Firefox 3.1 beta 1 adds offline apps, more

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Wednesday, Oct 15, 2008 9:15am

Firefox 3.1 beta 1 adds offline apps, more

Mozilla has posted the first beta of Firefox 3.1, a major update to the group's multi-platform browser. This release is said to be a test of v3.1's new features, which include web standards improvements within the Gecko engine, support for CSS 2.1 and 3 styles, and a variety of new technologies, including offline applications, geolocation, SVG transforms and JavaScript query selectors. Site coders should now be able to use the "video" and "audio" elements.

The interface for the browser has also been adjusted, and now incorporates a tab-switching shortcut that displays a preview of the upcoming item. The location bar has been tweaked to support special characters, which if used can narrow down a search. The Mac beta is a free, 16.6MB download.