Firefox 3.5 Released

July 1, 2009
By: Michael Price
Author's Website: http://www.zillow.com

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The latest release of Firefox (3.5) is now available for download. So far I am extremely impressed with the stability and speed. There are quite a few changes for a .5 upgrade, not the least of which is support for the long awaited HTML5 tags for audio and video. When fully implemented the web is going be a much better multimedia environment that will pretty much do away with the need for plug-ins to implement video and audio content. You’ll be able to enclose any file in a simple <video>yourcontent.whateverformat</video>.

HTML5 and the upcoming CSS3 standards will allow developers to create extremely powerful web based applications.

Additional changes in 3.5 include
-Support for downloadable fonts
-CSS Media Queries
-HTML5 <canvas>
-ICC Profiles
-Location Aware Browsing
-Available in 70+ Languages and more

If this version proves to be as stable and secure as advertised, it will certainly have Firefox back on track to keep stealing browser market share.

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  • Yes, stability has improved a lot, it doesn't keep crashing like previous versions.
  • Also, for windows users, here's the Firefox 3.5 download link - Michael's link was for the Mac version :) - Swansonager
  • I'm a firefox junky, so I'll definitely have to download this.
  • While I do agree that Firefox 3.5 is great if you use Google Gears it is not yet compatible. I love Google offline access but now I don't have that luxury.
  • While the first thing that jumped out at me was the improved browsing speed, as you said, there are indeed quite a few changes for a .5 upgrade. Lots of improvements and the direction of these improvements will make the Web a better place as time goes on.
  • Yes it is secure to use and it is also user friendly. But some time it takes much time when suffering to good quality sites.
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