Firefox 29 Beta Arrives With UI Overhaul And CSS3 Variables

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Following the release of Firefox 28 (http://news.slashdot.org/story/14/03/18/2113241/firefox-28-arrives-with-vp9-video-decoding-html5-volume-controls) just two days ago, Mozilla today updated its Firefox Beta channel to version 29 (http://thenextweb.com/apps/2014/03/20/firefox-29-beta-arrives-new-sync-tool-customization-mode-mozillas-user-interface-overhaul-australis/) for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. This is a massive release: Firefox Sync has been revamped and is now powered by Firefox Accounts, there's a new customization mode, and the major user interface overhaul Australis has finally arrived (http://people.mozilla.org/~shorlander/mockups-interactive/australis-interactive-mockups/windows8.html). Release notes are here: Desktop (http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/29.0beta/releasenotes/) and Android (http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/29.0beta/releasenotes/)."Of interest to developers: Firefox 29 will feature the first implementation of CSS3 variables (http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-variables/). Yes, variables for CSS (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Using_CSS_variables) (15 years later (https://www.cs.washington.edu/research/constraints/web/ccss-uwtr.pdf)).

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