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Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.6RC2; Final Next Week

By - Source: Tom's Hardware US | B 16 comments

A second release candidate hits the web.

Over the holiday weekend, Mozilla released the second release candidate for Firefox 3.6.

At the release candidate stage, major revisions aren't expected, but small tweaks and fixes are part of the process towards the official release.

Those updating from the first release candidate will see that the latest RC2 bump is called a "security and stability update." Grab the download right here.

Other things Mozilla listed as new for this version include:

    *  Made some changes to how we allow third party software to integrate with Firefox in order to prevent crashes.

    * The ability to run scripts asynchronously to speed up page load times.

Look for the final version of Firefox 3.6 to be for everyone a week from today.

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    IzzyCraft , January 19, 2010 6:21 PM
    lol in JavaScript speed there is so much more then just JavaScript on a website. It's where things like FF customization and crap weighs in, but imma still just stick to good old Opera.
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    Tedders , January 19, 2010 6:34 PM
    runevirageWhy are people still using Firefox when Chrome is like twice as fast >.>

    Speed isn't everything. Compatibility is kind of a big component too.
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    weegee64 , January 19, 2010 6:42 PM
    Ad Block Plus is the only reason I still use Firefox.
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    elasticman , January 19, 2010 6:46 PM
    what about those awful memory leaks?!?!?!
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    Anonymous , January 19, 2010 7:02 PM
    Adblock also exists for Chrome, and a lot of plug ins ;) 
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    Socnom , January 19, 2010 8:24 PM
    Comment1:Well my browser can beat up your browser.
    Comment2:Na Uh!
    Comment1:Ya Huh!

    The Comment browser wars have begun!

    but seriously, choose the one you prefer and stick with it.
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    marraco , January 19, 2010 8:27 PM
    miss the girl :( 
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    tipoo , January 19, 2010 8:56 PM
    Unimpressed, I've been using Chrome 4 beta with extension support and I can't say I miss Firefox at all.


    p.s, I thought we had an agreement that every Mozilla related article would have the Firefox chick in it?
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    drowned , January 19, 2010 10:45 PM
    "Unimpressed, I've been using Chrome 4 beta with extension support and I can't say I miss Firefox at all."

    I also use Chrome 4 and FF 3.7 pre-alpha and 3.7 blows Chrome away for real world browsing speeds.
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    CrashOverride90 , January 19, 2010 11:03 PM
    weegee64Ad Block Plus is the only reason I still use Firefox.


    lol well if thats the only reason then you also might want to try Google Chrome. The latest beta release (which is actually very stable) has ability to add extensions and the adblock extension is there
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    masterjaw , January 20, 2010 3:51 AM
    I'm still looking forward to what Firefox would be. But honestly, the only thing that stops me before from using Chrome as default was the lack of addons/extensions.
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    mitch074 , January 20, 2010 6:48 AM
    Memory leaks? These were solved - for good, in the browser at least - in Firefox 3.0, when the allocator was rewritten.

    If you still have memory leaks, try updating extensions (some require manual checks) then disabling them one at a time until you find the leaky one.

    Firefox 3.6 is supposed to mitigate that problem with extensions, too.
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    killerb255 , January 21, 2010 6:56 PM
    Is ReloadEvery going to be in 3.6 by default? The actual extension is buggy as all hell (it works on some PCs, and not on others, all using Firefox 3.5.7).
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