Mozilla Firefox 7.0 a2 Aurora

July 8th, 2011

New in Firefox Aurora:

• Performance Enhancements: Faster startup time on Mac, Windows, and Linux
• Optimized Memory Use: ?Improved memory management: For many users, memory use is reduced by 30 percent or more, responsiveness is enhanced
• The JavaScript garbage collector runs frequently to free up more memory when Firefox is idle
• Firefox Sync: Bookmarks and passwords now sync instantly
• Enhanced Font Rendering: Fonts are rendered clear and sharp

New platform features and developer tools:

• Telemetry: Users can opt-in for automatic memory usage, performance testing and reporting to help improve future versions Firefox
• Web timing spec: Measure performance characteristics of websites as users experience them
• Azure Direct2D for Canvas: Canvas-based animations on the Web are dramatically faster
• Support for CSS3 Text-Overflow: ellipsis: New and more elegant way to display text content that has overflowed its given layout area