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Mozilla pushes out Firefox 3.5 release candidate
Mozilla has pushed out the first release candidate for Firefox 3.5, following months of beta testing. If all goes according to plan, the final version of Firefox 3.5 will be available before the end of the month. If you're using Firefox 3.5 beta you can upgrade by selecting "check for updates" from the Help menu.Mozilla claims that Firefox 3.5 has 5,000 new features since version 3.0 was released. Of course, many of those features will be minor changes or improvements that you won't notice. But there are a few biggies, including:
- Improvements to the Gecko rendering engine
- Support for HTML5 and other new web technologies
- Private browsing mode
- New TraceMonkey JavaScript engine
- Support for Location Aware Browsing for geolocation
- Support for native JSON and web worker threads
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Subscribe to commentssitrucJun 17th 2009 10:31AM
It wasn't until reading this post that I realized that I no longer use Firefox as a primary browser on any of the computers that I use.
Alex MJun 17th 2009 11:13AM
What do you use? Chrome? That would be my second choice.
I stick with FF for the add-ons. I only have a handful of them, but I *really* like them.
rcarmJun 17th 2009 11:13AM
The new logo looks kinda weird.
mcwest7264Jun 17th 2009 11:34AM
so your not the only one who noticed they changed the logo? Its kinda funny looking. and darker lookin too.
evman182Jun 17th 2009 11:13AM
The download link on that page is still for the beta4, though you can find the RC1 if you dig for it in their ftp.
JoshJun 17th 2009 11:13AM
What ever happened to putting an "RC1" after the version? I was under the impression that this was the final release when it was pushed out to beta users last night until I saw the update page.
BobsJun 17th 2009 11:13AM
I wasn't enjoying Firefox anymore, so I switched to Google Chrome which I personally think is better simply due to the UI of Chrome.
That's about it, I can't tell the difference in speed and etc.
MattJun 17th 2009 3:58PM
Is that Starscream on the what's new page? Is Firefox a Decepticon plot?
KevPatJun 17th 2009 4:07PM
If you download an add-on called "nightly tester tools", you can force update the add-ons that are not compatible with firefox 3.5 rc1.
minibarJun 17th 2009 6:30PM
wrt to Fx 3.5 RC1 i'm finding:
so far completely stable and i've hit it hard this morning.
few errors in console inevitable with ~20 extensions (7 maxversion hacked.)
feels much faster than 3.0.11, particularly on flash or real media sites that are usually sluggish.
uses slightly more RAM than 3.0.11.
loads of tweaks like color profiles, awesome bar features, drag-n-drop tab outside window feature (if more than two tabs), and geolocation for social media. I haven't tested whatever is supposed to make offline web apps somewhat functional, but that should be useful and i'm sure the kids will try private browsing.
overall, there's a lot to like!
SilverWaveJun 17th 2009 6:51PM
I used this collection...
"Workswonders - Bleeding Edge 3.5B4 "
...to crib off as they are guaranteed to work with FF3.5
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/view/workswonders-edge
Quote: "About This Collection
FF3.5B4 add-on's that work well together (tested for > 1 month). - I have added notes on any that I had to force to work."