Firefox 3.5 will include geolocation as an opt-in tool that lets users share their location with websites. This location sharing could greatly speed local search. While location was added via the Geode addon, this latest version provides an out of the box location ability that aims to provide critical mass so that web developers are compelled to add location intelligence to their sites.

Read this Blog post for in-depth details, including discussion of privacy and links to the complete spec.

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