Mozilla foundation has released the latest version of Firefox. Folks Firefox 9 has been released which is now being optimised for Mac OS X Lion. Firefox 9 supports numerous features on Mac Os like swipe navigation controls and a boost to the JavaScript engine. Users are being able to download the beta version, but the final version promises a tweak to the JavaScript engine that can improve the performance of in-page code by up to 30 per cent – a major boon for users on slower systems. Mac OS X Lion users get improved support for the swipe-based gesture control system, along with performance and stability improvements.
The latest version of Firefox has the following changes:
- Added Type Inference, significantly improving JavaScript performance
- Improved theme integration for Mac OS X Lion
- Added two finger swipe navigation for Mac OS X Lion
- Added support for querying Do Not Track status via JavaScript
- Added support for font-stretch
- Improved support for text-overflow
- Improved standards support for HTML5, MathML, and CSS
- Fixed several stability issues
- Fixed several security issues
