{"id":61760,"date":"2010-01-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foxtail\/2010\/01\/11\/firefox-3-6-release-candidate-available-for-download\/"},"modified":"2021-02-08T20:30:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T20:30:26","slug":"firefox-3-6-release-candidate-available-for-download","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/firefox-3-6-release-candidate-available-for-download\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate Available for Download"},"content":{"rendered":"<div lang=\"x-western\">\n<div>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: On Friday PT, Mozilla released the release candidate for 3.6. Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/devnews\/index.php\/2010\/01\/10\/firefox-3-6-release-candidate-is-now-available-for-download\/\">Mozilla  Developer News announcement<\/a> reposted below.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Mozilla community is proud to announce the availability  of a release candidate of Firefox 3.6. This preview software is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/firefox\/all-rc.html\">available for    free  download<\/a> and  has been issued as an automatic update to all Firefox  3.6  beta users.   Over 75% of the thousands of Firefox Add-ons have now  been  upgraded  by  their authors    to be compatible with Firefox 3.6.  If  your   favorite Add-on isn\u2019t yet marked as compatible, you can help  the Add-on author test it out using the <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/addon\/15003?src=external-fxbetarelnote\">Add-on        Compatibility Reporter.<\/a> This release candidate may update  itself periodically, and will eventually be exactly the same as    the  final     Firefox 3.6 release itself.<\/p>\n<p>Firefox 3.6 (built on the Gecko 1.9.2 platform)  introduces several  new       features for users and developers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Users can change the browser\u2019s appearance with a single click using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getpersonas.com\/\">Personas<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Firefox 3.6  <a href=\"http:\/\/theunfocused.net\/2009\/10\/06\/firefox-3-6-knows-when-your-plugins-are-out-of-date\/\">alerts         users about out of date plugins<\/a> to keep them safe.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/devnews\/index.php\/2009\/11\/16\/component-directory-lockdown-new-in-firefox-3-6\/\">Changes      to how third-party software integrates with Firefox<\/a> to increase      stability.<\/li>\n<li>Improved automatic form fill provides better options from your form  history.<\/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>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>Support for the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en\/Using_files_from_web_applications\">HTML5     File API<\/a><\/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\u2019d like to get a sneak peek at Firefox 3.6, please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.com\/firefox\/all-rc.html\">download the  release  candidate from www.mozilla.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you already have Firefox 3.6 Beta, you should be automatically   updated to the release candidate. You can also  choose to manually  \u201cCheck for Updates\u201d from the Help menu.<\/p>\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<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note: On Friday PT, Mozilla released the release candidate for 3.6. Check out the Mozilla Developer News announcement reposted below. The Mozilla community is proud to announce the availability of a release candidate of Firefox 3.6. 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