Mozilla is creeping ever closer to dropping the final version of the much-anticipated Firefox 3 Web browser. The latest build is the first Release Candidate for Firefox 3 (RC1), which means it's gone beyond the beta stage and is picking up a couple of last-minute polishes before it's offered up live to the whole world as a completed browser.
Most anyone can download this latest version, but it's still only intended for testing purposes. The biggest potential problem, Mozilla says, is that users shouldn't expect all of their add-ons to work properly with this preview release. Still, there are lots of new features in Firefox 3 RC1 that make it a compelling new version.
In this latest milestone, Mozilla has tweaked the user interface in Linux , Windows Vista, Windows XP and Mac OS X versions, as well as added changes and fixes to the location bar autocomplete feature, bookmark backup and restore, and full page zoom. Plus, Firefox 3 is more secure, compatible and stable, Mozilla said.