The new version is touted as more secure, with antivirus integration with the download manager, better password management and stricter SSL enforcement.

It also is said to have a more flexible set of navigation features, with one-click bookmarking, smart search of bookmarks and history URLs and better file type handling.

While it’s technical still only a beta test version, Mozilla developers say it’s in pretty good shape.

I’ve been running on this ‘developer preview’ for at least 3 months, and have never looked back. I’d even recommend it to my mother, blogged Mozilla developer Mike Beltzner.