Download Mozilla 1.8 alpha 3

Unverter points us to the release of Mozilla 1.8 alpha 3 via submit. The new version can be downloaded in different flavors, including the variants for Linux, Windows and MacOS X. It is also possible to use the source code to create your own browser. compile. Mozilla uses the Gecko engine to render web pages. Besides the possibility to surf the internet, you can also chat via the built-in IRC client. Finally, messages from newsgroups can be posted and read. Below is a portion of the release notes shouted:

New Features and Fixes

browser
• Users can now disable CSS via Use Style > None or a global preference (bug 32372.)
• It is now possible to open a bookmark in a new tab with ctrl+click/middle click (bug 72361.)

Mail

• Eudora import has been greatly improved (bug 242953 and bug 3157.)

chatzilla

• ChatZilla now supports RTL text alignment (bug 250864.)

Under the Hood

• Mozilla now supports a at-rule for matching on site/document URL. Among other things, this makes site-specific user style rules possible (bug 238099.)
• Mozilla has support for translucent windows on Windows and GTK2. (bug 252067 and bug 252525.)
• Preliminary support for CSS columns has been checked in to Mozilla bug 251162.)
• The new npruntime plugin scriptability API has been added to Mozilla 1.8a3 (bug 250666.)
• Undetected document.all support has been added to Mozilla. (bug 248549.)