FireFox 4beta 1 Released

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The most awaited Firefox 4beta 1 has been released on this tuesday.This is the first look version for the Firefox 4 which is  going to be released in near future.This is released as test version so that the bugs can be rectified before the final release of Firefox 4.The first and foremost difference which you can notice after installing this new version is the tabs on top of the address bar as like Google chrome.They say the change is because "We moved the tabs to the top to make it easier to focus on the web content and easier to control the tools in your Web browser. Also, if you have Windows 7 or Windows Vista the Menu bar was replaced with a single Firefox button so you can get to the most used options with just one click".

There is a lot more to this beta than a facelift on Windows, including:

• New Add-Ons Manager: gives you more space to manage your Add-Ons, Themes and Plugins. Customizing your browser has never been easier!


• HD Video: Watch hardware-accelerated, super-smooth, HD-quality HTML5 video on YouTube using the new WebM format.


• Privacy improvements: Mozilla always puts privacy first, and this latest beta fixes flaws in some Web standards that could expose your browser history.


• Crash Protection: Experience uninterrupted browsing (now available on all platforms) – when a plugin crashes or freezes, you can resume browsing by simply refreshing the page.


• Performance: We know that performance is important. In this version, we focused on improving responsiveness at start-up and during page loads. This is just the beginning for performance improvements in Firefox 4.

says a post on Firefox blog.

Since it is under testing you can submit your feedback by clicking on the feedback which is specially placed for this bets version to know the experience of the user for there experiment.

New Firefox has 2 more new features "Switch to tab" and "Firefox Button"

Switch to tab help to switch to a specific tab by typing in the address bar and no need to search for the tab.

Firefox button is the alternative for the conventional menu bar which was removed in the Firefox 4 by default.

As mentioned above the new Firefox supports HD-quality HTML5 video on YouTube using the new WebM format.They also have given a sample video to see how a WebM format video looks like Link to the video



And it also has default button to subscribe to feeds on web sites.





Download Firefox 4beta 1 now