without leaving the browser window.
There are, however, still a few problems. For example, Gmail users will find scrolling a bit slow in some cases, and notifications won’t work with Growl 1.3 and above.
And two-digit browser version numbers can also still cause some crashes, and Firefox won’t scroll down with some Synaptics touchpads.
However, it shouldn't take Mozilla too much time to fix those issues, they are usually pretty fast at repairing these sort of problems.
