Download Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2

Mozilla has released the next release of Firefox code named Shiretoko Alpha 2 for download by Firefox developers and testers. Since it is an alpha release, be prepared for bugs and crashes, but also get to play with many new features not seen before.

Firefox 3.1 promises some cool new features like

• Support for the HTML 5 <video> element
• Initial support for web worker threads
• You can now drag and drop tabs between browser windows
• New selector to create areas of Aero-style “glass” in XUL
• Support for CSS 2.1 properties: ::before and ::after, and white-space:pre-line
• Support for CSS 3 properties: -moz-border-image, word-wrap: break-word, text-shadow, box-shadow and column-rule
• Performance improvements and new preference values for color management profile support

Check the release notes and Firefox 3.1 For Developers article for more information.