Mozilla Firefox 1.0 preview release RC1

Het team van Mozilla heeft zojuist de release candidatie van de eerste previewversie van Firefox 1.0 gereleast. Deze uitvoering weegt tussen de vijf en acht megabyte en is beschikbaar voor Windows als MacOS X en Linux. Firefox is de slanke versie van de browsersuite Mozilla en bestaat in tegenstelling tot zijn grote broer alleen uit een webbrowser die gebruik maakt van de Gecko-engine. Het programma wordt standaard geleverd met onder meer een popup blocker en een minidownloadmanager. Daarnaast is het mogelijk om via tabs te surfen en kunnen username-password-combo's automatisch ingevuld worden. Hieronder zijn de belangrijkste veranderingen van 1.0 Preview Release Release Candidate 1 te vinden. De tweakers die geïnteresseerd zijn in een gedetailleerd changelog, kunnen terecht op deze pagina:

Live Bookmarks

You can now subscribe to and read RSS feeds in your Bookmarks. When you visit a page that advertises a RSS feed by using a link-tag, a RSS icon will appear in the status bar. Click it to view a list of feeds the page is offering. Click one to subscribe - this adds a Bookmark Folder that contains all the recent posts from the feed.

Improved Find

Find is easier and more powerful now with our new Find toolbar. The Find toolbar (which shows at the bottom of the browser window) automatically highlights text in the page as you type and has a useful highlight feature.

Managing Annoyances and Protecting Security

You can now open blocked popups, and the Extension install system now blocks all attempts to install software from sites other than update.mozilla.org. Users can add other sites to a list that allows them to offer software, but software is never automatically installed. In addition to these steps, several other measures have been taken to prevent phishing attacks and to highlight when a page is being viewed over a secure connection.

Better Bookmarks

Numerous improvements to bookmarks including more reliable presentation of Site icons, and a split pane view in the Bookmarks window.

Strong Encryption For Passwords Available

Passwords saved with the Password Manager can now be more easily encrypted with strong encryption by creating a "Master Password". If you create a Master Password, you are prompted once per session to enter the Master Password so that Password Manager can automatically fill in site logins. A useful feature for people who share computers with others and want improved security.

Improved Compatibility for IE users

Undetectable document.all support for site compatibility and improved compatibility for keyboard accelerators further smooth the transition for IE users.

Op het forum van Tweakers.net wordt al vier delen druk gediscussieerd over Mozilla Firefox.