Firefox upgrades to 10

Six weeks after releasing Firefox 9, the Mozilla Corporation that makes the popular Web browser has launched a brand new version called Firefox 10 for Windows, Macs, Linux machines and Android. The release is a part of the rapid release cycle that Mozilla has adopted and is the reason why the browser has swiftly moved from version 4 to version 10 in a span of just nine months. A new version of Firefox now comes out every six weeks.

Along with a large number of bug fixes, Firefox 10 brings with it vastly improved extension support, a forward button that hides itself until it's needed, APIs for full-screen web apps and multi-touch gesture support in the Android version among a host of other improvements.

While previous versions of Firefox were notorious for breaking extension compatibility till developers manually updated the extensions to support the new version, Firefox 10 will assume that extensions are compatible unless specifically marked otherwise. Most extensions that were compatible with Firefox 4 will work just fine. It will also allow add-ons to silently and automatically update themselves in the background.

Firefox for Android too has got a number of improvements in addition to full multi-touch gesture support. Firefox Sync, a feature of the browser that allows users to synchronise bookmarks, browsing history, password and open tabs across PCs and phones, has been enhanced.