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June 25, 2009 12:15 PM PDT

Firefox 3.5 gets a third release candidate

by Seth Rosenblatt
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Updated June 26 at 3:45 p.m. PDT: Mozilla stated in an e-mail today that it expects Firefox 3.5 to go public on the morning of Tuesday, June 30, almost missing its self-imposed deadline of "the end of June."

Despite hoping that Firefox 3.5 would receive only one release candidate, Mozilla has now published Firefox 3.5 RC 3 for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Details on what's changed between RC 2 and RC 3 are light, with Mozilla saying only that the changes are based on user feedback. Given the history of Firefox updates, it's likely that these were stability- and security-based improvements.

Readers can also peruse older CNET Firefox 3.5 coverage, or check out the official Firefox 3.5 RC 3 release notes.

Seth peers into the deep, dark corners of software so that you don't have to. He has yet to suffer a single nightmare about OS/2. You can follow him on Twitter.
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by dudesmiles June 25, 2009 1:06 PM PDT
another anti-apple story on cnet! big suprise! everyone knows safari is the best browser. If firefox was any good it would be pre loaded on OSX. guess what? ITS NOT! please write better articles in the future. thank you.
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by db32--2008 June 25, 2009 1:28 PM PDT
Anti-Apple? They didn't even mention Apple, which I guess is a comment against them in your book. So is a review that talks only about Safari an anti-Microsoft or anti-Firefox article? I didn't think so.

And guess who wrote Safari? A-P-P-L-E. I guess that means IE must be the best browser, because it's included with Windows, and everyone knows that Windows is better than OSX.

Admit it. "Better articles" means only those that promote Apple. You're just rabidly pro-Apple, and anything else is bad. Most things that "everyone knows" aren't automatically right.
by ittesi259 June 25, 2009 2:28 PM PDT
Having a Mac, I hate Safari....but thats besides the point.

First, this article in no way makes claim that FireFox is superior to anything, nor does it have anything to do with Apple.

Second, nobody ever expects Apple to install anything other than Safari as a preload into OSX....um when you're competing for market share you don't include the competition. Apple however at least made Safari possible to remove if someone wants something else.
by TravisOwens June 25, 2009 2:39 PM PDT
troll / flamebait ... nobody here mentioned Apple but you, and of course Apple isn't including Firefox, it's their competition.
by exactlyy June 25, 2009 3:23 PM PDT
actually if safari was any good it'd be pre-loaded on windows.. or lets say on ubunto .. safari sucks so please leave Firefox fans celebrate and go back to your cave and mess with your safari .
by manmur June 25, 2009 8:09 PM PDT
Anti-Apple? as far as I see it is only reporting the 3rd release candidate for Firefox. As for Safari as a browser OK however I like Firefox more. I do have them both on my PC.

web-browser doesn't have to be preloaded to be called the good. If I went that way I would be using IE not FF.

I think you did not understand the article.
by mitchjmh June 26, 2009 3:37 AM PDT
If you lay down on the floor and kick your feet and flail your arms around while you scream - maybe it will make apple more mainstream (well that and apple cutting their prices by two thirds).
by June 26, 2009 8:20 AM PDT
seriously? if safari is so good, why does firefox have almost 3 times the market share/user base??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers
by eklectiqred June 25, 2009 1:53 PM PDT
Dude you really need to seek help! Your mind is not a good place to stay, all alone.
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by LoudHeart June 25, 2009 3:39 PM PDT
I have been testing out the new HTML5 video element with OGG video on FireFox 3.5, and it looks impressive.
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by ITcomposer June 25, 2009 11:00 PM PDT
I honestly believe firefox now more than ever has a chance to start chewing IEs enterprise market share specially since an add on called IE TAB is available.
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by G-Skaf June 26, 2009 1:57 AM PDT
Using IE tab in Fx is the same as using IE. It won't free a company from the really old application (which only runs on IE6) that they've stupidly locked themselves into. And it doesn't make things any more secure.

Fx is a very serious competitor in the browser field and abolishing IE's dominance will benefit us all. Through IE, Microsft has shown they have no intention of properly implementing standards and this is something that is holding back the web right now. Many web pages use extra code to display properly in IE. No other browser needs that code.
by Yo-wassup June 26, 2009 1:13 AM PDT
well, this one is anti apple = safari sucks.
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by therealgeeves June 26, 2009 1:56 AM PDT
Camino on OSX is better than firefox on OSX... Safari on OSX is a resource hog - fact.
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by ahickey June 26, 2009 2:01 AM PDT
Where I work we still use IE 6 (Oh the shame of it)
I hae installed Firefox and Chrome and only drop back to IE6 when a corporate apps forces me to.

Other then that I live in Forefox with Chrome for lunch time surfing. Keeps the history in a different place.
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by therealgeeves June 26, 2009 4:15 AM PDT
IE 6 on windows 2000 with a browser based app, interesting.
by Issaland June 26, 2009 4:55 AM PDT
Speed similar to Opera 10 Beta. Ad Block Plus, NoScript, BetterPrivacy, DownloadHelper and WOT works. TabMix Plus and RealPlayer Plugin not. No crashes so far.
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by srosenblatt June 26, 2009 12:55 PM PDT
the TMP beta build works fine in FF3.5rc. check it out: http://download.cnet.com/Tab-Mix-Plus/3000-11745_4-11042473.html
by johnwbaxter--2008 June 26, 2009 7:03 AM PDT
As I said before, 3.5 final around June 40, still "before the end of June".
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