After a whole year of development Firefox 3.5 has finally been released.

The open source browser, Firefox 3.5 now features the new “TraceMonkey” JavaScript engine which has been designed to improve the browsers performance by up to 3 times. Html 5 support for video and offline storage, a new and improved Tab Browsing system and increased security are just a few of the new features you will find in this much anticipated release.

With over 270 million users, Firefox seriously packs a punch, this influential browser directly affects the internet and web technologies, how sites are designed and built and how users browse and view websites.

“We’re not just considering this to be an upgrade for users,” Mozilla’s Director of Firefox Mike Beltzner told InternetNews.com. “We’ve also stuffed Firefox 3.5 full of free open source technology that will upgrade the Web.”

One of the most instantly recognisable upgrades is support of CSS web fonts. Developers will be able to utilise this technology and improve website design and user ability.

“When you think about it, Web designers have had to play with the same ten fonts that they could reliably ensure were on everyone’s computer,” Beltzner said.

“You can just say ‘use my handwriting font, here’s the font and it’s a 20kb file,’” Beltzner said. “So when the browser hits the page, we pull down the file and render the page in that font. When you leave the page, we dispose of the font.”

Download Firefox 3.5.

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