Firefox 3 RC1 is Here

by Sam Dean - May. 17, 2008Comments (2)

The official first Release Candidate for Firefox 3--the next, much faster version of the open source browser that could--is now available. It hit that milestone last night. This release is all about stability and speed and bug fixes; there aren’t any huge new features to trumpet if you’ve been watching the betas. But if you had trouble with beta 4 or beta 5 (which for Mike Gunderloy, who writes here, caused problems), the official Release Candidate is much better. Like Mike, I've been using Firefox 3 since early in its cycle. The improvements over the previous versions in rendering speeds are palpable, although this release still doesn't handle my extensions. Check out more on what Mike has to say at our sister blog WebWorkerDaily, and stay tuned for updates this weekend as we take RC1 for a spin.

 


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Just downloaded this and it works like a charm! I typically swear by Safari but I think that I, like millions of other users, will be making the switch to FF.

P.S. Would it be too much to ask for screenshots in your posts. It would add a lot more context for us "lazy" readers :)

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Yep, we're beefing up our screenshots and visuals here at OStatic. Please see the Guided Tour of Firefox's new version that we've posted.

Sam

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