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Mozilla releases Firefox 9.0.1 update

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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.

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