Mozilla’s Firefox is one of the world’s most used open-source web browsers, as it made a reputation of being reliable, safe, easy to use and computer friendly. Currently Firefox is competing with Google’s Chrome, Safari and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Mozilla constantly releases fixes for reported bugs in its browser, truly making Firefox one of the best web browsers out there.

 Currently Firefox is the second most used Internet browser after Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and it seems that it is attracting more and more people. The browser holds the records for most downloads in a day and at present developers are working on releasing the official version of Firefox 3.1. Mozilla has already launched Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 on Monday and it is currently being tested by users and according to the feedback they will receive they will work on a Beta 3 version, before launching the official version.

Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 includes some big changes to the browser and this is why preparations and testing are so important, as all bugs should be eliminated and all possible complaints users may have to be at remedied. Beta 2 features some great improvements as Private browsing, which allows users not to store any information from the web on their computers, and TraceMonkey, which adds native codes to the browser’s Java Script engine. TranceMonkey is a great improvement for those surfing the net using Firefox as the feature improves Java Script performance.

Another great new feature is the new recovery system which allows users to pick which tabs to open in the new session, in order to spot the problem that made the system crash in the first place.

This will make surfing the web and isolating what is causing problems in your computer a lot easier, which is the ultimate goal of any web browser. Currently, Firefox is competing with Internet explorers, which seems to be the comfortable choice, as Windows operating systems are still in big numbers out there. Firefox works on all kinds of operating systems, being compatible with Windows, Mac, Linux, and many other Unix-like operating systems. Mozilla is also very popular for allowing third party add-ons to be installed by the user, in order to customize the browser according to his or her necessities.

The official release date of the 3.1 version is still not known, but it is located sometime during the beginning of 2009, if all testing goes well.