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Now available: Firefox 3.5 (Release Candidate 1) or (Release Candidate), depending on which paragraph you read

Jun. 18, 2009 Paul Thurrott | Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows

Mozilla:

Release Notes

released to beta users June 16th, 2009

This is the first release candidate for Firefox 3.5, the latest version of the Firefox web browser. As a member of our beta audience, you are being updated to this version to help test and preview the new version before it is released to the general public. Please read below for more information.

About this Release Candidate

Firefox 3.5 (Release Candidate) is the seventh development milestone of Firefox 3.5, the next version of the Firefox web browser. While this release is considered to be stable, it is intended for developers and members of our testing community to use for early evaluation and feedback. Users of the latest released version of Firefox should not expect all of their add-ons to work properly with this milestone.

What's New in Firefox 3.5 (Release Candidate)

Firefox 3.5 (Release Candidate) is based on the Gecko 1.9.1 rendering platform, which has been under development for the past year. Firefox 3.5 offers many changes over the previous version, supporting new web technologies, improving performance and ease of use, and adding new features for users:

  • This beta is now available in more than 70 languages - get your local version.
  • Improved tools for controlling your private data, including a Private Browsing Mode.
  • Better performance and stability with the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine.
  • The ability to provide Location Aware Browsing using web standards for geolocation.
  • Support for native JSON, and web worker threads.
  • Improvements to the Gecko layout engine, including speculative parsing for faster content rendering.
  • Support for new web technologies such as: HTML5

Thanks to Brett H. for the tip. Apparently, the final version of Firefox 3.5 will be out by the end of the month.

Discuss this Article 12

whiplash55
on Jun 18, 2009
Got it last night and it runs great, so far no "not responding" messages which has plagued my FF experience lately. 31 tabs and still running strong.
johnbaxter
on Jun 18, 2009
"Apparently...out by the end of the month." My guess is "by June 40".
Saucy
on Jun 18, 2009
I really don't care. I use IE 8. Sometimes I feel obliged to test a website with FF, O, and now S - but it's seems such a waste of time. If it breaks FF or S so what? They should be using IE which runs in protected mode on most systems.
Delmont
on Jun 18, 2009
I installed it. Odd that Google Gears is not compatible.
Grannyville
on Jun 18, 2009
I might give it a whirl later on. But I'm not a fan of the Firefox UI as I am with Safari 4 for Windows. If it gets good reviews, I will defiantly check it out!
robertsjoe
on Jun 18, 2009
@saucy: "Sometimes I feel obliged to test a website with FF, O, and now S - but it's seems such a waste of time. If it breaks FF or S so what? They should be using IE which runs in protected mode on most systems" Are you a web developer? If so, that statement shows that you are unprofessional.
robertsjoe
on Jun 18, 2009
Paul, where is the post talking about this Microsoft FUD? http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/get-the-facts/browser... Come one now, this is clearly FUD. Yet no post? Scared of Microsoft? Of getting another memo from them telling you what to write?
defcon1170
on Jun 18, 2009
@robertsjoe: They got it right with the "Manageability" part of it. I have to agree with Microsoft on this one, "Neither Firefox nor Chrome provide guidance or enterprise tools. That's just not nice. "
realtestman
on Jun 18, 2009
robertsjoe, it's called "marketing" and both sides come up with similar spiel. Why anyone would take these kind of pages (that are clearly marketing spiel) as gospel I don't know but then again you're the only one who seems obsessed with taking typical marketing comments as fact and raging about it. Everyone else simply sees it for what it is.
robertsjoe
on Jun 18, 2009
Compared to Google, Bing is nothing. Zero. http://www.letmebingthatforyou.net/
Saucy
on Jun 19, 2009
@robertsjoe Sorry, but it is an honest statement. Surfing the web should be done in Protected Mode - FF, O and S don't. IE8 does. One thing I noticed about the new S is that style sheets fail after a couple layers in - LOL - I'm not going to begin to bother - they should fix their browser - it's not up to me to cover the basics for them. FF - supposedly so wonderful - doesn't handle CSS 2.1 display:table property adequately which is a major problem for 100% standards coding. But hey - you can apply skins and themes! Want to best meet HTML 4.x and CSS 2.1 W3 standards? Use and code for IE8 - it's near 100% compliant with no major deviations. 'Have a nice weekend robertsjoe. Saucy
Saucy
on Jun 19, 2009
P.S. @robertsjoe www.letmebingthatforyou.net Cr*p bull - made up - just like your opinions. 'Have a nice weekend, anyway.

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