Here's what's new in Firefox 1.5 Beta 1:
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Automated update to streamline product upgrades. Notification of an update is more prominent, and updates to Firefox may now be half a megabyte or smaller. Updating extensions has also improved.
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Faster browser navigation with improvements to back and forward button performance.
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Drag and drop reordering for browser tabs.
* Improvements to popup blocking.
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Clear Private Data feature provides an easy way to quickly remove personal data through a menu item or keyboard shortcut.
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Answers.com is added to the search engine list.
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Improvements to product usability including descriptive error pages, redesigned options menu, RSS discovery, and "Safe Mode" experience.
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Better accessibility support including DHTML accessibility.
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Report a broken Web site wizard to report Web sites that are not working in Firefox.
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Better support for Mac OS X (10.2 and greater) including profile migration from Safari and Mac Internet Explorer.
* New
support for Web Standards including SVG, CSS 2 and CSS 3, and JavaScript 1.6.
* Many security enhancements.
* List of
notable bug fixes since Deer Park Alpha 2
