[FSFTN] Features of Firefox 8

[Arun Prakash]

Hello,

As I said yesterday, Firefox 8 is out yesterday and is actively download
all over the world.

 The latest version of Firefox has the following changes:

   - Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by
default<http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2011/08/11/strengthening-user-control-of-add-ons/>
   - Added a one-time add-on selection
dialog<http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2011/08/11/strengthening-user-control-of-add-ons/>to
manage previously installed add-ons
   - Added Twitter to the search bar for select locales. Additional locale
   support will be added in the future
   - Added a preference to load tabs on demand, improving start-up time
   when windows are restored
   - Improved performance and memory handling when using <audio> and
   <video> elements
   - Added CORS support for cross-domain
textures<https://developer.mozilla.org/en/WebGL/Cross-Domain_Textures>in
WebGL
   - Added support for HTML5 context menus
   - Added support for
insertAdjacentHTML<https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/Element.insertAdjacentHTML>
   - Improved CSS hyphen
<https://developer.mozilla.org/en/CSS/hyphens>support for many
languages
   - Improved WebSocket support
   - Fixed several stability issues
   - Fixed several security
issues<http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html#firefox8>



Regards,
Arun Prakash
ReMo /Mozilla

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