Release date:12-April-2010
Description of Release
This is the fourth alpha release of 3.7 (1.9.3). As such, we will go through a minimal QA cycle.
Specific Plan Alpha 4
Nothing specific. Make sure it launches properly and that there are no major problems with basic functionality. This release will be en-US only and will not have any branding.
Focus Areas
From a draft of the release notes highlights:
- Privacy - CSS :visited selectors have been changed to block ways that websites can quickly check a user's browsing history. See hacks.mozilla.org for more information.
- User Interface - Currently loaded web pages are shown in the location bar autocomplete list, allowing switching to existing tabs. See bug 480350 for details.
- Stability - The beta version of Adobe Flash is now run in a separate process on Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6). Visit the Adobe website to install the latest beta version of Flash.
- SVG - SVG attributes which are mapped to CSS properties can now be animated using SMIL. See bug 534028 for details.
- Video - Full-screen video on Windows is now rendered using hardware acceleration when available. See Bas Schouten's blog for details.
- Plug-Ins - Mozilla has implemented the Core Animation rendering model for plugins on Mac OS X. Plugins which also support this rendering model can now draw faster and more efficiently.
- HTML - HTML <textarea> form controls can be resized by the user. See bug 442228 for details.
- Performance - Linux builds are now built with -fomit-frame-pointer, improving page load times on average by 4%. For more information, see bug 554364.
Firefox3.7 System Requirements
Windows
Operating Systems
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP (Recommended)
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Vista
- Windows 7
Minimum Hardware
- Pentium 233 MHz (Recommended: Pentium 500MHz or greater)
- 64 MB RAM (Recommended: 128 MB RAM or greater)
- 52 MB hard drive space
Mac
Operating Systems
- Mac OS X 10.5 and later
Minimum Hardware
- 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
Linux
Software Requirements
Please note that Linux distributors may provide packages for your distribution which have different requirements.
- Firefox will not run at all without the following libraries or packages:
- GTK+ 2.10 or higher
- GLib 2.12 or higher
- Pango 1.14 or higher
- X.Org 1.0 or higher
- For optimal functionality, we recommend the following libraries or packages:
- NetworkManager 0.7 or higher
- DBus 1.0 or higher
- HAL 0.5.8 or higher
- GNOME 2.16 or higher
Downloading the Mozilla Developer Preview
Mozilla.org provides this Mozilla Developer Preview for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X in English.