{"id":1410,"date":"2009-12-17T17:12:34","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T00:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=1410"},"modified":"2014-04-21T00:09:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T07:09:56","slug":"firefox-3-6-beta-revision-5-now-available-for-download","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2009\/12\/17\/firefox-3-6-beta-revision-5-now-available-for-download\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 3.6 Beta (revision 5) now available for download"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: Today, Mozilla released 3.6 beta (revision 5) early  this morning. Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/devnews\/index.php\/2009\/12\/17\/firefox-3-6-beta-revision-5-now-available-for-download\/\">Mozilla Developer News announcement<\/a> reposted below.<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This morning the Mozilla community released Firefox 3.6 Beta 5,   making  it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/firefox\/all-beta.html\">available  for   free download<\/a> and  issuing an automatic update to all Firefox  3.6 beta users.   This update contains <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=ALL%20status1.9.2:beta5-fixed\">over   100 fixes<\/a> from the last Firefox 3.6 beta, containing many      improvements for web developers, Add-on         developers, and users.  Over 70% 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\u2019t yet compatible, you can also download and  install   the <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/addon\/15003?src=external-fxbetarelnote\">Add-on       Compatibility Reporter<\/a> \u2013 your favorite Add-on author will       appreciate it!<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The Beta of Firefox 3.6 \/ Gecko 1.9.2  introduces several new       features for users to evaluate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Support for the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en\/Using_files_from_web_applications\">HTML5   File API<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"http:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/devnews\/index.php\/2009\/11\/16\/component-directory-lockdown-new-in-firefox-3-6\/\">change    to how third-party software integrates with Firefox<\/a> to increase    stability.<\/li>\n<li>The ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=503481\">run   scripts   asynchronously<\/a> to speed up page load times.<\/li>\n<li>Users can now change their browser\u2019s appearance with a single click,       with built in support for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getpersonas.com\/\">Personas<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Firefox 3.6 will <a href=\"http:\/\/theunfocused.net\/2009\/10\/06\/firefox-3-6-knows-when-your-plugins-are-out-of-date\/\">alert       users about out of date plugins<\/a> to keep them safe.<\/li>\n<li>Open, native video can now be displayed <a href=\"http:\/\/mozillalinks.org\/wp\/2009\/10\/firefox-3-6-gets-full-screen-native-video\/\">full       screen<\/a>, and supports <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/En\/HTML\/Element\/Video\">poster      frames<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Support for the <a href=\"http:\/\/hacks.mozilla.org\/2009\/10\/woff\/\">WOFF  font format<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser  responsiveness and      startup time.<\/li>\n<li>Support for new CSS, DOM and HTML5 web technologies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Web developers and Add-on developers should read more detail about <a href=\"http:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en\/docs\/Firefox_3.6_for_developers\">the      many new features in Firefox  3.6 for developers<\/a> on the Mozilla      Developer Center. For the full list of changes since the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/projects\/firefox\/3.6a1\/releasenotes\/\">alpha      release<\/a> of Firefox 3.6 see <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=ALL%20status1.9.2%3Afixed\">this      list<\/a> (it\u2019s big).<\/p>\n<p>If you already have Firefox 3.6 Beta, you should be automatically  updated to the latest version in the next 24 to 48 hours. You can also  choose to manually \u201cCheck for Updates\u201d from the Help menu.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to download Firefox 3.6 Beta, please use the following  links or visit     the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/firefox\/all-beta.html\">beta download      page<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows: <a href=\"http:\/\/download.mozilla.org\/?product=firefox-3.6b5&amp;os=win&amp;lang=en-US\">Firefox       3.6 Beta 5 Setup.exe<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mac OS X: <a href=\"http:\/\/download.mozilla.org\/?product=firefox-3.6b5&amp;os=osx&amp;lang=en-US\">Firefox       3.6 Beta 5.dmg<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Linux: <a href=\"http:\/\/download.mozilla.org\/?product=firefox-3.6b5&amp;os=linux&amp;lang=en-US\">firefox-3.6b5.tar.bz2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As always, the Mozilla community would appreciate hearing about any <a href=\"http:\/\/feedback.mozilla.org\/\">feedback<\/a> you have about this      release, or any <a href=\"http:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en\/docs\/Bug_writing_guidelines\">bugs        you may find<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note: Today, Mozilla released 3.6 beta (revision 5) early this morning. Check out the Mozilla Developer News announcement reposted below. This morning the Mozilla community released Firefox 3.6 Beta &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2009\/12\/17\/firefox-3-6-beta-revision-5-now-available-for-download\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,66],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Firefox 3.6 Beta (revision 5) now available for download - The Mozilla Blog (Archived)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2009\/12\/17\/firefox-3-6-beta-revision-5-now-available-for-download\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Melissa Shapiro\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2009\/12\/17\/firefox-3-6-beta-revision-5-now-available-for-download\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2009\/12\/17\/firefox-3-6-beta-revision-5-now-available-for-download\/\",\"name\":\"Firefox 3.6 Beta (revision 5) now available for download - 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