I read an interesting article on hacks.mozilla.org the other day that I thought a few people may be interested in.
Its about a new DOM function, part of the Web Storage specification, that allows you to store data on a users local system.
Its written by Jeff Balogh, part of the Mozilla web development team
Link : http://hacks.mozilla.org/2009/06/localstorage/
hacks.mozilla.org is a site full of guides and demo’s of the new features that can be found in Firefox 3.5
After 6 months delay, Mozilla have finally released the long awaited major update to its open source web browser Firefox.
2 x faster than Firefox 3, 10 x faster than firefox 2, numerous new feature’s and upgrades, Firefox 3.5 has a lot to live up to.
Developers should head on over to the developer notes if you’ve not read them already, there is also a blog that Mozilla have setup that explains the new features in more details, its called hacks.mozilla.org i would advise everyone has a quick look over it as there is a lot of useful stuff on there.
Want to know more?
Mozilla’s 3.5 announcement post can be found here
You can download Firefox 3.5 here
Or watch the tour below…
A lot of people dont know about these so thought I would also add a link to the Firefox Tips and Tricks
Mozilla today pushed out their first release candidate build of Firefox 3.5 to developers. This latest update contains several bug fixes and the build is now stable enough for general browsing, although Mozilla have yet to complete the quality assurance testing required before an official product release. The final release of Firefox 3.5 is expected later this month.
This update is not being made available via direct download and only via auto-update through the Beta channel. If you are currently running a Beta build, select “Check for Updates…” in the “Help” menu.
As always developers should read the Firefox 3.5 for Developers article on the Mozilla Developer Center to keep up to date on latest bug fixes and known problems.
Update – 17/06/09 @ 19:32
Mozilla released an email to the beta mailing list last night to clarify the roll out process, for those of you that aren’t on the mailing list, here it is.
There was a bit of miscommunication yesterday regarding the testing of the Release Candidate. The release team decided to follow a different path this time, which is explained in this post by Mike Beltzner:
http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.planning/browse_thread/thread/ce690ef030e2b98b?pli=1So while some of you may have seen the early release candidate version on the all beta page briefly yesterday, it was taken down. This early release candidate build is *not* being released on the beta download page; if someone out there wants to get at it, they should first become a beta tester by downloading a beta and then they will receive the updates. You can do that by visiting: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html, downloading the Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 and then performing a manual software update (Help -> Check for Updates).
So here is the updated scheduled:
- June 16th: Firefox 3.5 beta users get updated to an early release candidate version
- June 19th: target public ship date for Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 1
- end of June: target ship date for Firefox 3.5
Thanks for your patience and we hope you can join us in testing this exciting release.
marcia
Update – 20/06/09 @ 10:32
The release candidate has now been released to the general public, you can download FF3.5rc2 here
Update – 26/06/09 @ 11:06
Mozilla have now pushed out an updated release candidate for us to test, download FF3.5rc3 here