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Finally this time the first beta of Firefox 3 is available to download. It’s not recommended for the general public to download and test it, but why not download it and try it, it’s free and it’s a new piece a software with a lot of new features, I can say that it has improved a lot, I’ve tried some alpha release on Linux and it was super fast, had some stability issues but nothing that would affect the systems performance, so I kept on trying it, and this was my conclusion: Firefox rocks

New features and changes in this release include:

• Improved security features such as: better presentation of website identity and security, malware protection, stricter SSL error pages, anti-virus integration in the download manager, and version checking for insecure plugins.
• Improved ease of use through: better password management, easier add-on installation, new download manager with resumable downloading, full page zoom, animated tab strip, and better integration with Windows Vista and Mac OS X.
• Richer personalization through: one-click bookmarking, smart search bookmark folders, direct typing in location bar searches your history and bookmarks for URLs and page titles, ability to register web applications as protocol handlers, and better customization of download actions for file types.
• Improved platform features such as: new graphics and font rendering architecture, native web page form controls, colour profile management, and offline application support.
• Performance improvements such as: better data reliability for user profiles, architectural improvements to speed up page rendering, over 300 memory leak fixes, and a new XPCOM cycle collector to reduce entire classes of leaks.

Testers can download Firefox 3 Beta 1 builds for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux in over 20 different languages. Don’t forget to see the full list of new features and changes.

Via Mozilla Blog