Firefox Aurora launched

What are the bleeding edge tech I could expect if I install FF5 ?
 
FTA said:
Aurora releases may not be as stable as beta or final releases.
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Well if the final release is less stable then you've done something wrong :p
 
Mozilla earlier this year announced plans to speed up the release of new versions of Firefox and has already outlined plans to release version 5, 6 and 7 of Firefox by the end of this year.
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Sounds like they're following Chrome's example. Good news for us!
 
Features of Firefox 5:

* Easy Sharing
* Account management
* Animated user interface
* New asynchronous places
* Intelligent Bookmarks Manager search function
* Each procedure with a label, to decrease crash impact
* Support for Web applications to install / uninstall
* 50 common tasks flow problem of high priority improvement

Firefox 5 Web Platform Technology:

* Low-power mode
* Hardware speeding up
* 3D transformation of the CSS
* Raise cameras, video input type
* Seamless switching full-screen video
* Utilize IndexedDB technology (IndexedDB lets Web applications on your local system to store big amounts of data rapidly retrieve offline)

Gecko Platform Development in Firefox 5:

* Incorporating new Android 3.0 User Interface
* To gather performance metrics from the user
* Incorporate new user interface for Mac OS X 10.7
* Make sure that the JIT compiler compatible with the modern ARM CPU family pack
* Document: Information on how to design a common platform to runinteractive desktop, mobile or web applications without borders
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Source

note some features may have changed so don't quote me on this as its a google result :)

looking good and i commend them for releasing so quick

HBee said:
What are the bleeding edge tech I could expect if I install FF5 ?
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