Firefox 11.0 Beta 2 now available for download

Firefox 11.0 Beta 2 is now available for download. Firefox 11.0 Beta adds 3D Web Page Visualizer and CSS Style Editor to developer tools that make it easier to visualize page elements and updates Firefox Sync capabilities to let users sync add-ons across computers. The full details of changes are available in this version of Firefox are listed in the "What's new in Firefox 11.0 Beta" 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.

Note: Mozilla planning to release Firefox 11.0 Final on March 13, 2012.

Download Firefox 11.0 Beta 2:
Firefox 11.0 Beta 2 available for download at website listed below:
Firefox 11.0 Beta 2

Note: Please do NOT use this Firefox Beta release on production machines. A Firefox Beta release should be considered for evaluation and testing purposes.

What's new in Firefox 11.0 Beta
Firefox 11.0 Beta has the following changes:

New:
  • Firefox can now migrate your bookmarks, history, and cookies from Google Chrome
  • The CSS text-size-adjust property is now supported
Changed:
  • Windows: An OS security dialog should no longer come up when updating
HTML5:
  • View source syntax highlighting now uses the HTML5 parser.
  • The outerHTML property is now supported on HTML elements
Developer:
  • The Style Editor for CSS editing is now available to web s
  • Web s can now visualize a web page in 3D using Tilt
  • SPDY protocol support for faster page loads is now testable
  • XMLHttpRequest now supports HTML parsing
  • Files can now be stored in IndexedDB.
  • Websockets has now been unprefixed
Fixed:
  • Redesigned media controls for HTML5 video
  • Firefox notifications may not work properly with Growl 1.3 or later.

Source: Firefox 11.0 Beta Release Notes.

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