Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta has recently been released. While I wouldn’t suggest this download for reasons other than curiosity, I would like to briefly highlight some of its more interesting additions:
- Drag-and-Drop tabs – We all love the tabs in Firefox. As such, the Mozilla foundation has taken it a step further by allowing you to drag your tabs around to modify their horizontal position.
- Download Manager – You now have more controls in regard to the download manager. You can have the list cleared each time Firefox exits, upon successful download, or the traditional manual method.
- Image blocking – If you are paranoid about stumbling across an offensive image on the Internet, this feature is for you. You can either whitelist or blacklist sites by domain name. You can even blacklist all domains and only specify domains on your whitelist. Using this method Firefox won’t load any images from any website unless you specifically allow it.
For a more thorough preview of new features and changes, I recommend the following podcast:
An interview with Asa Dotzler of the Mozilla Foundation (Courtesy LQ Radio)