The Mozilla Foundation announced the availability of a new preview release of its next generation web browser, Mozilla Firefox 0.9. Faster, more secure, easier to use and sporting a new look, this latest Firefox release sets a new standard for web browser innovation.
Firefox, the Mozilla Foundation’s first product squarely aimed at end users, has been met with glowing praise from reviewers, web authors, the blogging community and the more than three million users who have left behind web nuisances such as pop-up ads, security holes and spyware by installing Firefox. “This new release brings Firefox closer to its much-anticipated 1.0 release, which will mark a milestone in the history of the Mozilla Foundation,” observed Mitchell Baker, President of the Mozilla Foundation.
A number of key improvements in this release make this the best time yet for users to reload their browser experience and migrate to Firefox. “Months of development and hundreds of open source developers contributed towards this release, working within the Mozilla Foundation’s proven development model,” commented Ben Goodger, Firefox’ Lead Engineer.
New features in Firefox 0.9 include:easy migration,smaller download,new default theme, smartupdate,online help,and new extension and theme managers.Mozilla Firefox also includes numerous bug fixes and incremental improvements, including faster page load speed.
Firefox 0.9 is available as a free download from www.mozilla.org. Users can also purchase an affordable CD edition from the Mozilla project’s web site. Mozilla applications run on a wide range of operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, and are translated into dozens of languages. All source code and documentation is freely available under the open source Mozilla Public License.
