Mozilla nudged Firefox 3.6.4 one step closer to its official release by pushing out the first release candidate version of the browser. Meanwhile, Weave Sync has been re-branded Firefox Sync in anticipation of its eventual inclusion in the Mozilla product.
Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Firefox 3.6.4 Release Candidate 1 began rolling out to Firefox beta users on May 28th and is notable for locking down the features and fixes the browser maker has been working on since January. For its part, add-on Firefox Sync 1.3 introduces a menu option under History for automatically pulling up the about:sync-tabs list of tabs synchronized from other computers. It also adds further refinements to the setup process, alongside its name change.
Assuming no major bugs are discovered, Mozilla is expected to quickly graduate Firefox 3.6.4 as the final version of the browser because of the new Out-of-Process Plug-in (OOPP) "sandboxing" feature. OOPP prevents plug-in crashes from Adobe Systems' Flash, Apple's QuickTime, and Microsoft's Silverlight from bringing down the entire browser. Mozilla's calendar says that this version of the browser, code-named "Lorentz," should be ready at the beginning of June
More: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-20006515-12.html.
Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Firefox 3.6.4 Release Candidate 1 began rolling out to Firefox beta users on May 28th and is notable for locking down the features and fixes the browser maker has been working on since January. For its part, add-on Firefox Sync 1.3 introduces a menu option under History for automatically pulling up the about:sync-tabs list of tabs synchronized from other computers. It also adds further refinements to the setup process, alongside its name change.
Assuming no major bugs are discovered, Mozilla is expected to quickly graduate Firefox 3.6.4 as the final version of the browser because of the new Out-of-Process Plug-in (OOPP) "sandboxing" feature. OOPP prevents plug-in crashes from Adobe Systems' Flash, Apple's QuickTime, and Microsoft's Silverlight from bringing down the entire browser. Mozilla's calendar says that this version of the browser, code-named "Lorentz," should be ready at the beginning of June
More: http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-20006515-12.html.
