New Firefox 1.5 Browser, Released

Firefox 1.5 Release Imminent
(Update... it's released!)

By Gregg Keizer, Courtesy of TechWeb News

Mozilla Corp. will release the latest version of its open-source Firefox browser Tuesday afternoon, the company said.

Firefox 1.5, which has been in beta since August and has gone through three release candidates this month, will be available for free download in editions for Windows, the Mac OS X, and Linux later Tuesday from the Mozilla site.

The first major upgrade since the Nov. 9, 2004, debut of the browser, 1.5 includes a new automatic update feature, faster back and forward page viewing, drag-and-drop tab reordering, and new support for Web standards, including JavaScript 1.6 and cascading style sheets CSS2 and CSS3.

Firefox 1.5 also sports a new tool, dubbed "Clear Private Data," that lets users remove personal data such as the browser history, saved passwords, cookies, and authenticated sessions with a single click or menu pick.

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