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Firefox has won a legion of users and programmers due to security, speed and new features. From time to time Mozilla release beta versions of their browser. These versions are earning the name of Minefield, that doesn’t have perfect stability, factor that makes it true Minefield.

The Minefield is a browser and interesting for developers, because it brings the power of the new version. Although it is not yet stable, developers can use the news from Mozilla to create new applications and content to the browser. The latest version of Mozilla Firefox Developer Preview drew much attention because it brings some significant changes as well, both Visual and performance.
Attention! Version for Testing

Minefield shouldn’t replace your default browser and we recommend that you don’t access e-mail accounts or database using this version. Minefield is not recommended for everyday use, because there are still some holes and flaws in the program code.
Renovated GUI

If you constantly track the Internet, must have seen the articles about Firefox 4. If you haven’t read, you might be surprised with some modifications that Mozilla is planning. One of the great news is that you can use the tabs at the top.

In addition to this novelty, Mozilla has added new menu in the latest version of Minefield (temporary name that will be changed in the final version of the browser).
Centered on a Button

This can be noticed to centralize many functions in the Minefield button that after the official release will be called Firefox. But if you don’t like it, access the “Customize” option in Minefield button and click “Menu Bar”, as has always been used in Mozilla browser.
Add-ons Manager

Add-ons are exposed in a separate tab called “Add-ons Manager” and not in a popup window as formerly. The sidebar menu greatly facilitates access to any add-ons, themes and plugins, shown separately and with information.

Lightness and More Speedy

One of the long standing and brutally attacked by its critics has always been the memory consumption of Firefox. But after using this version, you will feel the real difference. Browsing speed has also changed and became faster. This is mainly due to the use of Direct2D, a feature that speeds up the loading process when there are images and various elements on a webpage. This tool doesn’t mean a weight to the browser, because it works perfectly on any machines, even with old computers.
WebM

With the current version of Minefield, is already possible to make videos on YouTube using WebM together with HTML5. The browser already comes with codec enabled; but the user needs to perform some steps on YouTube itself to access videos with the new codec. Check out:

Access YouTube.
Perform your search. Preferably international contents search (the term “Trailers” results in various compatible videos), because there are not many videos converted to HTML5 yet.
Append “&webm=1” to the end of the URL.
Click the desired video.

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