Mozilla prompts Firefox 3 users to upgrade to 3.5

by Brad Linder on August 17, 2009 at 03:30 PM

Firefox 3.5 upgrade prompt
It's been a few months since Mozilla launched Firefox 3.5. And while the company still supports Firefox 3.0, that's not going to last forever. Come next year, Mozilla will stop issuing security updates for the older version of the web browser, and don't expect to find any new features in Firefox 3.0 anytime soon (you know, unless you install new plugins).

So it shouldn't be too surprising that Mozilla recently started sending notices to Firefox 3.0.13 users suggesting they update to Firefox 3.5, or version 3.5.2 to be exact. Users who want to hold off can hit decide to hold off on upgrading until later or click the "never" button if 2008 was a good year and one that they don't ever want to leave. Or you can upgrade from within the browser.

Mozilla says more than 90% of the add-ons that were built for Firefox 3.0 have been updated to work in Firefox 3.5. But if you happen to have a few plugins installed that don't have newer versions, the update notice will alert you to this fact. So if there actually is a good reason for not upgrading, you'll know.

Tags: firefox, firefox-3.0, firefox-3.5