So, update your Firefox and try this new feature!

And one major improvement in Firefox 6 is speed. Firefox lost a lot of power users to Chrome because the Google browser is faster, lighter and feels better than Firefox. But the Mozilla team didn’t give up.

Last Firefox releases have much better speed and performance. And Firefox 7 seems to be another great improvement in this area. Let’s wait and hope Firefox will become a serious competitor to Chrome’s speed.

WebKit is the main player in nearly all mobile devices. iPhone, Android, WebOS, Nokia, BlackBerry and many more operating systems are using a WebKit browser with a relative updated version. This means we can use complex JavaScript mobile websites with HTML5, CSS3 and a lot of cool things.

Of course we have some exceptions. Windows Mobile and Windows Phone use some Internet Explorer variation, an old, outdated and bad browser for mobile. But we have some cool alternative mobile browsers too, like Opera Mobile, Firefox Mobile, Skyfire and a few others.

Which browser are you using on mobile?

In this new world, there’s  no place to major browser versions. There’s no place to big releases with years between them. We need a continuous release cycle with constant improvements and a simpler user experience.

Google Chrome was the first browser to realize this new requirements. When you download Chrome you’re not downloading version “4″ or “9″. You’re downloading Chrome and you always have the latest version (whatever it is) thanks to automatic updates.

The HTML5 expert group also noted that the new Web needs this continuous flow of inovation. There’s no HTML version anymore. There’s is just HTML, an evolving technology.

Older browsers still suffer from this “major version” release cycle. Firefox recently tried to change its release cycle to a more frequent one. Firefox 5 is expected just a few months after Firefox 4. And, according to the planned release dates, we will see Firefox 6 and 7 this year. But how much time until we have simple “Firefox”? No versions attached? Just the latest Mozilla goodness? My guess? Very soon.

Internet Explorer still has those big numbers attached to every release. They are also trying to decrease the interval between releases. IE 10 was announced just after IE 9 official release. Other browsers like Safari and Opera also have specific versions – Opera being the worst one labeling its versions, with an obscure numbering scheme.

A versionless Web is the best strategy to a continuous and constant evolution. It’s better for users, that don’t have to think about versions and updates, and will always have the latest version. And it’s better for developers that don’t need to think about supporting older browser versions.

It’s a great moment for the Web Design community. Although everybody here is using a better browser, most end users still use IE. And an update like this bringing HTML5 and CSS3 to the masses is a great moment. Developers using Linux or Mac don’t even need to test on IE9 every time, since every modern browser has the same features. No more doubled efforts to develop we had with IE6 ou 7.

Access the IE6 CountDown by Microsoft: http://ie6countdown.com/

We will soon update the program do support this new Internet Explorer 9 version.