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Firefox 1.5 Release Candidate 1, which came out earlier this week, is a preview of the upcoming version of the browser. The final release is expected later this year, following several delays.
"It has been made available for testing purposes only, with no end-user support. If that sounds scary, you'd probably be better off with the latest version of Firefox 1.0," according to a statement on the Mozilla Foundation Firefox Project's Web site. The Mozilla Foundation assists in the development of the open-source browser.
Firefox 1.5 Release Candidate 1 offers several new features, ranging from navigation changes to increased support for the Mac OS X operating system.
The test release includes automated updates and more prominent notice of an available update. In addition, the test release is designed to speed navigation via changes to its back and forward buttons.
Security features include enhancements designed to improve pop-up blocking, as well as the ability to quickly remove personal data through a keyboard shortcut or menu item.
Increased support for Mac OS X versions 10.2 or greater includes profile migration from Safari and Mac Internet Explorer.
Firefox has been rapidly gaining on Microsoft's Internet Explorer, with the popular open-source browser receiving its 100th million download several weeks ago--just short of its anniversary.
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"Firefox fanbase reaches new high
More than 10% of net users are going online with the Firefox browser, show figures from analysis firm One Stat. The global average of 11.5% is the highest percentage of users that the open source browser has ever reached. The research also reveals that Americans are the biggest fans of Firefox with 14.1% using it. In the UK 4.9% use it to get around online."
This refers to Firefox 1.5 RC 3
Also, just putting this out, I use Firefox, but supposedly Opera is a really good browser, too. Just don't use Netscape or IE. Netscape is quite slow and IE is very insecure.
If your not using Firefox already once you switch you will never go back to IE.
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