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Firefox 3.6 Beta 3 Now Available for Download

Posted November 18, 2009 at 4:37pm by iClarified · 4920 views
Last night the Mozilla community released Firefox 3.6 Beta 3, making it available for free download and issuing an update for all Firefox 3.6 beta users. This update contains over 80 fixes from the last Firefox 3.6 beta, containing many improvements for web developers, Add-on developers, and users.

More than half of the thousands of Firefox Add-ons have now been upgraded by their authors to be compatible with Firefox 3.6 Beta.

The Beta of Firefox 3.6 / Gecko 1.9.2 introduces several new features for users to evaluate:
* (New in this update) A change to how third-party software integrates with Firefox to increase stability.
* (New in this update) The ability to run scripts asynchronously to speed up page load times.
* A mechanism to prevent incompatible software from crashing Firefox.
* 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* Firefox 3.6 will alert users about out of date plugins to keep them safe.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.


Please use the link below to download the latest beta of Firefox.

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