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Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate with Improved Performance and Features

Mozilla has released the Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate (RC 1) for Firefox browser. As per the release note from Mozilla, this new version is based on Mozilla’s Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering platform which has been under development since a long time. So let us see what are the new features and improvements in Firefox 3.6.

As per the release note of Firefox 3.6 RC1,

Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate is built on Mozilla’s Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering platform, which has been under development for several months and contains many improvements for web developers, Add-on developers and users. This version is also faster and more responsive than previous versions, and has been optimized to run on small device operating systems such as Windows CE and Maemo.

What’s New in Firefox 3.6 RC1

Improved JavaScript Performance
Personas Support so that browser theme can be changed on single click without restarting the browser
Third Party Software integration Improved
Support for new CSS, HTML5, DOM etc.
Ability to run scripts asynchronously
Faster Performance and Web Rendering

How to Download Firefox 3.6 RC1

Download link is mentioned on the Firefox 3.6 RC1 release page. You can also download the browser from the link provided below. Download File size for windows is 7.7 MB. Checkout the download links for other systems like Linux and Mac.

Download Firefox 3.6 RC1