Mozilla already has its next number to keep Firefox up with Firefox 9. The final version of Firefox 9 can be downloaded right now, although it will beย officiallyย availableย tomorrow — they’re both the exact same versions. Firefox 9 brings a major performance boost in loading sites that use JavaScript heavily such as Twitter and Facebook; Firefox 9 now loads JavaScript 30% faster than the previous version. On the Firefox 9 Mac OS X Lion’s version, it now adds support forย two finger swipe navigation. Mozilla also says this update ‘improves standards support for HTML5, MathML, and CSS.’
Here’s the full change-log for Firefox 9:
- ย Added Type Inference, significantly improving JavaScript performance
- ย Improved theme integration for Mac OS X Lion
- ย Added two finger swipe navigation for Mac OS X Lion
- Added support for querying Do Not Track status via JavaScript
- ย Added support for font-stretch
- ย Improved support for text-overflow
- ย Improved standards support for HTML5, MathML, and CSS
- ย Fixed several stability issues
Download Firefox 9 right now for:ย Windows PC/ย Macย /ย Linux.
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