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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
- Date added: January 21, 2010
- Total Downloads: 21,654,725
- Downloads last week: 90,675
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 12250 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on January 21, 2010
No longer a fledgling upstart, Firefox is the gold standard of alternatives to the still-dominant Internet Explorer. Firefox 3.6 is full-featured, lightning fast, and secure. Its killer selection of add-ons remains strong, with built-in support for the next generation of themes, called Personas, plus the latest update makes version 3.6 about 20 percent faster than version 3.5. However, competition is strong and it can no longer be said that Firefox is the fastest browser available.
Several notable improvements in the latest revamp keep Firefox abreast of current browsing tech. In addition to the aforementioned improvements made to the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine so that it renders Web applications faster, there have also been other significant under-the-hood changes. These include: blocking third-party software from encroaching on Firefox's file system turf to increase stability; support for the Web Open Font Format, which means many non-English browser users should have a faster time loading Web pages with downloadable fonts; and support for the File interface, which can help with tasks such as uploading multiple photos and is part of the draft HTML5-standard effort. HTML5 support debuted in Firefox 3.5. Another deeper change to the browser is that it is now running scripts asynchronously, which can help to load a Web page faster by putting off some work until the high-priority chores are complete. Firefox 3.6 also isolates out-of-date plug-ins so they do not become a security risk.
Unlike Firefox 3.5, which was more about keeping the browser current rather than blazing new trails, Firefox 3.6 is once again on the warpath. Upgrading is highly recommended.
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Publisher's description
From Mozilla :Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser. Firefox includes pop-up blocking, tab-browsing, integrated Google search, simplified privacy controls, a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online.
What's new in this version:
Firefox 3.6 is built on Mozilla's Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering platform, which has been under development since early 2009 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 Maemo.
Notable Firefox 3.6 features include
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Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.6
Pros: Safe, works when explorer does not.
Cons: nothing, it's great. It's sometimes slow
Summary: Great free browser!
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Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.6
Pros: Everything!
Cons: Slow to load!
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.6
Pros: It's used to be good once upon a time
Cons: It does not connect to websites too well sometimes it's a big pain in the arse! and sometimes it does not load web page properly! Read bottom line
Summary: As I stated on Cons about not connecting to websites too well! all I get is this!!
Server not found
Firefox can't find the server at mail.yahoo.com.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.6
Pros: t I like that Fire Fox has no viruses, like there are on IE, or at least, very few. . , Another feature that I really use is the zoom where you can make the print and the page larger.
Also, the update notifier is neat. I just like all the features.Cons: There is nothing really that I don't like, although at times, it could be a bit faster, but even so, it's faster than IE6 which I was using before
Summary: The features are easy to use, and if you need help, it's always available.I don't think I've ever had it crash on me, which is a big plus. I just like everything about Firefox, especially since adding 3.6,
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Firefox 3.6
Pros: very fast!!
Cons: nothing!!!
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