[Please note: Firefox 3 Beta 5 is a public preview release intended for
developer testing and community feedback. It includes new features as
well as dramatic improvements to performance, memory usage and speed. We
recommend that you read the release notes and known issues before
installing this beta.]

Firefox 3 Beta 5 is now available for download. This milestone is
focused on testing the core functionality provided by many new features
and changes to the platform scheduled for Firefox 3. Ongoing planning
for Firefox 3 can be followed at the Firefox 3 Planning Center, as well
as in mozilla.dev.planning and on irc.mozilla.org in #granparadiso.

New features and changes in this milestone that require feedback include:

* Improvements to the user interface based on user feedback, including
changes to the look and feel on Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac OS X and
Linux.
* Changes and fixes for new features such as the location bar
autocomplete, bookmark backup and restore, full page zoom, and others,
based on feedback from our community.
* Fixes and improvements to platform features to improve security, web
compatabilty and stability.
* Continued performance improvements: changes to our JavaScript engine
as well as profile guided optimization continues to improve performance
over previous releases as measured by the popular SunSpider test from
Apple, and in the speed of web applications like Google Mail and Zoho
Office.

You can find out more about all of these features in the "What's New"
section of the release notes:

http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/3.0b5/releasenotes

Testers can download Firefox 3 Beta 5 builds for Windows, Mac OS X and
Linux in 45 different languages at:

http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all-beta.html

Developers should also read the Firefox 3 for Developers article on the
Mozilla Developer Center:

http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Firefox_3_for_developers

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Note: Please do not link directly to the download site. Instead we
strongly encourage you to link to this Firefox 3 Beta 5 milestone at:
http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2008/04/02/firefox-3-b...