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New in version 3.6.3:
• Fixed a critical security issue that could potentially
allow remote code execution (see bug 552216).
• Fixed several additional security issues.
• Fixed several stability issues.
Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate is built on Mozilla's Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering platform, which has been under development for several months and contains many improvements for web developers, Add-on developers and users. This version is also faster and more responsive than previous versions, and has been optimized to run on small device operating systems such as Maemo.
* Made some changes to how we allow third party software to integrate with Firefox in order to prevent crashes.
* This release candidate is available in more than 70 languages - get your local version.
* More than 70 fixes from the last beta to improve performance, stability, security and features.
* The ability to run scripts asynchronously to speed up page load times.
* 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* Firefox 3.6 will alert users about out of date plugins to keep them safe.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 can find out about all the changes and new features at the Mozilla Developer Center.
Web developers and Add-on developers should read more detail about the many new features in Firefox 3.6 for developers on the Mozilla Developer Center. For the full list of changes since the alpha release, see this list:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=ALL%20status1.9.2:beta1-fixed
Testers can download Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate 2 builds for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux in 53 different languages. Developers should also read the Firefox 3.6 for Developers article on the Mozilla Developer Center.
At this time most Add-ons have not yet been upgraded by their authors to be compatible with Firefox 3.6 Beta. If you wish to help test your Add-ons, please also download and install the Add-on Compatibility Reporter – your favorite Add-on author will appreciate it!
For more information, visit:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html
For more information or to download, visit here:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html
You can download an Intel-optimized build of Firefox 3.6 here:
http://www.latko.org/downloads/
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I downloaded the RC1 release the day it was posted onto the ftp server, and I will say that I like it, though it doesn’t seem much different than 3.5.7, it does seem to be stable, no addon incompatibilities, the only thing I’ve noticed is sometimes personas randomly vanishes, and I have to go back to my recently used to turn it back on. I’m going to have to try all glass for firefox on this build and see if it works better than it does on 3.5.7.
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