THE LATEST version of the Firefox web browser will be formally released this afternoon.
V 1.5 has been in beta for a while and it offers an automated update to streamline product upgrades.
It promises faster browser navigation with improvements to back and forward button performance, drag and drop reordering for browser tabs, better popup blocking and a quick Clear Private Data button.
Answers.com has now made it to the added to the search engine list and there is a roll back of security patches.
In addition there is a report a broken Web site wizard to report Web sites that are not working in Firefox and support for SVG, CSS 2 and CSS 3, and JavaScript 1.6 web standards.
There are also more security enhancements than you can poke a stick at. Firefox 1.0 appeared a year ago and the release of 1.5 is expected to come with a big marketing push from the Mozilla Foundation.
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