Firefox 6 Beta Released

Mozilla has recently released the Firefox 6 beta to the public, which can be downloaded here. There are some major updates, and a ton of little ones. The little ones can be found here, and the bigger ones will be at the end of this article. Check out the release notes here, if you’re interested.

• The address bar now highlights the domain of the website you’re visiting
• Streamlined the look of the site identity block
• Added support for the latest draft version of WebSockets with a prefixed API
• Added support for EventSource / server-sent events
• Added support for window.matchMedia
• Added Scratchpad, an interactive JavaScript prototyping environment
• Added a new Web Developer menu item and moved development-related items into it
• Improved usability of the Web Console
• Improved the discoverability of Firefox Sync
• Reduced browser startup time when using Panorama