On Tuesday, Mozilla.org released version 10.0 of its Firefox web browser. The new version stands as a 31.8 megabyte download and adds the following fixes and changes:

- New: The forward button is now hidden until you navigate back.

- New: Most add-ons are now compatible with new versions of Firefox by default.

- New: Anti-Aliasing for WebGL is now implemented (see bug 615976).

- New: CSS3 3D-Transforms are now supported (see bug 505115).

- HTML5: New element for bi-directional text isolation, along with supporting CSS properties (see bugs 613149 and 662288).

- HTML5: Full Screen APIs allow you to build a web application that runs full screen (see the feature page).

- Developer: We’ve added IndexedDB APIs to more closely match the specification.

- Developer: Inspect tool with content highlighting, includes new CSS Style Inspector.

- Fixed: Mac OS X only – after installing the latest Java release from Apple, Firefox may crash when closing a tab with a Java applet installed (700835).

- Fixed: Some users may experience a crash when moving bookmarks (681795).

- Known issues are detailed here.

Firefox 10.0 requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.5 or later to install and run.

Google Chrome, Google’s new web browser, just reached version 16.0.912.75 for the Mac. The new version, a 34.9 megabyte download, offers the following change:

- Bug fixes.

Google Chrome 16.0.912.75 requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.5 or later to install and run.

If you’ve tried the new version and have any feedback to offer, please let us know in the feedback and comments.

On Tuesday, Mozilla.org released version 9.0 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.

Firefox 9.0 requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.5 or later to install and run.

So…if you’ve tried the new version and have any feedback to offer, please let us know in the comments.

Late Wednesday, the Camino Project released version 2.1.0 of Camino, its free, open source web browser.
The new version, an 18.5 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes:

Web content support:
- Camino now uses version 1.9.2 of Mozilla’s Gecko rendering engine, which contains thousands of bug fixes, enhanced support for web standards, and improved JavaScript performance.

- Enhanced location bar autocomplete

- A completely rewritten autocomplete now searches both bookmarks and history and matches against page titles as well as page URLs.

Changes to plug-in support:
- Camino now disables certain insecure or incompatible versions of common plug-ins.

- A new “Internet Plug-Ins” folder in the profile allows for Camino-only plug-ins.

- A new hidden preference allows disabling specific plug-ins.

- Camino no longer includes a Java plug-in; users who need to run Java applets should install Java Plug-In 2 or the Java Embedding Plugin, as appropriate for the version of Mac OS X in use.

Offline mode:
- New “Work Offline” and “Go Online” items in the “Camino” menu allow Camino to enter offline mode and provide a more useful experience when no network connection is available.

Status Bar:
- The status bar can now be hidden by choosing “Hide Status Bar” in “View” menu.

Camino requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later to run.

If you’ve tried the new version of Camino and have any kind of feedback about it, let us know.

Google Chrome, Google’s new web browser, just reached version 15.0.874.102 for the Mac. The new version, a 34.9 megabyte download, offers the following change:

- Crash fix.

The release is also significant in that this is the first version of Google 15.x that moves beyond the beta stage and is now classified as stable.

Google Chrome 15.0.874.102 requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.5 or later to install and run.

If you’ve tried the new version and have any feedback to offer, please let us know in the feedback and comments.

Google Chrome, Google’s new web browser, just reached version 14.0.835.202 for the Mac. The new version, a 40.5 megabyte download, offers the following changes:

- Contains Adobe Flash Player 11 plus stability and security fixes.

Google Chrome 14.0.835.202 requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.5 or later to install and run.

Google Chrome, Google’s new web browser, just reached version 14.0.835.186 for the Mac. The new version, a 38.9 megabyte download, offers the following changes:

- This release includes an update to Flash Player that addresses a zero-day vulnerability.

Google Chrome 14.0.835.186 requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.5 or later to install and run.

Late Sunday, Mozilla.org released version 6.0.1 of its Firefox web browser. The new version stands as an 28.1 megabyte download offered the following change:

- Revoked the root certificate for DigiNotar due to fraudulent SSL certificate issuance (see bug 682927 and the security advisory).

Firefox 6.0.1 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.

Late Sunday, Mozilla.org released version 6.0 of its Firefox web browser. The new version stands as an 28.1 megabyte download offered the following fixes and changes:

- The address bar now highlights the domain of the website you’re visiting.

- Streamlined the look of the site identity block.

- Added support for the latest draft version of WebSockets with a prefixed API.

- Added support for EventSource / server-sent events.

- Added support for window.matchMedia.

- Added Scratchpad, an interactive JavaScript prototyping environment.

- Added a new Web Developer menu item and moved development-related items into it.

- Improved usability of the Web Console.

- Improved the discoverability of Firefox Sync.

- Reduced browser startup time when using Panorama.

Firefox 6.0 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.

Google Chrome, Google’s new web browser, just reached version 13.0.782.107 for the Mac. The new version, a 42.1 megabyte download, offers the following the following changes:

- Instant Pages.

- Security fixes and improvements.

Google Chrome 13.0.782.107 requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.5 or later to install and run.