Notable changes in Firefox 1.5 include the ability to reorder tabs, faster back and forward buttons, a feature to clear personal data, improved accessibility and popup blocking, along with support for more Web standards such as SVG, CSS 2 and CSS 3, and JavaScript 1.6. Firefox 1.5 is available now for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
Mozilla Firefox project (formerly Firebird, which was formerly Phoenix) is a redesign of Mozilla's browser component, written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform. It includes a popup blocker, tabbed browsing, a smarter search, hassle free downloading, and improved privacy and security.
Latest Changes:
- Automated update to streamline product upgrades
- Faster browser navigation with improvements to back and forward button performance
- Drag and drop reordering for browser tabs
- Improvements to popup blocking
- Clear Private Data feature provides an easy way to quickly remove personal data through a menu item or keyboard shortcut
- Answers.com is added to the search engine list
- Improvements to product usability including descriptive error pages, redesigned options menu, RSS discovery, and "Safe Mode" experience
- Better accessibility including support for DHTML accessibility and assistive technologies such as the Window-Eyes 5.5 beta screen reader for Microsoft Windows. Screen readers read aloud all available information in applications and documents or show the i
- Report a broken Web site wizard to report Web sites that are not working in Firefox
- Better support for Mac OS X (10.2 and greater) including profile migration from Safari and Mac Internet Explorer
- New support for Web Standards including SVG, CSS 2 and CSS 3, and JavaScript 1.6
- Many security enhancements.
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