On Monday, Mozilla.org released version 8.0 of its Firefox web browser. The new version stands as an 28.2 megabyte download offered the following change:

- Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default.

- Added a one-time add-on selection dialog to manage previously installed add-ons.

- Added Twitter to the search bar.

- Added a preference to load tabs on demand, improving start-up time when windows are restored.

- Improved tab animations when moving, reordering, or detaching tabs.

- Improved performance and memory handling when using.

- Added CORS support for cross-domain textures in WebGL.

- Added support for HTML5 context menus.

- Added support for insertAdjacentHTML.

- Improved CSS hyphen support for many languages.

- Improved WebSocket support.

- Fixed several stability issues.

Firefox 8.0 requires an Intel-based Mac and Mac OS X 10.5 or later to install and run.

If you’ve tried the new version and have any feedback, let us know.