Firefox 3.1 beta 1 is now available for download

[Samuel Sidler]

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* or, reply-to: dev-planning at lists.mozilla.org

[Please note: Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 is a public preview release intended  
for developer testing and community feedback. It includes many new  
features as well as improvements to performance, web compatibility,  
and speed. We recommend that you read the release notes and known  
issues before installing this beta.]

Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 is now available for download. This milestone is  
focused on testing the core functionality provided by many new  
features and changes to the platform scheduled for Firefox 3.1.  
Ongoing planning for Firefox 3.1 can be followed at the Firefox 3.1  
Planning Center, as well as in mozilla.dev.planning and on  
irc.mozilla.org in #shiretoko.

New features and changes in this milestone that require feedback  
include:

   * Web standards improvements in the Gecko layout engine
   * Added support for CSS 2.1 and CSS 3 properties
   * A new tab-switching shortcut that shows previews of the tab  
you're switching to
   * Improved control over the Smart Location Bar using special  
characters to restrict your search
   * Support for new web technologies such as the <video> and <audio>  
elements, the W3C Geolocation API, JavaScript query selectors, web  
worker threads, SVG transforms and offline applications.

More information about new web developer features are available in the  
Web Tech blog post.

http://developer.mozilla.org/web-tech/2008/10/14/firefox-31-beta-1-an-overview-of-features-for-web-developers

Testers can download Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 builds for Windows, Mac OS X  
and Linux in 36 different languages at:

http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all-beta.html

Developers should also read the Firefox 3 for Developers article on the
Mozilla Developer Center:

http://developer.mozilla.org/en/Firefox_3.1_for_developers

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Note: Please do not link directly to the download site. Instead we  
strongly encourage you to link to this Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 milestone  
at: http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2008/10/14/firefox-31-beta-1-now-available-for-download
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