It was expected to be released in early august but it has arrived early. Firefox 3.1 is nicknamed as Shiretoko. The release note says that current users of Mozilla Firefox should not use Shiretoko Alpha 1 but I have found it to be stable. One of the most eye catching features that has been added is the new tab switching interface which allows for page thumbnails to be browsed when switching. The other major feature is the enhancements to the syntax used for searching in the Smart Location Bar.
