Download Firefox 6.0 Beta 1

Firefox 6.0 Beta 1 now officially available for download. This release is the first "Beta" version of the Firefox 6.0, contains several new features, bug fixes and stability improvements over the previous release as listed in the "What's new in Firefox 6.0 Beta 1" section.

Overview
Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox includes pop-up blocking, tab-browsing, integrated Google search, simplified privacy controls, a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online.

The major new feature in Firefox 6.0 is the "Permissions Manager", access it by typing about:permissions into the Address bar. This allows you to set permissions regarding cookies, passwords, pop-up windows, offline storage and your location for individual websites you’ve previously visited, allowing you to grant more access to trusted sites without having to open yourself up to others in the process.

Firefox 6.0 also support for more HTML5 and CSS3 features, an improved about:memory dialog that allows you to manually rein in Firefox’s ever-increasing memory demands. As with the last two releases, performance is improved while web developers also get to play with a "scratchpad" that allows live testing of Javascript code, accessible from the Developers sub-menu or by hitting Shift + F4.

Note: Mozilla planning to release Firefox 6.0 Final on 16 August 2011.

Download Firefox 6.0 Beta 1:
You can download Firefox 6.0 Beta 1 from web site listed below:

• Download Firefox 6.0 Beta 1 (All Systems & Languages)
• Download Firefox 6.0 Beta 1 for Windows (32-bit)

What's new in Firefox 6.0 Beta 1
Firefox 6.0 Beta 1 contains several new features, bug fixes and stability improvements including:

• 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

The full list of changes that are in Firefox 6.0 Beta 1 is available in the Firefox Beta Bug Fixes.

Source: Firefox 6.0 Beta 1 Release Notes.