{"id":61751,"date":"2009-11-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foxtail\/2009\/11\/18\/firefox-beta-3-6-revision-3-now-available-for-download\/"},"modified":"2021-02-08T20:30:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T20:30:31","slug":"firefox-beta-3-6-revision-3-now-available-for-download","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/firefox-beta-3-6-revision-3-now-available-for-download\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox Beta 3.6 (revision 3) now available for download"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: Mozilla released Firefox 3.6 beta 3 on Tuesday,  November 17, 2009. Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/devnews\/index.php\/2009\/11\/18\/firefox-beta-3-6-revision-3-now-available-for-download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mozilla Developer News announcement<\/a> reposted below   for more details.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last night the Mozilla community released Firefox 3.6 Beta 3, making  it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/firefox\/all-beta.html\">available for  free download<\/a> and  issuing an update for all Firefox 3.6 beta users.  This update contains <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=ALL%20status1.9.2:beta3-fixed\">over  80 fixes<\/a> 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\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>(New in this update) 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>(New in this update) 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>A <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=524904\">mechanism<\/a> to prevent incompatible software from crashing Firefox.<\/li>\n<li>Users can now change their browser\u2019s appearance with a single click,     with built in support for <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/personas\/\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=ALL%20status1.9.2%3Afixed\">this    list<\/a> (it\u2019s big).<\/p>\n<p>Please use the following links to download Firefox 3.6 Beta, 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-3.6b3&#038;os=win&#038;lang=en-US\">Firefox     3.6 Beta 3 Setup.exe<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mac OS X: <a href=\"http:\/\/download.mozilla.org\/?product=firefox-3.6b3&#038;os=osx&#038;lang=en-US\">Firefox     3.6 Beta 3.dmg<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Linux: <a href=\"http:\/\/download.mozilla.org\/?product=firefox-3.6b3&#038;os=linux&#038;lang=en-US\">firefox-3.6b3.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>.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note: Mozilla released Firefox 3.6 beta 3 on Tuesday, November 17, 2009. Check out the Mozilla Developer News announcement reposted below for more details. Last night the Mozilla community released Firefox 3.6 Beta 3, making it available for free download and issuing an update for all Firefox 3.6 beta users. 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