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Firefox 3.6 beta 1 lands
MOZILLA HAS LAUNCHED the first beta version of its open sauce Firefox 3.6 browser.
The upcoming application is built on the Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering engine and promises a host of new features for users and developers, including a much needed boost to startup times as well as improved overall responsiveness and JavaScript performance.
Version 3.6 will alert users about out of date plug-ins to keep them safe and also will see the inclusion of Mozilla's Persona feature, which allows you to 'skin' your browser with a wide range of designs.
Amongst the new features listed in the announcement are that open, native video can now be displayed full screen and supports poster frames, and there is support for the WOFF font format.
Testers can download Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 builds for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux in 53 different languages. As development continues the beta software will update itself periodically and, unlike previous versions, this one will eventually be updated to the final release. µ
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3.6 is currently not compatible with noscript - you sacrifice security and clean look of pages (annoying flash/crap/mouseoverware is the first thing you notice). otherwise i did not notice any major improvements (not an in depth test)
The Inq has been using terms like this for ages, since at least 2004 when I started reading if I'm correct.
You obviously don't read the Inquirer very often. The Vole, Open Sauce, Fruit Themed Toy Maker, etc. are not typos, they're slang.
I was hoping this "Persona" thing was a replacement for those terrible "profiles" that Firefox inherited from Netscape's crappy browser profile paradigm. It really sucks that I have to kill the Firefox process from a terminal in order to use it from a remote session when I've forgotten to close it on the local one.
Don, good catch!
Sorry but that is one of the funnier typos that I seen around here...
"MOZILLA HAS LAUNCHED the first beta version of its open sauce Firefox 3.6 browser."
Love it
Frank,
Persona's have been "Available" as a plug-in/add-on...NOT implemented into the release. It's no longer an add-on, and is part of the web browser. DL the beta and take a look.
persona's have been implemented since at least 3.5 if not earlier. I read you guys religiously and just wanted you to know. Thank you again for such a great site.
Have you tried firefox preloader?
I almost don't care about how fast javascript runs when the startup times are so lousy. Fast javascript matters occasionally, fast startup times matter every time I reboot. I find javascript performance in IE to be fine and I know it's something like 10x slower than ff. But IE sure starts up fast :-) (of course half of it is probably always running even when ie isn't)