<![CDATA[Gizmodo: firefox 3.1]]> http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: firefox 3.1]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/firefox31 http://gizmodo.com/tag/firefox31 <![CDATA[Experimental Firefox 3.1 Build Gets Awesome Multitouch Gestures on Macs]]> Wish you could use some of your MacBook's fancier touch gestures, like three-finger swipes, in Firefox? Well you can, with a new experimental build of Firefox 3.1 (pre-beta 2) from Mozilla's Edward Lee. It uses all of the majors—swipe, twist and pinch—in awesomely intuitive ways.

Three-finger swipes left and right go back a page and forward, respectively, while up and down go to the top and bottom of the current page; twists switch tabs, in the direction you spin; and pinches zoom in and out. There's no word on whether these will be implemented into the final build of 3.1, but we're really hoping they are. [Ed Lee via Mozilla Links via Lifehacker]

]]> http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5067356&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Download Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 With Awesome New 3D Tab Interface Now]]> The first beta of Firefox 3.1 is available now, and it's worth braving the occasional perils of betaland to check it out. Truly, the killer feature is the new 3D tab interface. It's beautiful, it's functional, it's awesome. Javascript performance is jucied by the new TraceMonkey engine (take that, Chrome!), though you have to enable it. And it's location-aware, no Geode plug-in necessary. Not yet in the mix are the promised porn mode or smarter session restore, but it's a good start. Word of warning: Your add-ons aren't compatible without some tweakage. [Mozilla via Lifehacker]

]]> http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5063464&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Download Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 With Awesome New 3D Tab Interface Right Now]]> The first beta of Firefox 3.1 is available now, and it's worth braving the occasional perils of betaland to check it out. Truly, the killer feature is the new 3D tab interface. It's beautiful, it's functional, it's awesome. Javascript performance is jucied by the new TraceMonkey engine (take that, Chrome!), though you have to enable it. And it's location-aware, no Geode plug-in necessary. Not yet in the mix are the promised porn mode or smarter session restore, but it's a good start. Word of warning: Your add-ons aren't compatible without some tweakage. [Mozilla via Lifehacker]

]]> http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5063348&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Geode Plug-In Makes Firefox Location-Aware]]> Mozilla Labs has unveiled Geode—a plugin that will take advantage of the W3C Geolocation Spec in Firefox 3.1. The plan is to make the browser location-aware so that somewhere down the line, you could visit a site like Yelp on your laptop in a strange town and it will automatically find your location and offer nearby restaurant suggestions and directions. Mozilla also offered other possible examples like: RSS readers that adjust based on whether or not your are at work or at home, location-restricted logins and websites that deliver news based on your physical location.

Obviously, most of the sites on the web are not currently compatible with Geode, but it is easy to see how something like this could really change the way you surf the web on your laptop—much like the iPhone has with handsets. In the meantime, a preview version is available to Firefox 3 users starting today—so you can kick the tires on it a bit before it is fully integrated into 3.1. [Mozilla Labs via Lifehacker]

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