{"id":61745,"date":"2009-10-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foxtail\/2009\/10\/31\/firefox-3-6-beta-1-now-available-for-download\/"},"modified":"2009-10-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-31T00:00:00","slug":"firefox-3-6-beta-1-now-available-for-download","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/firefox\/firefox-3-6-beta-1-now-available-for-download\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 now available for download!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: Mozilla released Firefox 3.6 beta 1 on Friday, October 30, 2009 at 5:20 pm PT. Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/devnews\/index.php\/2009\/10\/30\/firefox-3-6-beta-1-is-now-available-for-download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mozilla Developer News announcement<\/a> reposted below for more details.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 is now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/en-US\/firefox\/all-beta.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">available for download<\/a>. This beta version of the next version of\u00a0 Firefox is built on the Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering engine, containing many improvements for web developers, Add-on developers, and users. Ongoing planning for Firefox 3.6 can be followed in <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/mozilla.dev.planning\/topics?pli=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mozilla.dev.planning<\/a> and on <a href=\"http:\/\/irc.mozilla.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">irc.mozilla.org<\/a> in #planning or #developers.<\/p>\n<p>This first revision of the Beta of Firefox 3.6 \/ Gecko 1.9.2 introduces several new features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Users can now change their browser&#8217;s 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a href=\"http:\/\/theunfocused.net\/2009\/10\/06\/firefox-3-6-knows-when-your-plugins-are-out-of-date\/\"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alert users about out of date plugins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> see this <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=ALL%20status1.9.2%3Abeta1-fixed\">list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Testers can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/en-US\/firefox\/all-beta.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">download Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 builds<\/a> for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux in 53 different languages. Developers should also read the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en\/Firefox_3.6_for_developers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Firefox 3.6 for Developers<\/a> article on the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/En\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mozilla Developer Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At this time most Add-ons have not yet been upgraded by their authors to be compatible with Firefox 3.6 Beta. If you wish to help test your Add-ons, please also download and install the <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/addon\/15003?src=external-fxbetarelnote\">Add-on Compatibility Reporter<\/a> &#8211; your favorite Add-on author will appreciate it!<\/p>\n<p>Note: Please do not link directly to the download site. Instead we strongly encourage you to link to this Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 milestone announcement so that everyone will know what this milestone is, what they should expect, and who should be downloading to participate in testing at this stage of development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note: Mozilla released Firefox 3.6 beta 1 on Friday, October 30, 2009 at 5:20 pm PT. Check out the Mozilla Developer News announcement reposted below for more details. Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 is now available for download. 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