Firefox 12 & 13 Beta Introduces Simpler Update Process, 85 Improvements to Developer Tools & SPDY
Developers at Mozilla declared the availability of Firefox 12 as well as Firefox 13 beta. With these release Firefox also includes more than 85 improvements to built-in developer tools. For example, developers no longer need to reload the page to see messages in the Web Console, and Scratchpad adds Find and Jump to Line commands to the editor. Developers claimed that your experience while updateing Firefox will be easier and better. nstead of asking users for the required privileges via UAC, it now uses the Mozilla Maintenance Service to update program files. Firefox executes the service with system privileges when it is needed and closes it after the update. An Access Control Entry (ACE) in the update service allows Firefox to launch it with system privileges even though the browser itself does not have them.
In Firefox 13 beta we are getting SPDY, the faster alternative to HTTP, has been incorporated in Firefox, but disabled by default, since the introduction of Firefox 11. Firefox 13 will be the first release with it enabled by default. What is new in Firefox 13 Beta:-
- SPDY Support: Firefox Beta now supports SPDY by default. SPDY is a protocol designed as a successor to HTTP that reduces the amount of time it takes for websites to load. SPDY encrypts all communication with SSL, which makes browsing more secure. Users will notice quicker page load speeds on sites that support SPDY networking.
- Developer Tool Updates: Firefox Beta includes a number of improvements to Web Developer Tools. Page Inspector now allows you to lock in CSS pseudo-classes on inspected page elements and Style Editor now saves CSS files loaded via file:// URLs without prompting to make the workflow for experimenting with CSS much quicker.