Mozilla has quietly rolled out its second beta download of the next-generation Firefox Web browser, code-named Shiretoko. Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 is a public preview release primarily intended for developer examining and community feedback.

Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 is available for download in 54 languages. Though the software’s developers consider their latest public release to be stable, they said users of Firefox 3.0 should not expect all their browser plug-ins to work properly with Firefox 3.1 Beta 2.

The latest Firefox milestone is focused on examining core functionality, noted Mike Beltzner, director for Mozilla Firefox. “It includes many new features as well as improvements to performance, Web compatibility, and speed,” he said.

Notable Improvements

Just like the alpha release of the Opera 10 browser, Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 lets Web site designers link their pages to downloadable fonts to display Unicode characters not otherwise supported and to render sites […]

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