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EDITOR NOTES
Versions 3.0.18 and 3.5.8 are new (released February 17, 2010) and address "several security and stability issues." See 'Related Links' to download.
DESCRIPTION
Firefox is a web browser that empowers you to accomplish your online activities faster, more safely and efficiently than any other browser, period. Built with Tab browsing, popup blocking and a number of other seamless innovations, Firefox stands out ahead. Watch video of what's new in Firefox 3.6
WHAT'S NEW
Version 3.6:
- Available in more than 70 languages - get your local version.
- Support for a new type of theme called Personas, which allow users to change Firefox's appearance with a single click.
- Protection from out-of-date plugins to keep users safer as they browse.
- Open, native video can now be displayed full screen and supports poster frames.
- Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness, and startup time.
- The ability for web developers to indicate that scripts should run asynchronously to speed up page load times.
- Continued support for downloadable web fonts using the new WOFF font format.
- Support for new CSS attributes such as gradients, background sizing, and pointer events.
- Support for new DOM and HTML5 specifications including the Drag & Drop API and the File API, which allow for more interactive web pages.
- Changes to how third-party software can integrate with Firefox in order to prevent crashes.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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| Firefox User Reviews (894 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Mar 11 2010 |
CHEESEHEAD I love Firefox, but the main thing stopping me from using it is Safari's cool dictionary look-up.
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| Mar 10 2010 |
JOYPEBBLE Beware: The upgrade to 3.6 tossed out all my Themes and loaded in the default look. I had to remember and download all the Themes again. Also (and much worse) Firefox 3.6 will positively not load any Hotmail pages. Safari does just fine but Firefox seems to have been banned from Hotmail. Two hours of paid troubleshooting and I still can't get into Hotmail. | |
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| Mar 10 2010 |
JOYPEBBLE Beware: The upgrade to 3.6 tossed out all my Themes and loaded in the default look. I had to remember and download all the Themes again. Also (and much worse) Firefox 3.6 will positively not load any Hotmail pages. Safari does just fine but Firefox seems to have been banned from Hotmail. Two hours of paid troubleshooting and I still can't get into Hotmail. | |
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| Feb 18 2010 |
JULIFOS I was so happy with this release (even if the Persona stuff is a bit ugly, but still fun while you can just play and revert), when I found it continuously asks to activate whatever dozens of fonts. And no check/uncheck options in Apple's Fontbook will solve it. And the "Do not ask me again for Firefox" checkbox doesn't work. And Firefox just became un-usable. Any hints or I must wait for 3.7 or revert to previous version? I found googling some people sharing this issue, but no info about fixes.
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| Feb 18 2010 |
LOKHEED Personas has to be singularly the dumbest and most egregious "feature" to ever grace a program in the last decade or so. This is a massive step back in usability and is not only developed, but also implemented without class. Instead of tackling serious issues (like text-alignment through css, and start-up times), the coders are bloating Fx with this garbage? A little part of me died inside. Browser chrome is a necessary part of the UI and should be held consistent through an OS. I'm all for themeing elements, provided it is done well and with refinement. Changing the background to an obtrusive image doesn't strike me as the least bit practical or sexy. This is surely an epic fail and it's reminiscent of the "dark age" of computing that still plagues many lower class third party software on Windows. It's the equivalent of colourizing a classic motion picture. For shame Fx Team...
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| Feb 20 2010 |
FALSTAFFA Lokheed, I concur with your assesment of Personas, my initial reaction to this 'feature' was a flashback to the days of excessive bloatware circa the mid-1990s, in fact I was reminded of Compuserve and Juno's virtual worlds -- or whatever they were called -- yuck, it will not surprise me in the least when -- not if -- this 'feature' tanks, crashes and burns, now let me reminesce about the "good 'ol days" of keypunch, Fortram, Cobol... disco... darn I'm getting old.
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| Feb 17 2010 |
XENOPHILE Firefox v3.6 was released over a month ago and is listed as the current stable release on Mozilla's website.
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| Feb 17 2010 |
TOXICTHREE 3.6 keeps crashing on Wikipedia (of all places) for some reason for me. It's back to 3.5.8 for a while! PPC, OS 10.4.11
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| Feb 18 2010 |
UMAROMC Sorry to hear that. Works fine for me, even before the official release. MacPro Early 2009 10.6.2
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 | Feb 17 2010 |
ROAMING NOMAD Firefox 3.6 faaster than Safari 4.0.4?? Hahaha, not! I use Safari for my main needs and FireFox 3.6 in case Safari 4.0.4 has a problem with a page or a cookie. Firefox 3.6 is a vast improvement no doubt over prior versions but would I use it exclusively over safari, not a chance, too slow and still buggy.
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| Feb 17 2010 |
KOBALT Version 3.6 *again*? Wasn't that released in late January? Haven't I already been using it for the past 3 weeks? Puzzled ...
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| Feb 17 2010 |
MISHA As the short description and Editor's Note points out.. Versions 3.0.18 and 3.5.8 are new (released February 17, 2010) and address "several security and stability issues." See 'Related Links' to download.
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| Feb 17 2010 |
ORION MK. V Doesn't show up with the new version if I "check for updates" in FF 3.6, so I'm with Kobalt... doesn't seem new. Perhaps it'll be posted in the auto-updates later today.
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 | Feb 17 2010 |
MISHA If you're running 3.6 there's no update for you -- the 3.0.18 and 3.5.8 updates are for people running 3.0.x or 3.5.x.
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| Feb 17 2010 |
KOBALT Misha, my point is that a post with a version 3.6 header has been posted before, in January. My question is why is it posted again, now? If this is a post re updates to earlier versions, why would the heading to this post say 3.6? After all, when MS does an update to, say, Office 2004, it is posted here with a header saying as much and not as Office 2010 or whatever. So in other words, is this a 'new' post about v3.6 or a mis-headed post about earlier version updates? Sorry to be so pedantic ...
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| Feb 18 2010 |
MISHA Kobalt, typically apps only have a single listing at MacUpdate -- Office 2004 is one of the very few exceptions. We do this to keep things neat and tidy; no one wants to see Photoshop 7, CS, CS2, CS3, or CS4 when they search for "Photoshop" for example, or "Firefox, Firefox 2, Firefox 3, Firefox 3.5, Firefox 3.6". Firefox is a popular enough app, though, that we feel communicating the release of new 3.0.x and 3.5.x builds is important to put the listing back on the main page. If we changed the version number to 3.0.18 or 3.5.8 that would probably create more confusion, so instead we edit the short description and add an Editor's Note explaining what's going on. We're re-vamping the backend (and in fact every aspect of MacUpdate) at the moment so that we'll be able to handle multiple branches/versions of the same app so this can be avoided since I realize it's not quite perfect.
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| Feb 18 2010 |
KOBALT Thank you Misha, that is a very acceptable explanation. And I'm looking forward to a 'new and improved' MacUpdate! :)
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| Feb 17 2010 |
WEBMOTIVA.COM Firefox versus the drawing model jungle on OS X: http://www.kaourantin.net/2010/02/core-animation.html
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| Feb 18 2010 |
UMAROMC Interesting read. Thanks.
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