Mozilla Releases Firefox 3 RC2
June 06, 2008 | by Christopher Nickson
Mozilla has announced the release of the second Release Candidate of its new Firefox 3 browser, prior to unleashing the final full version.
With a final, full release still expected in the middle of this month, Mozilla has release the new beta of its Firefox 3 browser.
Mike Beltzner, Mozilla’s VP of engineering, wrote in a blog posting:
"The second Firefox 3 release candidate is now available for download. It includes new features, as well as dramatic improvements to performance, memory usage and speed."
There have been some changes from RC1, especially in memory, where memory cycles are now broken, to be collected by an automated collector, and a new memory allocator lowers fragmentation, among other things.
History and security have also been well addressed in RC2. Books, history and cookies are stored in a secure database, so nothing is lost in the even of a crash, and the browser will include a web-forgery protection page. There is also an information bar letting users see the site owner and whether anyone is listening in on the connection.
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