The latest Firefox 5 will be a good partner for users

After the wildly successful launch of Firefox 4 not all that
long ago, it's hard to believe the next iteration of Mozilla's
popular and free open source browser is already here. Mozilla today
delivered the final version of Firefox 5, the first edition under
the new faster-release regime it kicked off earlier this year.

The company also patched 10 bugs in Firefox 5, including one
in the browser's handling of the WebGL 3-D rendering standard that
rival Microsoft has called unsafe.

Shortly after Mozilla launched Firefox 4 in March, the
company committed to a faster release schedule that puts the
browser on a six-week refresh cycle that lets developers add
features as they're completed, rather than hold them until all work
on the next upgrade is completed. If a feature presents problems,
it's yanked and re-inserted into a later cycle after fixes have
been applied. Mozilla has denied copying Google Chrome's upbeat
schedule -- that browser was the first to institute a fast- release
strategy -- but analysts have noted the similarities and pointed
out the need of all browser makers to step up the pace.

Firefox 5's user interface is nearly identical to Firefox 4,
for instance.Mozilla also dropped a feature it had touted during
the testing phase, dumping a tool that let users change development
channels from, say, the final to either Beta or Aurora, rougher
builds that precede the most stable  edition. The company
decided that few were using the channel switcher, and rather than
devote time and resources to maintaining the feature, pulled it.

1. It Respects Your Privacy

Mozilla's Do Not Track feature gives users more control over
the way their browsing behavior is tracked and used on the Web by
allowing them to tell the websites they visit that they want to opt
out of online behavioral tracking. Now, in Firefox 5, Do Not Track
is even easier to find in the Firefox Preferences section. Also of
note is that Firefox 5 for Android includes the Do Not Track
feature as well, making Firefox the first browser to support Do Not
Track on multiple platforms, Mozilla says.

2. It's Small and Fast

I've been feeling like Firefox 5 is faster, and that
impression was recently confirmed over at Digitzor, which ran it
through a bunch of benchmarks. Firefox actually blew away both
Chrome and Opera on the SunSpider JavaScript test, in particular
(no other browsers were included), and its cold start time compared
very well with that of Google's Chrome. Firefox 5 was also notable
for taking up minimal RAM, even with 25 websites opened.

3. It Supports an Open Web

With improved standards support for HTML5, XHR, MathML, SMIL
and canvas, Firefox 5 is the best browser choice for an open Web.
The new Firefox Add-on SDK for Windows, Mac and Linux enables local
development of add-ons, meanwhile, and the Firefox Add-on Builder
Beta provides a hosted Web-based build environment. The new version
of the multiplatform software also adds support for CSS animations.

4. It Sports 1000 Improvements

It's actually more than 1000 improvements and performance
enhancements that have been included in Firefox 5. They may not all
be huge, noticeable user-interface changes, but they definitely
make the software better. The Android version of Firefox 5,
meanwhile, includes a raft of bug fixes, improved page load
speeds--especially on 3G networks--and added IPv6 support.

5. It's Secure, Independent and User-Driven

Firefox is open source software, which means it's not only
developed with the help of users, but its security is continuously
monitored and improved by a global community of users and
developers. Mozilla, meanwhile, is an independent foundation.
There's no way a proprietary browser maker like Microsoft -- or
even a company like Google, which has its fingers everywhere -- can
compete with that independence and user focus.

Firefox clearly faces stiff competition from Google's Chrome,
but further improvements are on the way in Firefox 6 and beyond.
You can download it here and see for yourself.

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