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Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 now available!
With that out of the way, here are the new features that debut with Firefox 3.6, straight from the release page:
- Users can now change their browser's appearance with a single click, with built in support for Personas.
- Firefox 3.6 will alert users about out of date plugins to keep them safe.
- Open, native video can now be displayed full screen, and supports poster frames.
- Support for the WOFF font format.
- Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness and startup time.
- Support for new CSS, DOM and HTML5 web technologies.
Developers should check out the notes for 3.6, if they haven't yet updated the add-ons they administer.
If you've heard enough, here are some direct download links to get you upgraded to the Beta ASAP:
- Windows: Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 Setup.exe
- Mac OS X: Firefox 3.6 Beta 1.dmg
- Linux: firefox-3.6b1.tar.bz2
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsRohit KapurOct 31st 2009 1:10AM
Er, hasn't this been available for a while now? I mean, I *am* using it as we speak, and have been for a fair amount of time now. Or this is some sort of an official release??
Sebastian AnthonyOct 31st 2009 9:58AM
You may have been using the alpha, which has been out a little while -- but the timestamp on that page is certainly Oct 30th :)
CoBfan1987Nov 1st 2009 11:30AM
Its cool that personas is built in now.
I'm definitely noticing faster page load times
AllenNov 1st 2009 11:46AM
Too funny,
LOL - on the beta page that is opened after install they talk about Personas:
Welcome, Beta Tester!
Here's what's new…
* Change the way Firefox looks using Personas.
But when you try to install, it errors out with:
Personas 1.3.1 could not be installed because it is not compatible with Firefox 3.6b1.
They may want to check that, eh?
KNov 1st 2009 2:14PM
Allen, the personas thing is built in, so you don't need to download it, just install new themes directly.