--- title: Firefox 8.0 Released date: 2011-11-09 08:31:26 permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2011/11/09/firefox-8-0-released/ author: Lester Chan categories: - Software tags: - "8.0" - Firefox - Mozilla --- Firefox 8.0 has been released! Looking back [Firefox 7.0](https://lesterchan.net/blog/2011/09/28/firefox-7-0-released/) was release one and a half months ago on the 28th September 2011! **What’s New In Firefox 8.0?** - Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default - Added a one-time add-on selection dialog to manage previously installed add-ons - Added Twitter to the search bar for select locales. Additional locale support will be added in the future - Added a preference to load tabs on demand, improving start-up time when windows are restored - Improved performance and memory handling when using - Added CORS support for cross-domain textures in WebGL - Added support for HTML5 context menus - Added support for insertAdjacentHTML - Improved CSS hyphen support for many languages - Improved WebSocket support - Fixed several stability issues - Fixed several security issues Firefox 8 will be the last release of Firefox for 2011. I am guessing by the end of 2012, we will have like Firefox 15 at the rate Mozilla is going. Currently, Firefox 9.0 to Firefox 11 are already [in the roadmap](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Release_Tracking). This will be the last blog post featuring Firefox since it has been updating way too often. **Direct Download Links To Firefox 8.0** - [Windows (English US)](http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-8.0&os=win&lang=en-US) - [Mac OS X (English US)](http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-8.0&os=osx&lang=en-US) - [Linux (English US)](http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-8.0&os=linux&lang=en-US) **Links** - Official Blog Post: [Mozilla Firefox Adds Twitter Search and New Features that Make Web Browsing Easier](http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2011/11/08/mozilla-firefox-adds-twitter-search-and-new-features-that-make-web-browsing-easier/) - Release Notes: [Firefox 8.0](http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/8.0/releasenotes/)