Mozilla adds a full-xcreen API with Firefox 10

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE HOUSE Mozilla has released Firefox 10 and announced developer tools built into the web browser.

Mozilla's Firefox 10 is the first release of the popular web browser in 2012. In less than a year Mozilla has updated Firefox from release 4 to release 10, and while the latest version includes optimisations and fixes, the software outfit has also improved tools for web developers.

Perhaps Mozilla's biggest change in Firefox 10 is the Full-Screen API for web sites and applications. The idea is to better use screen real estate, and Mozilla claims its Full-Screen API will help developers create games and "immersive video experiences".

As part of Mozilla's effort to increase the richness of applications, it has extended its WebGL support. There is also support for CSS 3D transformation, which the outfit said allows developers to transform two dimensional objects into 3D without the need for a plug-in.

Mozilla has also made some changes to code editing, with web developers being able to use page and style inspectors to alter HTML and CSS code, respectively, without having to leave Firefox. Mozilla said its Scratchpad is now powered by the Eclipse Orion code editor to provide syntax highlighting.

Mozilla's Firefox 10 is available for Windows, Mac and Linux and can be downloaded here. µ