The trail to bring Firefox to Windows 8 could be more time than Mozilla had originally anticipated, but the first important milestone to its January appearance is now at give. Firefox for Windows 8 has graduated into the Aurora (pre-beta) channel, which provides expert users and tire kickers a more reliable alternative to the previous nightly builds. In this release, the browser includes touch and gesture support, and it even offers up Firefox Sync and Windows Share integration. There's plenty to appreciate on the backend, too, such as WebGL, asm.js and hardware-accelerated HTML5 video. According to Mozilla, it'll focus on enhancing performance and responsiveness over the coming weeks, which is something to look forward to, when your trial run is less than great.
Windows 8 die-hards patiently waiting on Mozilla's City Chrome upgrade will have to delay a little longer: the company says it won't be ready until next year. According to a lately released database of conference notices, the final public launch of the Windows 8 interface won't be available until Jan 21, 2014. The papers is loaded with conference terms and achievement numerics, but the notices do pin the delay a "decrease in regular team velocity" across past versions. A bummer, perhaps, for folks awaiting a constant build, but at least you can still get your fix through Chrome nighties, right?
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