14 DAY TRIAL // Mozilla has announced that Firefox 32 Beta 1 has been released, marking the start of another branch for the famous Internet browser.
Mozilla doesn't waste any time when it comes to the development of the Firefox browser. The last stable release was on July 22 and now the Alpha version has been promoted to Beta, along with all the features and changes from that particular branch.
The version war between Google and Mozilla continues without any breaks, and very soon the two companies will have stable software out in the wild featuring roughly the same version number, and soon after that, if nothing changes, Firefox will overtake Google in the version scheme.
For now, the version numbers are manageable and users are not yet confused, but that time is approaching fast. In any case, the latest Mozilla Firefox 32 Beta 1 release is a very interesting one, although it's not quite as exciting as we hoped. It’s packed with new features and changes, and with the exception of a couple of entries, nothing really stands out.
According to the changelog, HTTP caching (v2) is now enabled by default, the generational garbage collection has been integrated, public key pinning support has been added, login metadata is now viewable in the password manager, the number of found items is now shown in the find toolbar, code completion and inline documentation has been added to Scratchpad, it's now possible to connect to an HTTP proxy over HTTPS, various improvements have been added to the Password Manager and Add-on Manager, the trust bit for some 1024-bit root certificates has been removed, and the vibration API has been updated to latest W3C spec.
Also, CSS box-decoration-break has replaced -moz-background-inline-policy, CSS position:sticky has been enabled by default, mix-blend-mode has been enabled by default, HiDPI support has been added in Developer Tools UI, the Inspector button has been moved to the top left, a new Web Audio Editor has been implemented, hidden nodes are now displayed differently in the markup-view, and numerous other fixes have been implemented.
More details about this new Firefox release can be found in the official changelog. Keep in mind that some of your add-ons might not work with the new version. It's recommended that you do not try to run both the stable and the Beta branches at once.
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Remember that this is a development version and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended for testing purposes only.