Public Firefox 3.6 Beta Expected Tomorrow
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: Firefox, Mozilla, Internet, Browser, Beta | Themes: The Internet, Software
The public version of the firefox 3.6 beta hit the Internet tomorrow, bringing new features and a huge speed boost.
Betanews reports that Mozilla held a developers' planning meeting yesterday and revealed that Firefox users should see notices for upgrading to v3.5.4 today. We can actually confirm that report: Firefox auto-updated earlier this morning. The latest update addresses various security and stability issues and, according to Betanews, could offer a speed boost for Windows 7 users.
However, Mozilla also announced that the first public beta of Firefox v3.6 (codenamed Namoroka) would be released tomorrow. While the new version won't bring a visual overhaul, Mozilla has stated that the revised browser will be faster. The latest version also provides a few new features including support for machine orientation, additional CSS support, integrated Mozilla Labs Personas and more.
But how fast will 3.6 actually be? According to Betanews, the speed gains will be "sizable" on all platforms, possibly reaching performance levels of Google Chrome v2.0. The next stable version is expected to hit the Internet sometime around mid-December, although Mozilla called on suggestions during the meeting on how the timeframe could be shortened.
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Speed close to chrome with all the extension love of firefox. Sounds good to me.
I was thinking the same thing deathmustard. I moved to chrome for most of my browsing due to the pure speed it presented. I may have to re-think that if the new release of firefox is close.
I was thinking the same thing deathmustard. I moved to chrome for most of my browsing due to the pure speed it presented. I may have to re-think that if the new release of firefox is close.
When it comes to web browsers, it's nice to see these companies working to improve on their products my making them render web pages faster but in reality the difference in browser rendering speed between different browsers is hardly noticeable. I don't understand why people switch from browser to browser every time something new ships that may have a 1ms faster page rendering time. I stick with FF because it works on all my machines (WinXP/Win7/Linux) so I have a familar interface w/keyboard short cuts on each computer and it's massive library of add-ons. But I guess it's what ever floats people's boats.
Chrome probably = all your browsing habits sent to Google. I'm being honets. But then again, they probably all do it anyway.
I hope it fixes the horrible crashing that I've had on Windows 7 (eval & an OEM copy... 32 and 64 bit) I love me some Firefox, but I would like for a little bit (ok, a LOT) more stability.
Phatboe: People are switching because it is not about 1 ms. Try e.g. Firefox 3.0 and Google chrome in the same day for few hours. Difference is more than significant. Firefox has improved with version 3.5 where browsing experience (as compared with other browsers) is acceptable. Though, there is still plenty of space for improvements and Google Chrome basically works as a challenge for other browsers saying: It can be also another way. Much Faster.
More speed and stability is always a plus.
However, still waiting for an official 64-bit version of Firefox that also works with the current 32-bit plug-ins. See, I don't ask for much.
I'd love to go back to FF. I was all about it in the 2.0 days. FF3 just didn't play well with my computers at work. Long startup times and occasional crashing. Chrome definitely has me happy with its pure speed and clean look, but it just doesn't have all the plug-ins like FlashBlock and it still has some trouble displaying websites. I'm still glad to see both FF and Chrome moving forward. More speed, more compatibility, more stability.
Anyone know where to get the t-shirt the girl is wearing? I don't mind if the girl is still in it...
Well, its already tommorow and theres no FF3.6 at the site. I wonder what happened.
More stability in Windows 7 would be nice. Have never had problems with Firefox, however in Windows 7 it's the only piece of software I have temporary freeze ups with. Rest of the system stays active, but Firefox will stop responding for 3-7 seconds sometimes while it does.... whatever it's doing.
Yea, this is nice an all but it's not like some of us haven't been browsing with the 3.7 beta since august or anything now.