On Thursday, Mozilla.org released version 9.0.1 of its Firefox web browser. The new version stands as a 30.8 megabyte download (via MacUpdate) and adds the following fixes and changes:
– Added Type Inference, significantly improving JavaScript performance.
– Improved theme integration for Mac OS X Lion.
– Added two finger swipe navigation for Mac OS X Lion.
– Added support for querying Do Not Track status via JavaScript.
– Added support for font-stretch.
– Improved support for text-overflow.
– Improved standards support for HTML5, MathML, and CSS.
– Fixed several stability issues.
– Fixed security issues.
– Fixed add-on crashes.
Firefox 9.0.1 requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.5 or later to install and run.
One reply on “Mozilla releases Firefox 9.0.1 update”
It is crashing/hanging every 10 to 20 minutes on my Mac 10.5.8. Lots of windows open but 8.x was more durable. It also showed a tendency to hang.