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Firefox 3.0 Beta Unleashed

Packed with new features and stepped-up security

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(Newser) – Mozilla has rolled out a beta version of its Firefox 3.0 browser, PC World reports. The new version boasts added security and a host of new features - all of which it wants user feedback on while it's in beta, before the final release. The way Firefox manages browsing history has also been revamped, and memory leakage issues are said to have been fixed.

Mozilla hopes to have the final version ready sometime in 2008 - by which time they expect up to a half a million people to be testing the software. The group says that this beta version is meant for testing purposes only, although interface designer Mike Beltzner admits he's been using it himself for months and hasn't looked back. 

Firefox's Gecko 1.9 rendering engine will make it perform better in the Web 2.0 world
Firefox's Gecko 1.9 rendering engine will make it perform better in the Web 2.0 world   ((c) firefoxrockfestival)
Firefox hopes to have the finished product out by early 2008
Firefox hopes to have the finished product out by early 2008   ((c) penmachine)
Firefox believes its new browser is now ready to be used as a daily browser
Firefox believes its new browser is now ready to be used as a daily browser   ((c) pterjan)
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