Browser Update: Firefox 3b5 and Opera Mini 4.1 beta
Date : 2008 04 03 Category : Tech & Development
AjaxianWe have a couple of browser updates. First, we have Firefox 3 beta 5 which has improved integration with the host system, a better places organizer, and a bump:
Speed improvements to our JavaScript engine as well as profile guided optimizations have resulted in continued improvements in performance. Compared to Firefox 2, web applications like Google Mail and Zoho Office run twice as fast in Firefox 3 Beta 5, and the popular SunSpider test from Apple shows improvements over previous releases.
Opera also released a new browser with their Opera Mini 4.1 beta. The improvements talk about "faster" a lot: performance, finding things faster, and URL completion magic. This latest mobile browser also supports JSR-75:
JSR-75 is a specification for Java applications such as Opera Mini to access device internal storage and functionality within the phone. Some of Opera Mini features like "Save Pages" and "Download/Upload Files" vary on how much JSR-75 that is supported by the phone.