Firefox 5 ahead of schedule, official on June 21 but available now

Firefox 5 smashed out early, Mozilla releases it ahead of schedule.

Anthony Garreffa

Gaming Editor

Published Jun 20, 2011 2:30 AM CDT
Updated Nov 3, 2020 12:31 PM CST

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Mozilla is ahead of schedule with Firefox 5 and have decided to release it early. It will be released "officially" on June 21st. Firefox 5 doesn't include any GUI changes with the design interface remaining identical to Firefox 4. Most plugins should have no issue working with the new version.

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The latest stable version is said to offer more stability and improvements than the former test builds. For some download links depending on your OS, I've included them below:

Firefox 5.0 for Windows
Firefox 5.0 for Mac
Firefox 5.0 for Linux

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NEWS SOURCES:technobolt.com and engadget.com

Anthony Garreffa

Gaming Editor

Anthony joined TweakTown in 2010 and has since reviewed 100s of tech products. Anthony is a long time PC enthusiast with a passion of hate for games built around consoles. FPS gaming since the pre-Quake days, where you were insulted if you used a mouse to aim, he has been addicted to gaming and hardware ever since. Working in IT retail for 10 years gave him great experience with custom-built PCs. His addiction to GPU tech is unwavering and has recently taken a keen interest in artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.

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