Firefox 3 RC1 now available

Release candidate 1 of Firefox 3 was made available late last week to the public. RC1 purportedly offers significant improvements in the area of performance, memory usage and stability over earlier versions. Some nifty features include the ability to resume downloads, offline support for tailored web applications, and full page zoom from both view menu and keyboard shortcuts. There also is an improved download manager that makes it easier to locate downloaded files, and better password management that allows users to save passwords via an information bar after a successful login. No final ship dates have been given for Firefox 3, though sources in the Linux community say final copies are promised by June.

For more on the release candidate of Firefox 3:
- check out the official release notes here