Mozilla's race is on! Firefox, one of the most popular Web browsers is all set for its new release—version 12. The official date decided for the release is 24 April but like always the final release binaries are already out on the Mozilla server. The release is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
The new release obviously comes out with numerous changes. A new feature is the ability for the download manager to automatically start downloading links that are added to it. OS users will also observe some sort of improvement in the WebGL performance. Other changes holds improvements to the CSS. The programmers and designers will also find that the page source window now has line numbers, making it easy to find code. Those using Windows’ User Access Control will find the installation of the new browser to be a tad quicker.
The next big release is on the cards! Firefox 13 is expected to release on 5 June 2012. It is currently part of Aurora channel but will move to the Beta channel once Firefox 12 is officially out tomorrow. Firefox 11 came out in the middle of last month.
Due to little drop in popularity, Firefox's main competitor Google Chrome holds the lead in the market. Meanwhile, Mozilla is concentrating on preparing Firefox for Windows 8’s Metro user interface hoping to get back some of the lost market share from Chrome.
Google has also been working on its new browser to get ready for the big release of Windows 8 in October this year.
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