Here it comes. The much awaited Firefox for Windows 8 preview is now out with a lot of new Windows 8 specific features and possible Flash support in the future.
Mozilla has been working on a Metro styled Firefox browser for a while, and now, it is out. We'll get the review out in a while. Here's the official press release from the company:
Firefox Metro Preview for Windows 8
Today's preview marks the beginning of Mozilla community testing for the Firefox Metro browser designed for Windows 8.
Earlier this year, we began development on a version of Firefox that runs on x86 Windows 8. This version of Firefox runs in both the Windows 8 “classic Desktop” environment, and in the new “Metro” environment. We've made a lot of progress since that first development update and we're looking forward to your feedback.
For those of you running the RTM release of Windows 8, you can now download a nightly build of Mozilla Firefox from the Elm development branch and start testing. Elm is the experimental repository where the majority of our Metro development work has been happening this year. This repository produces nightly builds, much like the Firefox Nightly channel. Once installed, these builds will self-update so that you can track Metro Firefox development.
This preview includes support for Firefox Sync, Metro touch and swipe gestures, integration with Windows 8 “charms”, and an Australis interaction, look, and feel. Over the coming weeks and months, we'll be adding features, tightening up Windows integration, improving performance and responsiveness, and finishing up all the necessary work to deliver a first class Firefox experience for Windows 8. This is an early preview and we know there are bugs and missing features, so please don't hesitate to file any bugs you find, and stay tuned to this channel for further updates.
Download Mozilla Firefox for Windows 8