Mozilla Firefox 8.0 Released - Official Direct Download Link

Mozilla is going to release its most awaited web browser Firefox 8.0 tomorrow just after the half month release of its Firefox 7.0. The official date of the release for Firefox 8.0 is November 8, 2011 However, it�s publicly available for download on Mozilla�s servers a bit early before the official announcement, Users of Firefox 7.0 can download and install the upcoming Firefox 8.0 now and can enjoy its features a bit early.

Change log of Mozilla Firefox 8.0:

• Improved tab animations when moving, reordering, or detaching tabs
• Improved performance and memory handling
• Improved CSS hyphen support for many languages
• Improved WebSocket support
• Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default
• Added a one-time add-on selection dialog to manage previously installed add-ons
• Added Twitter to the search bar
• Added a preference to load tabs on demand, improving start-up time when windows are restored
• Added CORS support for cross-domain textures in WebGL
• Added support for HTML5 context menus
• Added support for insertAdjacentHTML
• Fixed several stability issues

The upcoming Firefox 8.0 is the part of major changes in Web Browser which Mozilla announced two months back on its press release. Mozilla has made several usual stability and performance fixes and changes in version 8.0, Firefox 8 brings support for Twitter in the search bar and have also added some additional tab options and improved add-on management and security.

Mozilla Firefox 8.0 Direct Download Links:

Download Firefox 8.0 for Windows and Mac from the following Mozilla's FTP mirrors.

Firefox 8.0 for Windows Users

Firefox 8.0 for Mac Users

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Upcoming Mozilla Firefox UI Interface Design Revealed

The world's most popular and second largest use Web Browser Mozilla, has revealed photos of its upcoming Mozilla Firefox 8 web browser latest user interface designs, looks and function. The new look of Mozilla Firefox is seems to be clean, nice and tidy as compare to its previous release. The new and refreshed design of Mozilla's web browser will be seen in Firefox version 8 for users. The next version of Mozilla Firefox 8 will be released in early 2012.

With the several changes in interface design of Firefox, Mozilla have appeared to keep to their word in removing the standard "http://www." from URL addresses in the navigation toolbar. The company recently talked about the idea of reducing the amount of space that tabs and the address bar take up, and this is reflected in the latest nightly builds which show an integrated URL/search bar and the movement of the tabs into the top window area. You can download the latest available versions here. Mozilla have also been trialing several other alterations that can be viewed on one of their presentation pages. In a recent speed test, Firefox 8 displayed results that put it 20% ahead in terms of speed when compared to the current Firefox 5.

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