Firefox 3.1 Alpha Released

The first Firefox 3.1 alpha (codename: Shiretoko) release which is built on Gecko 1.9.1 layout engine is now ready and can now be downloaded here.

The following release has those new features:
Web standards improvements in the Gecko layout engine
Text API for the canvas element
Support for using border images
Support for JavaScript query selectors
Several improvements to the Smart Location Bar
A new tab switching behavior

And as always, please note that this is not a final release, not even a beta. Use it on your own risk.