Firefox 4 beta 3 accommodates Windows 7 multi-touch

17th August, 2010 by adina
Tags: Application, Firefox, Firefox 4, HTML5, Microsoft, Mozilla, Multi-touch, News, Windows 7

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Mozilla has recently announced the release of Firefox 4 beta 3, which accommodates Windows 7 with multi-touch input from the operating system provided by Microsoft. Web developers are now able to write code directly for touchscreen interfaces instead of considering the use of a mouse.

There is an upgraded JavaScript engine for every platform, which helps processing a large amount of numeric code. This includes animation and images besides math. The beta version can now be used natively by not less than 34 languages.

Like the previous versions of Firefox 4, the beta 3 enjoys an improved web renderer with the largest jump in JavaScript. Other additions are represented by the App Tabs, improved HTML5 support and WebM video, a streamlined user interface putting tabs on top, and protection to crash against plugins such as Flash. The beta version released by Mozilla is available at the same time for Mac, Linux and Windows systems.

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