Firefox 3.1 Beta Released
Thursday, October 16, 2008
The Firefox 3.1 Beta was released two days ago, October 14th, and I hear nothing but good news about it. TGDaily gives it a rundown, but here’s a rundown of the features:
- Javascript loading speed is now 40x faster
- Geolocation abilities
- Ctrl+Tab for navagating tabs
- Speed Dial
- Privacy Mode
- Keyword Filters
I’m excited about the keyword filters. I love smart keywords as it is, but now the “awesome bar” is even awesomer. You now have filter key words to find that buried site. Search history by typing “^”, bookmarks with “*”, tagged pages with “+”, only urls with “@”, and for title/tags only use “#”.
Don’t care about keywords? Go ahead and just download it. You could also wait until the offical release near the end of the year, but why not get your Christmas present early? I am.
Direct Download Firefox 3.1b English (US): Windows | Mac OS X | Linux
