Mozilla plans on releasing Mac, Linux, and Windows versions of Firefox but not quite yet. This morning a digg user found Firefox 3 beta on Mozilla’s server. Now Mozilla has blocked access to it with a nice thank you message. We managed to download it in time to try it out.

Many of you won’t notice many changes from Firefox 2. Firefox 3 beta will import all of your settings, bookmarks, add-ons and plugins from Firefox 2 so you may think you have not upgraded properly. One thing we did notice is a star, its use is to remember websites you like or want to come back to later. Firefox 3 beta has a completely redesigned bookmark system in Firefox 3 its name is Places. We found it to be very useful.

Some other new features include a redesigned plugin manager, security requirements for upgrading add-ons, and an enhanced security system that alerts you of suspected attacks.

Mozilla says it will have a new theme but we have not had the chance to see it yet.

Tags: Beta, Firefox, Windows