24 Firefox 1.5 is here

Yes, boys and girls, the new shiny Firefox is here, a bit early it seems. Well, it’s not such a big thing really, since many of us have been using the RC’s for quite a while now. Actually, RC3 has been proven identical to the final down right to the checksum, so if you’re using RC3 there’s no need to upgrade, and you won’t feel anything if you do.

As such, I’ll just give you the runabout quickly:

Firefox 1.5 introduces several new features, including an improved software update system, faster Back / Forward page navigation, a new options to clear private browsing data, drag-and-drop reordering of browser tabs, a redesigned Options/Preferences window and more robust popup blocking. Standards support is also improved, with support for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), JavaScript 1.6 and additional CSS properties. Accessibility is much improved (including new DHTML accessibility features), security has been enhanced and Mac OS X support has also been improved.

…quoted from the MozillaZine announcement. Not to forget the unofficial goodies that made it in, such as this.

Here’s the official homepage, as well as the Slashdot discussion.