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April 2nd, 2008

It's official! Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 released

Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 9:56 am

Categories: Software

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Beta, Firefox 3 Beta 5, Web Browsers, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

[UPDATE: It's now official.]

Just a quick note - Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 has been released and distributed to mirror download sites.

Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 releasedThere’s no official announcement yet (I expect this to be made within the hour) but the release notes have been uploaded to the Mozilla website.

Firefox 3 Beta 5 includes more than 750 changes from the previous beta, improving stability and web compatibility, providing platform and user interface enhancements, and resulting in the fastest Firefox ever. Many of these improvements were based on community feedback from the previous beta.

The download site hasn’t been updated yet but if you’re creative with the download link you’ll find it (here are the US English downloads for Windows, Mac and Linux).   

I’ll have more on this latest Firefox beta soon …

[UPDATE: Download page updated.]

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unfortunately
it is asking kind of a lot of a developer to support an OS that old. (Read the rest)
Posted by: lostarchitect Posted on: 04/04/08 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
If you're running the beta version on Linux  Real World | 04/02/08
Wooo Hooo!!! Yahoo Mail no longer causes crash  wackoae | 04/02/08
LOL! Yeah, but since Microsoft now owns Yahoo, ...  OButterball | 04/02/08
Message has been deleted.  superbus | 04/02/08
Message has been deleted.  James T. Kirk | 04/02/08
re. Yahoo crash  glassangel | 04/03/08
No need to download manually  Michael Kelly | 04/02/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 released  Loverock Davidson | 04/02/08
Do the plugins work?  Prognosticator | 04/02/08
adblock doesn't. :~( [n/m]  lostarchitect | 04/02/08
Adblock plus doesn't  Loverock Davidson | 04/02/08
If the plugins are anything like those of previous versions  Michael Kelly | 04/02/08
Yes, to your queston  bucca36 | 04/02/08
Best to create a separate Firefox profile...  Greenknight_z | 04/03/08
No Adblock Plus?  afleck | 04/02/08
Enough about the plugins!  superbus | 04/02/08
chill out.  lostarchitect | 04/02/08
Sure. Everyone stay quiet and not say a word...  BitTwiddler | 04/02/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 released  nnannerz2@... | 04/02/08
Who made you forum queen ?  Prognosticator | 04/02/08
The reponse of a twit!  bucca36 | 04/02/08
WHo asked anyone the definition of a beta  Prognosticator | 04/03/08
wow.  lostarchitect | 04/03/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 released  txakura@... | 04/02/08
RE: Betas and extensions  aussiedawg | 04/03/08
IN Fact...  aussiedawg | 04/03/08
RE: Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 released not for WIN98  bob@... | 04/03/08
Firefox 3 won't work on Win98--why not?  Jeffhs | 04/03/08
unfortunately  lostarchitect | 04/04/08

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