Mozilla Launches Firefox 4

After nearly a year in development

, Mozilla has yesterday released to the public the finished version of

that sports a completely redesigned interface, under-the-hood upgrades, and new features.

The interface

has been pared down to allow a clutter-free window into the web, with a single condensed menu button similar to the one on Google Chrome.

The new features implemented

are aimed at making navigating the web easier and more efficient. For example, Firefox 4 has 'App Tabs', with which users can launch frequently-visited websites with a single click, and a quick 'Switch to Tab' function.

A 'Panorama' feature

also lets users organize tabs into manageable groups while navigating with many tabs open.

Elsewhere

, Mozilla is claiming Firefox 4 to be “up to six times faster than the previous release”.

Mozilla

has also launched a

micro-site

that tracks how many times Firefox 4 has been downloaded.

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