Firefox 3.6 brings developers new benefits along with user enhancements

Mozilla released Firefox 3.6 which offers many new features.  One of the more important items to Net Easy will be support for HTML5.  HTML5 allows for  enhanced web applications feature of working on local files prior to upload.  The "poster" attribute has been added to video element which means developers can display a single frame image while waiting for the video streaming to initiate.    

Another important feature is the support for the Web Open Font Format (WOFF) which allows developers to embed fonts in their Web site and pass them on to the browser with metadata about licensing information.  The theory is that this could result in licensing of fonts for web browsers.

Mozilla continues to enhance the JavaScript performance and has added support for JSON objects encdoing and decoding speed.  

Additional features include altering display abilities to switch between Portrait to Landscape views on tablets like the upcoming iPad using the MozOrientation event.  Stylessheet (CSS) options for items like Gradients are included, multiple background images, and pointer events to do page targets of elements. 

One can anticipate a lot of changes in browsers as the rush is one for capture developers interests in Chrome extensions vs Mozilla, support for HTML 5 elements and potentially the return of broswer specific features that will not be standards based. It should be a wild ride as the competition increases.

A new feature that users will enjoy include Personas which will allow custom wallpaper setting to make your browser different from others.   Enahanced security to help reduce malware.  New technology which they claim will reduce phising along with "forget this site" to ensure privacy.  Parental controls, password management, outdated plug-in detection to name a few.  To see a list of security features, visit this page: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/features/#security.