Last weekend, Firefox 13 ushered in Beta 7. Soon after, Mozilla uploaded the official version of the download file on the official FTP, although the official website is not updated to Firefox 13, but if you can't wait to try the new version, download it now.
Firefox 13 uses a completely new design home page that provides a shortcut to access bookmarks, history, settings, plug-ins, downloads, and settings. Firefox 13 also introduces the New Tab Page ). The new tab displays the most visited websites in the 3x3 mode. You can manually set a grid or hide the title of a website, drag and Drop the websites on each grid to re-sort them.
For Web developers, the SPDY protocol is supported by Firefox 13 Beta. SPDY is an HTTP successor, which can reduce the loading time of the website. SPDY protocol can encrypt all contents of the communication through SSL, makes the browser more secure.
Official download of Simplified Chinese version:
Windows:
Ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/13.0/win32/zh-CN/Firefox%20Setup%2013.0.exe
Mac platform:
Ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/13.0/mac/zh-CN/Firefox%2013.0.dmg
Linux platform:
Ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/13.0/linux-x86_64/zh-CN/firefox-13.0.tar.bz2
New Features of Firefox 13:
-Open a new tab and Firefox displays the most frequently accessed webpage to users;
-The default homepage now provides shortcuts to bookmarks, browsing history, and settings;
-The SPDY protocol is enabled by default;
-To get a faster startup speed, the restored background tag is not loaded by default;
-Smooth scrolling is enabled by default;
-The Page Inspector, HTML panel, Style Inspector, Scratchpad, and Style Editor have been improved 72 times, as well as several improvements to CSS.