Technology Advisory: Firefox 3.5 Released

Mozilla has released Firefox 3.5, the latest major version of their open source web browser, for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The browser can be downloaded here: http://www.getfirefox.com

Improvements in this version include:

• New TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, claiming to be two times faster than Firefox 3 and ten times faster than Firefox 2
• The ability to play audio and video within the browser without plugins using the HTML5 audio and video elements.
  
• New privacy controls including Private Browsing, Forget this Site, and Clear Recent History.
• Location Aware Browsing - an optional setting to give websites information about your location.
• Support for new web technologies such as: downloadable fonts, CSS media queries, new transformations and properties, JavaScript query selectors, HTML5 local storage and offline application storage, canvas text, ICC profiles, and SVG transforms

Windows System Requirements:

• Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 or Vista
• Pentium 233 MHz (Recommended: Pentium 500 MHz or greater)
• 64 MB RAM (Recommended: 128 MB RAM or greater)
• 52 MB hard drive space

Mac System Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.4 and later
• Macintosh computer with an Intel x86 or PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor
• 128 MB RAM (Recommended: 256 MB RAM or greater)
• 200 MB hard drive space

For Linux System Requirements, see http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/system-requirements.html

For more information, the release notes can be viewed here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.5/releasenotes/