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Firefox 3.6 now available

by Dave Caolo Jan 21st 2010 at 4:00PM


Head on over to Getfirefox.com, Firefox fans. Version 3.6 of your favorite browser is now ready. The video explains the major changes in this version, but here are the highlights.
  1. One-click themes. Using the Personas Gallery, you can assign a new look and theme to Firefox with a click. The way it works couldn't be simpler. Roll over any theme to preview it and click to commit. I found most of them annoying, but I'm old and crotchety.
  2. Out-of-date plugin warnings. This super-handy feature lets you know when you've got an out-of-date and potentially virus-friendly plugin installed and provides an update link.
  3. Speed! This version promises improved speed with javascript, rendering and startup.
There's more, of course, so watch the video above. Or better yet, grab a copy and start playing. In my extremely limited testing, content heavy pages did seem to load quicker (I typically visit StarWars.com), and all of my plugins continued to work. If you experience any issues or have a plugin that refuses to work, please let us (and your fellow Firefox users) know.

The Mac beta became available last year on Halloween (spooky) and the final release candidate dropped on January 11, 2009.

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HandyMac

Every time I see a new version of Firefox announced, I open Firefox (which I use seldom otherwise) to download it, figuring that's only polite. But, unlike other browsers (e.g. Camino), Firefox doesn't seem to know about its own updates. It doesn't announce an update when it's opened, and when I select "Check for Updates..." in the Help menu, it tells me, "There are no updates available. Firefox will check periodically for updates." I actually have to hunt through the Mozilla site to find the new Firefox.

Apparently some right hand is not telling some left hand what it's doing? Not exactly very impressive. The close buttons on the right don't charm me either; it's still a Windoze port.

January 22 2010 at 9:54 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Adrian vG

I hope they've fixed the memory leaks that start to show after about three hours use. Firefox is a memory hog.

Also, I wish that the themes weren't created by monkeys and teenage matrix-geeks.

January 22 2010 at 1:37 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
webstuff

I dumped Safari a long time ago for Firefox and it's extension support. The last few weeks though, I've been using Google Chrome with several of my favorite extensions. It took all of about a week for me to remove Firefox from my Dock. The only extension I need that isn't available for Chrome is 1Password.

January 21 2010 at 9:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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adrianmolnar

Chrome 1Password extension available already:

http://www.switchersblog.com/2010/01/a-1password-alpha-for-chromium-is-here.html

January 22 2010 at 2:42 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
chris

Check out an Intel Optimized build at http://www.latko.org/downloads/

January 21 2010 at 8:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
eolone

how it works with the orientation?

January 21 2010 at 7:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Manu

Javascript performance comparison between Firefox 3.6 and Chrome and Safari
http://www.manu-j.com/blog/firefox-3-6-vs-chrome-vs-safari-javascript-performance/432/

January 21 2010 at 6:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
markm49uk

I was a staunch Safari man but in the last few days I've started using Chrome on the Mac and it's now my preferred browser.

January 21 2010 at 6:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tyler138

Think ill stick with Chrome...

May have to give it a go soon though

January 21 2010 at 5:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
luxlamf

wow FF used to be so great, now its a Sloth, I have been using Google Chrome for MAC for a few weeks, its a Beta so a few Buggy issues but so much better than this Heavy slow program. too bad.

January 21 2010 at 5:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
David

Yahoo Toolbar is not supported. Time to roll back to v3.5!

January 21 2010 at 5:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Kevin Harter

I think that's a feature. ;)

January 21 2010 at 6:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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