Firefox 4 Beta 4 isn’t released officially yet but it is available for download directly from Mozilla FTP servers. The Beta 4 of Firefox 4 comes with 3 major new features: hardware-accelerated graphics (Direct2D) for Windows users, Tab Candy and Firefox Sync.
Direct2D rendering is turned off by default but if you wish to enable it, just follow the steps given below:
- Enter ‘about:config’
- Click through the warning, if necessary
- Enter gfx.font in the ‘Filter’ box
- Double-click on ‘gfx.font_rendering.directwrite.enabled’ to set it to true
- Below this, right click and select New > Integer to add a pref setting
- Enter ‘mozilla.widget.render-mode’ for the preference name, 6 for the value
- Restart
- Firefox 4 Beta 4 is available in 39 languages.
- Firefox Sync is now included by default.
- Users can organize their tabs using Firefox Overview.
- [Beta 4 Release notes]
Download Firefox 4 Beta 4 [For Windows]
Update – Firefox 4 Beta 4 is now officially released. Get it here.
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