On Thursday, Mozilla.org released the long-awaited 3.6 version of its Firefox web browser.
The new version, an 17.6 megabyte download, sports the following fixes and changes:
– Available in more than 70 languages – get your local version.
– Support for a new type of theme called Personas, which allow users to change Firefox’s appearance with a single click.
– Protection from out-of-date plugins to keep users safer as they browse.
– Open, native video can now be displayed full screen and supports poster frames.
– Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness, and startup time.
– The ability for web developers to indicate that scripts should run asynchronously to speed up page load times.
– Continued support for downloadable web fonts using the new WOFF font format.
– Support for new CSS attributes such as gradients, background sizing, and pointer events.
– Support for new DOM and HTML5 specifications including the Drag & Drop API and the File API, which allow for more interactive web pages.
– Changes to how third-party software can integrate with Firefox in order to prevent crashes.
Firefox 3.6 is available in more than 70 different languages and requires a G3, G4, G5 or Intel-based Mac, Mac OS X 10.4 or later and 128MB of RAM to install and run.
If you’ve snagged the new version and have any feedback to offer about it, let us know in the comments.
2 replies on “Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.6 Web Browser”
One of the most important changes is improved support for HTML5, the next generation of the language in which the web is written.Firefox feel snappier to the user: whether you are launching it, opening a new tab, a sidebar, there is a difference on whether the action is done fast and perceived fast.
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Still can’t play Quicktime movies exported using Apple’s Quicktime X’s ‘save for web’ feature.