It looks like the folks over at Mozilla have uploaded the latest version of Firefox onto their ftp just days before the official release!
If you want to download version 5, just head over to the links below, just don’t forget that this has not been announced officially so there could be (minor or major) changes before it is actually expected to come out on 21st June according to sources.
This version is mostly back end stuff including performance improvements, bug fixes, privacy tweaks and support for CSS animations:
- Added support for CSS animations
- The Do-Not-Track header preference has been moved to increase discoverability
- Improved canvas, JavaScript, memory, and networking performance
- Improved standards support for HTML5, XHR, MathML, SMIL, and canvas
- Improved spell checking for some locales
- Improved desktop environment integration for Linux users
Downloads
Windows
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/5.0/win32/en-US/
Linux
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/5.0/linux-i686/en-US/
Mac
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/5.0/mac/en-US/
Firefox 5 is quickly becoming a joke to the internet fraternity.
I saw last month a poll on browser standings, obviously IE was on top with 53% but that’s probably because it ships with everything.
Interestingly though was that Firefox has become stationary and it appears as if Chrome has taken back some of their lead.
I wonder how long it will be before we see them both with an equal market share?
If its left to the none responsive tech support at Mozilla I don’t think we’ll have to wait that long….
Shame, I like the add-on’s but have really began to doubt the ability of the browser…
IE was on the top in browser’s list? can’t believe that