Mozilla has released second release candidate of its upcoming web browser Firefox 3.6. This version is built on the Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering engine, containing many improvements for web developers, Add-on developers, and users.
Firefox 3.6 RC2 introduces several new features:
- Made some changes to how third party software are allowed to integrate with Firefox in order to prevent crashes.
- This release candidate is available in more than 70 languages - get your local version.
- More than 70 fixes from the last beta to improve performance, stability, security and features.
- The ability to run scripts asynchronously to speed up page load times.
- 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- Firefox 3.6 will alert users about out of date plugins to keep them safe.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.
This article was posted in Browsers, Mozilla Firefox.
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bogas04
Just to remind you there are no NEW features as such , just a fix for Linux version
Chad
Still the same things written in the features.
Tyler
Just a respin to pick up some bug fixes. Nothing new compared to RC1, but lots compared to 3.5
Cahya
Are now Firefox 3.6 supports SVG?
Afizz
OMG...So many RCs... I just can't wait for the final release!
Tyler
If there weren't so many RCs you would complain the final release was too buggy.