Tuesday, December 31, 2013

New Preview Version Of Mozilla Firefox Released For Windows 8

Web browsers are software intended for presenting, receiving and facilitating navigation to the information presented on the World Wide Web. One such browser that is available for Windows, Mac OS and Linux I is Mozilla Firefox. Like other software and applications, several versions of Firefox have been released and the latest rumors suggest that Mozilla is about to release a preview version of Firefox, designed especially for Windows 8 customers. Thus, you can enjoy the latest version of Firefox in your Windows 8 touch screen computers, including tablets.

Mozilla presented the browser to the public a year ago and the Mozilla Corporation is now ready to release a preview of the new browser that is well suited for the tablets running in Windows 8 operating system. This browser was formerly known as Firefox Metro. After spending a year in the obscure Nightly dev channel, Mozilla made the browser available in the Aurora channel. However, Mozilla is planning to release its stable version in January or February, 2014.

Features

This web browser is well suited for touch screen displays and contains touch friendly features like customizable tiles for the Windows 8 Start screen, Window snapping, integration with the Windows Share charm and support for swipe gestures.

The new preview version of Firefox has the capability to get rid of the interface elements and the headers that can cause the browser window to clutter. The same feature is available with Microsoft’s Modern/Metro version of their internet explorer. In its place, there lie two buttons on each side of the screen for starting a new tab and for navigating back. Similarly, it also contains a swipe gesture, making it more user-friendly.

In addition to these features, the new preview version of Mozilla browser for Windows 8 features the same Gecko engine that was presented with the Standard Firefox browser. Also, the new browser can play high performance Java Scripts apps since the browser supports WebGL and Mozilla's asm.js. Other features associated with the new preview version are WebM, H.264, Windows 8 charms and accelerated HTML5 video. However, it requires a third party application for synchronizing the new browser with its counterparts.

So, the Windows 8 users are now getting ready to enjoy the features of the new preview version of Firefox. If you have any queries regarding this, you can refer the Mozilla Firefox support pages available online. These Mozilla Firefox support pages will definitely help you solve any issues and doubts regarding your Firefox browser.

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