Firefox 7.0 Released
HOLY, that is fast! Firefox 7.0 has been released! Looking back Firefox 6.0 was only released last month on the 17th August 2011!
What’s New In Firefox 7.0?
- Drastically improved memory use
- Added a new rendering backend to speed up Canvas operations on Windows systems
- Bookmark and password changes now sync almost instantly when using Firefox Sync
- Added support for text-overflow: ellipsis
- Added support for the Web Timing specification
- Added an opt-in system for users to send performance data back to Mozilla to improve future versions of Firefox. This can be enabled by installing an add-on
- Fixed several stability issues
Firefox will have one more release before 2011 ends, Firefox 8 is scheduled to be released on 8th November 2011.
Direct Download Links To Firefox 7.0
Links
- Official Blog Post: Mozilla Firefox Significantly Reduces Memory Use to Make Web Browsing Faster
- Release Notes: Firefox 7.0