The Firefox development team has released an Alpha version of upcoming Firefox3. Code name “Gran Paradiso” , this version is released for testing purpose. Firefox is being said as the major update in Firefox browser. The alpha version has some pretty good features like New page info, off line support for some applications and some bug fixes. Its available for all , Windows, MAC and Linux. Its said to be an early milestone for developers in the making of firefox3.

The Major update of Gran Paradiso 1.9 ( Firefox3 Alpha ) are

• Inclusion of the FUEL Javascript library for extension developers.
• New Page Info window
• Many Cocoa user interface improvements and bug fixes
• Basic Mac OS X crash reporting via Breakpad
• Improvements to offline application support.
• Miscellaneous Gecko 1.9 bug fixes

If you are a developer check out Gecko 1.9 Changes affecting websites and Firefox 3 for developers

Here are some resources to check out for Firefox3 Alpha

• System Requirement for Firefox3 Alpha is same as System requirement for firefox2.
• Installation instructions for Firefox3 Alpha
• Known issues for Firefox3 Alpha

Download Links for Windows, MAC and Linux :

• Windows: Gran Paradiso Setup Alpha 4.exe
• Mac OS X: Gran Paradiso Alpha 4.dmg
• Linux: granparadiso-alpha4.tar.bz2

Warning: After the installation the extensions were not working fine. Rest of the things seems to be fine.

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