The most famous opensource browser have got a new beta release with version tag of 5.0. Don’t get too much excited, expecting a whole lot of new features, because now Mozilla is following the same footsteps of Google Chrome of having rapid release. From now onwards firebox will have new major releases without much feature additions when compared to its predecessors.

According to the release notes, the new features carried on to this release is support for CSS animations and ability to switch to firefox development channel. Then there are few enhancements in this release for feature like Do-Not-Track. This release also supports improvements in canvas, JavaScript, memory, and networking performance and standard supports in HTML5, XHR, MathML, SMIL, and canvas. Linux users have something to cheer about, since this release provides better integration on Linux Desktops.

Mozilla has three main versions of Firefox now: the release version for mainstream users, the beta version with new features under testing, and the most raw, Aurora, a version to introduce those new features. Those three versions correspond to Chrome’s stable, beta, and dev releases. There’s also a nightly Firefox build for those who want to try whatever patches have arrived in the last 24 hours, but it’s most likely to be unstable.

“Mozilla recently introduced the Firefox Aurora development channel to support more frequent releases. The shift to a rapid release development cycle delivers cutting edge Firefox features, performance enhancements, security updates and stability improvements to users faster. After five weeks of testing on the Firefox Aurora channel, the next version of Firefox is ready for the beta channel” was the statement made by mozilla in their development blog regarding the new rapid release plan. Lets hope the new development plan would work out good for the future of Firefox.