I cambiamenti di Mozilla Firefox “Gran Paradiso Alpha 3″ Changes Mozilla Firefox "Gran Paradiso Alpha 3"
Se siete interessati a testare quello che sarà il nuovo Firefox 3, questo è il posto per voi. If you are interested in testing what will be the new Firefox 3, this is the place for you. Mozilla ha rilasciato un paio di giorni fa la terza versione di test di Mozilla Firefox denominandola “Gran Paradiso Alpha 3″. Mozilla has released a couple of days ago the third test version of Mozilla Firefox denominandola "Gran Paradiso Alpha 3". Attenzione che questa versione è strettamente indicata agli sviluppatori e ai testers, non ad un utilizzo quotidiano. Please note that this version is strongly indicated to developers and testers, not a daily use.
Come recita la Press Release, How recites the Press Release,
* Animated PNG (APNG) images are now supported. * Animated PNG (APNG) images are now supported.
, which puts resources into the browser’s offline cache. , Which puts resources into the browser's offline cache. This allows a web application to ensure that its resources are available in the cache when the browser goes into offline mode. This allows a web application to ensure that its resources are available in the cache when the browser goes into offline mode. See Marking Resources for Offline Use for further details on offline support. See Marking Resources for Offline Use for further details on offline support.
* The DOM clientLeft and clientTop attributes are now supported. * The DOM clientLeft and clientTop attributes are now supported.
* Introduced support for * Introduced support for
* Improved precision of layout and scaling across a wide range of screen and printer resolutions. * Improved precision of layout and scaling across a wide range of screen and printer resolutions.
* Implemented cycle collection in XPCOM, which detects cases where two released objects hold one another, but neither is held by anyone else. * Implemented cycle collection in XPCOM, which detects cases where two released objects hold one another, but neither is held by anyone else. In this scenario, both objects can safely be purged. In this scenario, both objects can safely be purged. Previously, the holds each has on the other would have prevented them from being purged. Previously, the holds each has on the other would have prevented them from being purged.
* Added support for the HttpOnly cookie attribute, which marks a cookie as readable only by the server and not by client-side scripts. * Added support for the HttpOnly cookies attribute, which marks a cookie as readable only by the server and not by client-side scripts.
* Added a new preference, “Warn me when web sites try to redirect or reload the page”, which notifies the user when the page specifies HTTP-EQUIV=refresh. * Added a new preference, "Warn me when web sites try to redirect or reload the page", which notifies the user when the page specifies HTTP-EQUIV = refresh.
i cambiamenti più significativi di Firefox 3 Alpha 3 sono una maggiore integrazione con le Web Apps, miglioramenti nel resizing delle immagini ed il supporto a APNG (Animated Portable Network Graphics, un formato per certi versi somigliante al *.GIF) the most significant changes Firefox 3 Alpha 3 are greater integration with Web Apps, improvements in image resizing and support APNG (Portable Network Animated Graphics, a format in some ways similar to *. GIF)
Le differenze più tangibili sono invece l’aggiunta (Opzioni,Avanzate, Generale sottosezione Accessibilità) di un check box per segnalare se il sito web che si sta visitando tenta di reindirizzarci (oppure di ricaricare la pagina) ed una maggior velocità di caricamento delle pagine. The differences are more tangible adding (Options, Advanced, General subsection Accessibility) of a check box to indicate if the website you are visiting try to reindirizzarci (or reload the page) and faster speed of loading pages .
Unica nota dolente è la presenza del bug (Firefox 2) che affligge la gestione dei preferiti: ogni tanto non funziona la cancellazione e bisogna uscire dopodichè rientrare in gestione segnalibri per continuare l’opera di eliminazione o aggiornamento dei bookmarks… The only sore point is the presence of bugs (Firefox 2) that afflicts management favorite occasionally does not work cancellation and must leave after returning to manage bookmarks to continue the work of elimination or modification of bookmarks…
Links per il Download: Links for downloading:
Linux: granparadiso-alpha3.tar.gz
Windows: Gran Paradiso Setup Alpha 3.exe Gran Paradiso Alpha Setup 3.exe
Mac OS X: Mac OS X: Gran Paradiso Alpha 3.dmg Gran Paradiso Alpha 3.dmg
