The second release candidate (RC2) of the much-awaited Mozilla Firefox version 3 has been launched. RC2, is a preview release mainly intended for testing and feedback.
“Firefox 3 release candidate 2 is now available for download. It includes new features, as well as dramatic improvements to performance, memory usage and speed” wrote lead developer of Firefox and Mozilla’s vice president of engineering, Mike Beltzner.
Some of the most anticipated features in Firefox 3 are improvements in memory management, caching and JavaScript engine. Other features like verification of secure sites, secure database for personal information etc. are also included. Firefox 3 sports a faster Gecko 1.9 rendering engine, which promises to be faster. This basically means that page loading times will be faster.
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I have stayed with IE for too long. Its time to move to FF.
@Madhur: Indeed, it is time to move on to Firefox 3. I wouldn’t have encouraged moving to Firefox 2 if somebody were on Safari or Opera, because Firefox was resource heavy. With v3, that complaint is also solved.