Firefox 9 hit Mozilla?s servers yesterday, and now it?s rolling out as an automatic update for both desktop and mobile users. On your Windows, Mac, or Linux computer, you?ll be enjoying JavaScript performance that?s up to 30% faster. The new Android version, however, offers some more in-your-face improvements.
The biggest change you?ll notice has to do with Firefox moving from Mozilla?s XUL interface to one built using Android?s native elements. That change has led to dramatically faster start-up times and reduced memory usage in Firefox 9 on Android.
The new Firefox tablet interface has finally landed as well. As you may have seen before in looks at the nightly or beta builds, Firefox 9 introduces a thumbnailed tab strip along the left edge for quick switching between web pages. Mozilla has also introduced the Action Bar (at the far right of the Awesome Bar), which you can tap to access your downloads and add-ons. Action items allow you to share pages, save as PDF, and search for text in-page ? just as tapping the menu button on your Android smartphone does while browsing with Firefox.
There?s also a touch of Boot to Gecko at work in Firefox 9 for Android. Web developers can leverage a bit of direct access to smartphone or tablet hardware, as Mozilla has introduced camera access via HTML5 input fields. If you want to see the HTML5 camera input tag in action, head on over to the demo page Mozilla has posted. It?s a slick example of where things are headed, and it?ll allow web apps to let you do things like scan QR codes for input right inside your browser.
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Source: http://www.geek.com/articles/news/firefox-9-for-android-shows-off-new-tablet-interface-20111221/
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