Firefox 3.1 is not very far from its launch date and now we have a better idea about the features we shall see in it. Firefox has launched 3.1 beta which has glimpse of the possible features that Firefox 3.1 will have.

It is confirmed that Firefox 3.1 will have faster performance as it employs faster TraceMonkey JavaScript engine. The most anticipated feature however is the Private mode which was not seen in the beta version. It will also come with a native audio and video support which will allow users to watch videos of ogg file type.

There will be a inbuilt support for geolocation in the 3.1 which can otherwise be activated by a Firefox extension called Geode. This extension helps in bringing you better and more localized search results.

Firefox 3 will have improvement patches as well as some cosmetic changes. There will be a new tab-switching shortcut that shows previews of the tab you’re switching to. This tab changing feature was earlier supported with the help of an add-on but Firefox community members decided to include it in Firefox 3.1.

Firefox has today however also announced the launch of a new tab feature called tab tearing which will allow you to drag a tab out of its current window, and it is removed and opened on a new one.

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