Firefox 3.6 Beta 3 is now available for download

[Mike Beltzner]

(note: this announcement appears with web links at 
https://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2009/11/18/firefox-beta-3-6-revision-3-now-available-for-download/ 
)

Last night the Mozilla community released Firefox 3.6 Beta 3, and issued 
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. If your favorite Add-on isn’t yet 
compatible, you can also download and install the Add-on Compatibility 
Reporter from addons.mozilla.org – your favorite Add-on author will 
appreciate it!

The Mozilla community appreciates your feedback and assistance in 
testing this preview of the next version of Firefox. Your beta software 
will update itself periodically, and eventually will be updated to the 
final release itself.

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* Firefox 3.6 will alert users about out of date plugins to keep them safe.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.

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%3Afixed

Please use the following links to download Firefox 3.6 Beta, or visit 
the beta download page at http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all-beta.html

* Windows: 
http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.6b3&os=win&lang=en-US
* Mac OS X: 
http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.6b3&os=osx&lang=en-US
* Linux: 
http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.6b3&os=linux&lang=en-US

As always, the Mozilla community would appreciate hearing about any 
feedback you have about this release, or any bugs you may find.

cheers,
mike
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