Firefox 16 Almost Ready for Release

The stable version for Firefox 16 is planned for release next week, on October 9. With no blocking issues being reported, Mozilla has signed off the release.

There is, however, a recent bug report about JavaScript crashing, which the development team deemed as relating to an add-on.

At the moment, the fifth beta for Firefox 16 already counts 1.8 million active daily users and the crash ratio recorded is of 2.8%; data about beta six of the browser has not been compiled yet.

Firefox 16 is expected to ship with preliminary VoiceOver support turned on by default on Mac OS X (last release to support Leopard), initial support for web apps for all supported desktop platforms and more increased JavaScript responsiveness through incremental garbage collection.

For developers there is a new toolbar that offers fast access to tools, error count for the Web Console, and a new command line for quick keyboard access.

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