Firefox 3.6 is Officially Ready for Download

After a number of beta and release candidates, Mozilla has finally let loose the latest version of Firefox, bringing the free browser up to version 3.6.

For Firefox users, the latest version has one obvious reason to upgrade – speed. Mozilla says that its newest browser is more than 20 percent faster than Firefox 3.5.

Other new things in Firefox 3.6 include:

  • Personas: Personalize the look of your Firefox by selecting new themes called Personas in a single click and without a restart
  • Plugin Updater: To keep you safe from potential security vulnerabilities, Firefox will now detect out of date plugins
  • Stability improvements: Firefox 3.6 significantly decreased crashes caused by third party software – all without sacrificing our extensibility in any way
  • Form Complete: When filling out an online form, Firefox suggests information for fields based on your common answers in similar field
  • Performance: Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness, and startup time
  • Open Video and Audio: With the world’s best implementation of HTML 5 audio and video support, now video can be displayed full screen and supports poster frames

Check out this video for more:

Download Firefox 3.6 for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux here.

Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.
  • NapoleonDK
    Hawt!
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  • sinless
    So far, so good.
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  • eternalkp
    very nice.
    luv it
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  • TheDuke
    it feels snappier or maybe its just my mind playing tricks
    all add-ons are still compatible
    so far so good
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  • maximus20895
    I think the personas were an attempt to compete with chrome.
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  • radiowars
    omg.... I want that sweater vest.
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  • Onyx2291
    Thanks for the heads up. Updating as I type.
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  • mianmian
    Youtube does not support the video features of FF 3.6 yet.
    Are there any site for this feature?
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  • shugge
    Am I the only one that thinks 3.6 har a lot of bugs? It has already crashed serveral times on my pc..
    Reply
  • doomtomb
    Nice, I like it
    Reply