Firefox 3.6 Candidate Release Now Available for Download

The Mozilla community is proud to announce the release of the Firefox 3.6 release candidate . This preview version of the browser can be downloaded for free , it will also be delivered automatically updated for all users of the beta versions of Firefox 3.6. More than 75% of the many thousands of Firefox add-ons have been updated by their authors for compatibility with Firefox 3.6. If your favorite add-on is not yet marked as compatible, then you can help the add-on author test it using the add-on compatibility report tool . This candidate release may self-renew from time to time - and over time it will become identical to the final release of Firefox 3.6.

Firefox 3.6 (based on Gecko 1.9.2 platform ) introduces several new features for users and developers:

• Users can change the appearance of the browser by clicking once with the mouse - with the help of Personas .
• Firefox 3.6 warns users about outdated plugins to take care of their security.
• Changed third-party software integration method in Firefox to increase stability.
• Improved automatic form filling provides the best selection of options from your form filling history.
• Open video connected by the <video> element of the same name can now be displayed in full-screen mode , and also supports poster frames .
• The WOFF font format is supported.
• Improved javascript performance, overall browser responsiveness and initial download speed.
• The ability of deferred execution of scripts has appeared , which accelerates the initial loading of pages.
• HTML5 file API is supported.
• New CSS, DOM and HTML5 web technologies are supported.

Add-on developers and web developers should read more about the many new features of Firefox 3.6 for developers at the Mozilla Developer Center. If you want to get a complete list of changes made since the Firefox 3.6 alpha release , then look at that list (it's rather big).

So, if you want to spy on the future Firefox 3.6, then please download the release candidate and try it out !
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If you already have Firefox 3.6 beta, it should automatically refresh itself before the release candidate. You can also manually select “Check for Updates” from the help menu.

As always, the Mozilla community will be happy to hear any feedback you have about this release, or any bugs you may find .