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Jan 21st '10, 01:21 PM
<div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:b7f643fa-8b85-4dc1-abaf-7da2e943c418" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><div id="3a3a34ed-4833-4a37-87f4-fde5f92506d5" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04Q9tuSaCYA&feature=player_embedded" target="_new"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e7v1e1dwY4A/S1ipG7SDSmI/AAAAAAAAC8Q/SEcJR1wD4A0/video1b47228ccd56%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('3a3a34ed-4833-4a37-87f4-fde5f92506d5'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/04Q9tuSaCYA&hl=en\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/04Q9tuSaCYA&hl=en\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div></div> <p>Windows/Mac/Linux: The oft-delayed but much improved 3.6 version of Firefox has landed, offering up faster performance, one-click themes, safer add-ons and plug-ins, better font handling, and a lot more. Grab it now.</p> <p>We've been downloading and trying out Firefox 3.6 from the first alpha, and from what we've seen, 3.6 is a bigger update than the minor decimal point iteration would indicate. It ranked <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5395555/browser-speed-tests-the-windows-7-results">second only to the cutting-edge Chrome builds</a> in our speed and performance tests, which meant there was real improvement in startup time and page rendering.</p> <p>What's new? The video above provides the highlights, but the talking points are:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Instant themes:</strong> Point 3.6 at the <a href="http://www.getpersonas.com/">Personas gallery</a>, and you can hover over a theme to see how it would look in your browser. Click to apply it, and it's your browser skin. You can then manage your Personas from the Add-Ons menu. </li> <li><strong>Out-of-date plugins notifier:</strong> Start your browser up with an outdated, and potentially virus-friendly, Adobe Flash or other plugin, and <a href="http://theunfocused.net/2009/10/06/firefox-3-6-knows-when-your-plugins-are-out-of-date/">Firefox will tell you</a> and provide an update link. </li> <li><strong>Full-screen "open" video:</strong> If you're looking at a video streaming in Ogg or another free format, Firefox can <a href="http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/10/firefox-3-6-gets-full-screen-native-video/">play it full screen</a>. </li> <li><strong>WOFF support:</strong> More intriguing for developers than users, but, still, Firefox now accepts and downloads smaller-sized <a href="http://hacks.mozilla.org/2009/10/woff/">Web Open Font Format fonts</a>, allowing sites to more quickly show you their text the way they intended. </li> <li><strong>Faster, faster, faster:</strong> Mozilla promises better JavaScript, startup time, and rendering speeds. </li> </ul> <p>You can read up more on what's new in the <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6/releasenotes/">3.6 release notes</a>, but you're probably going to want to discover its features for yourself.</p> <p>Firefox 3.6 is a free download for Windows, Mac, and Linux systems.</p> <p><a href="http://lifehacker.com/5453782/firefox-36-officially-available-brings-speed-increases-one+click-themes-and-more?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lifehacker%2Ffull+%28Lifehack er%29">Firefox 3.6 Officially Available, Brings Speed Increases, One-Click Themes, and More - Firefox 3.6 - Lifehacker</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6214430959664794120-6796582701392405725?l=ooedbone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><br />