A beta version of the Firefox 3.6 browser has been released by Mozilla. Coming just four months after the launch of Firefox 3.5, the new version offers little in the way of visible changes, but many improvements to stability and speed, the company said.
“Firefox 3.6 is primarily a release with security, stability, speed and capability enhancements, with no visible user interface changes over Firefox 3.5”, said Mike Beltzner, director of Firefox at Mozilla.
However it does boast some new features, such as the ability to detect the orientation of the screen on some devices. This will be especially useful ‘tablet’ style devices, allowing the screen to rotate it self so it can be read no matter which way up the unit is.
According to Mozilla, laptops such as the MacBook Pro and Lenovo Thinks Pad are capable of utilizing this feature as they have built-in accelerometers – devices that can detect which way is up.
There is no official date set for the release of the full version of Firefox 3.6 yet but Mozilla said it would happen before the end of the year.
Meanwhile, the company has launched a website that Firefox users can visit on a regular basis to check whether their plug-iins such Microsoft Silverlight and Adobe Flash are up to date. Vulnerabilities in older versions of software such as Flash are often targeted by cybercriminals looking to turn hacked computers into spam -and malware- generating ‘bots’.
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