News Story Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 Available

Courtesy DaniWeb IT Discussion Community (Featured Entries)  Mon, 11/02/2009 - 09:26

Firefox can finally orient itself, at least in terms of iPhones and MacBooks. Mozilla's latest browser, Firefox 3.6 beta 1 , can now talk to accelerometers such as those in many Apple devices, thanks to orientation event objects introduced in the new Gecko 1.9.2 presentation engine at the browser's core.

Also among DOM enhancements are drag-and-drop for file transfer and the ability for Web workers to self-terminate.

And that's just the beginning. The download of Firefox 3.6...


 

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