Firefox 3.6 is Officially Ready for Download
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By Marcus Yam
published Get ready for a newer, fresher Firefox.
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- Plugin Updater: To keep you safe from potential security vulnerabilities, Firefox will now detect out of date plugins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.
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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.
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TheDuke it feels snappier or maybe its just my mind playing tricksReply
all add-ons are still compatible
so far so good -
mianmian Youtube does not support the video features of FF 3.6 yet.Reply
Are there any site for this feature? -
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