Firefox 6 Reaches Beta Stage, Now Available for Download
Firefox 6 Reaches Beta Stage, Now Available for Download
Posted 07/11/2011 at 7:01am
| by Paul Lilly
8
Comments
Print
Mozilla over the weekend gave its Firefox 6 browser a groom and haircut so that it can pass for a beta release. The next step is to give the 6.0 release a suit, tie, and spiffy pair of shoes so that it's ready to mingle with the public at large. Until then, you can download the beta build and get acquainted with Firefox 6, which offers a handful of changes and improvements over previous builds.
New to Firefox 6 is an address bar that now highlights the domain of the website you're visiting. Firefox 6 also makes it easier to manage permissions for individual websites. You can access the menu by typing about:permissions, which brings up a straightforward menu to grant individual sites the ability to store passwords, share your location, set cookies, and other functions.
The Firefox 6 beta boasts improved startup time when using Panorama, improved usability of the Web Console, improved disoverability of Firefox Sync, and other features, as well as a whole bunch of bug fixes.
More like this
8
Comments
Comments are closed on this article
Holly Golightly
July 11, 2011 at 10:36pm
I am running FireFox5, and it sort of feels like a beta with "connecting" issues. Still, it is my most preferred browser over chrome and internet explorer. I think what they should do is release as 4.5, and then 5.0, 5.5, 6.0 and so on and so forth. Releasing a new version almost every month is waaay too fast. As for Chrome, nobody really knows what number Chrome is on, and that is the very simplicity so many people seem to prefer. The thing I always hear is that every new version of chrome works with all its old apps. I nearly went lucky with FoxTab and FoxScape, but there are plenty of extentions that do not work with the new work with the latest FireFox, so to be working on FireFox 7 or 8... Just seems a little far out. By next summer, we will be running FireFox 13. In the world of technology, we must embrace innovation, but at some point, it goes to fast for the mainstream media to adapt, making Chrome the more ideal browser to switch to.
Zoandar
July 11, 2011 at 7:44am
IMO Mozilla has run off the rails with their high speed releases of new versions. I had barely gotten used to 4.0 when 5.0 release version appeared. I installed it on a Win7x64 PC and due to its many instabilities I fell back to 4.0 to await 'fixes'. Now they have 6.0 in Beta? This tells me they likely will not spend any time fixing 5.0. If 6.0 carries over the same bugs, we will end up with a continously morphing "Mozilla Vistafox", and never see another stable version again. They need to slow down and keep Firefox the best browser as it has been in the past. I'll take stability over bells and glitz any day. --- Then there is the issue of unsupported plugins. I'll be really surprised if all those making Firefox plugins will even attempt to keep up. Some may simply decide it isn't worth the effort to try to keep up anymore, and so will stop making plugins for products like Logmein, for example.
I Jedi
July 11, 2011 at 8:35am
I recently had a client, who updated her browser to Firefox 5.0, and she couldn't seem to get WoT to work for her. Needless to say, I had to instruct this person on how to role back to a previous version of Firefox in order to make her add-ons work again. The only reason Mozilla is doing this is because it is trying to keep up with Google Chrome's frequent update intervals. In other words, Firefox is being released rapidly, so it seems like support is alive and thriving.
Talcum X
August 21, 2011 at 8:02am
Still running 3.6 as well. I just remember 4.0 released just a few months ago....and it didn't display several websites properly. I figured the current ver. was 4.1 or something. Imagine my surprise when I went to Mozilla and found 6 for DL. WHAT? where was 5? Where was 4.1 for that matter? We cant keep up with the changes and neither can Norton Security Suite.
Connect with MaximumPC
Featured Content
The gang discusses the GTX 690, Trinity, Ivy Bridge, Amazon, big-box stores, MMOs,...
This month's issue
Feature
Build a PC On Any Budget
Feature
Cloud Services Showdown
How-To
Encrypt Your External Drive
Build It
Upgrade an X58 Rig
Most Commented Articles
Latest Max PC Tweets
- maximumpc: Original RickRoll Video Returns to YouTube After 24-Hour Copyright Hiatus http://t.co/MaH9Sxyy1 day 10 hours ago
- maximumpc: Corsair has decided not to go forward with its $78 million IPO, citing weak equity market conditions http://t.co/A5a4DAzj1 day 10 hours ago
- maximumpc: Want to work at Maximum PC? Our Online Managing Editor, Alex, is moving away, so we need a new one. http://t.co/9Z7JCh0E3 days 7 hours ago
