Just yesterday we have been talking about plans to accelerate the Firefox development plan, and while the release of beta 10 of the upcoming Firefox 4 browser has nothing to do with that, it shows that the developers are urging to release the final version of Firefox 4 to start working on Firefox 5.
Firefox 4 Beta 10 is not the last beta. Plans are to release beta 11 before the end of this month. If plans go ahead as planned it will be the last beta release before the release candidate.
The tenth beta of Firefox 4 fixes many issues, a complete list of bugs fixed in the release is accessible here.
Notable fixes include improvements in memory usage, compatibility and stability improvements when using Adobe Flash on Mac OS X and support for a graphics driver blacklist to improve stability.
The full changelog listing those features and features that have been added in previous beta versions is available here. Downloads are provided on the same page.
Firefox users who are already working with a beta release can use the internal updating mechanism to update their browser to the latest beta version.
It pays to look at the known issues before doing so, especially if its the first time a Firefox 4 beta is installed on the system. Among the issues are problems with Hulu which blocks access to contents because of an “incompatible” browser (caused by a whitelist of user agents which has not been updated to include Firefox 4), slower scrolling in Gmail for some users and problems when downgrading to a beta release before beta 8.
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I’m still waiting for a good version of Firefox for Android. I need that encrypted password feature (where you choose your encryption key/master password) badly. Right now all the mobile browsers store your site passwords in a generic encryption mode, if any. It’s a hack waiting to happen.
Opera need memory usage improvements wery much
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No it doesn’t. But how on earth is that relevant here? This is about Firefox.
No it doesn’t. But how on earth is that relevant here? This is about Firefox.