#Mozilla Releases #Firefox 8 Beta, Includes #Twitter Search

Just days after pushing Firefox 7 out the door, Mozilla has released the beta version of Firefox 8. It includes some feature improvements, a handful of interface tweaks, and a few goodies for developers. Mozilla has also added features to the Android version of the browser.
Among the new features in Firefox 8 is the addition of Twitter to the list of default search engines that users can access from the browser's toolbar. The new entry--which is available only in the Mac and Linux versions of the browser--makes searching for hash tags (#firefox, #browser, and such) on the microblogging site easier.
Another improvement: As a security precaution, Firefox 8 will warn you before any third-party add-on launches for the first time. That approach should keep you from being surprised by an unwanted applet's sudden appearance on the Firefox toolbar.

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