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Mozilla Firefox 3.6
Developer(s)Mozilla Corporation
Mozilla Foundation
Initial releaseJanuary 21, 2010 (2010-01-21)
Preview releaseNone [±]
Written inC++, XUL, XBL, JavaScript,[1] CSS[2]
EngineGecko
Operating systemWindows
Mac OS X
Linux
BSD
Solaris
OpenSolaris
PlatformCross-platform
Size9.8 MB (Linux)
18.7 MB (Mac OS X)
8.2 MB (Windows)
(all archived)
Available in75 languages
TypeWeb browser
FTP client
Gopher client
LicenseMPL/GNU GPL/GNU LGPL/about:rights
Websitewww.mozilla.com/firefox
Related articles
Origins and lineage
Category

Market share overview
According to StatCounter data
November 2024[3]
This box:
Browser % of Fx % of total
Firefox 1 — —
Firefox 2 — —
Firefox 3 — —
Firefox 4 — —
Firefox 5–9 — —
Firefox 10–16 0.39% 0.01%
Firefox 17–23 — —
Firefox 24–30 — —
Firefox 31–37 — —
Firefox 38–44 — —
Firefox 45–51 — —
Firefox 52–59 1.54% 0.04%
Firefox 60–67 — —
Firefox 68–77 — —
Firefox 78–90 0.39% 0.01%
Firefox 91–101 — —
Firefox 102–114 — —
Firefox 115 and 115 ESR 9.65% 0.25%
Firefox 116 — —
Firefox 117 — —
Firefox 118 2.70% 0.07%
Firefox 119 — —
Firefox 120 — —
Firefox 121 — —
Firefox 122 — —
Firefox 123 — —
Firefox 124 — —
Firefox 125 0.39% 0.01%
Firefox 126 0.39% 0.01%
Firefox 127 0.77% 0.02%
Firefox 128 and 128 ESR 3.09% 0.08%
Firefox 129 0.39% 0.01%
Firefox 130 0.77% 0.02%
Firefox 131 5.41% 0.14%
Firefox 132 61.00% 1.58%
Firefox 133 5.02% 0.13%
Firefox 134 — —
All variants[4] 100% 2.59%

Mozilla Firefox 3.6 is a version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser released in January 2010. The release's main improvement over Firefox 3.5 is improved performance (due to further speed improvements in the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine). It uses the Gecko 1.9.2 engine (compared to 1.9.1 in FF 3.5), which improves compliance with web standards. It was codenamed Namoroka.[5]

This release marks the beginning of a new development cycle for Firefox. As well as receiving major updates, the browser will also receive minor updates with new features. This is to allow users to receive new features quicker. This new development approach means that Mozilla's product road map will also be updated. Mike Beltzner, Mozilla's director of Firefox, and Mike Shaver, Mozilla's vice president of engineering, hope to release a new roadmap that reflects the changes.[6]

Development

Development for this version started on December 1, 2008.[7] The first alpha of version 3.6 was released on August 7, 2009.[8] The first beta version was released on October 30,[9] followed by Beta 2 on November 10, Beta 3 on November 17, Beta 4 on November 26, and Beta 5 on December 17.[10] Release Candidate 1 was released on January 8, 2010, followed by Release Candidate 2 on January 17.[11] The final version was released on January 21, 2010.

Minor releases

Firefox 3.6.2 was released on March 23, 2010,[12] followed by version 3.6.3 on April 1[13] which closed some bugs in the ASLR and DEP handling found at the Pwn2Own contest 2010.

The Firefox developers created a new feature called Lorentz. It is named after the Lorentz National Park. A preview version of Lorentz, Firefox 3.6.3plugin1, was made available on April 8, 2010.[14] Betas of Firefox 3.6.4 were made available starting on April 20, 2010. Firefox 3.6.4 was released on June 22, 2010.[15][16] The Windows and Linux versions incorporate out-of-process plug-ins (OOPP), which isolates execution of plug-ins (Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime and Microsoft Silverlight by default) into a separate process.[6][17] This significantly reduces the number of Firefox crashes experienced by users who are watching online videos or playing games;[18] the user can simply refresh the page to continue. Mozilla states that 30% of browser crashes are caused by third-party plugins.[19]

Support for other plug-ins by default in OOPP and on the Mac OS X platform will become available in Firefox 4.[20]

Firefox 3.6.6 lengthens the amount of time a plug-in is allowed to be unresponsive to the point before the plug-in quits.[21]

Firefox 3.6.7 was a security and stability update that fixed several issues.[22]

Firefox 3.6.8 was a security update that was released a mere three days after 3.6.7, to fix another security fault.[23]

Firefox 3.6.9, in addition to fixing security and stability issues, introduced support for the X-FRAME-OPTIONS HTTP response header to help prevent clickjacking.[24]

Firefox 3.6.10 was a security and stability update that fixed several issues.[25]

Firefox 3.6.11 was a security and stability update that fixed several issues.[26]

Firefox 3.6.12 was a security update that fixed a critical security issue.[27]

Firefox 3.6.13 was a security and stability update that fixed several issues.[28]

Firefox 3.6.14 was a security and stability update that fixed several issues.[29]

Firefox 3.6.15 was a stability update that fixes a Java applets issue.[30]

Firefox 3.6.16 was a security update blacklisting a few invalid HTTPS certificates.[31]

Firefox 3.6.17 is a security and stability update that fixes several issues.[32]

Features

New features for Firefox 3.6 include

  • Built-in support for Personas (toolbar skins)
  • Check and notification of out-of-date plugins[33]
  • Full screen playback of Theora video
  • Support for the WOFF open webfont format[34]
  • Plug-in directory lock down: Plugins may only to be installed using a .xpi file, not through mere copying to the Firefox plugin directory. This breaks older plugins such as the Java Runtime Environment before 6 Update 15,.[35] net framework before 1.2.
  • Many performance improvements[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Firefox Extension Development Tutorial
  2. ^ Firefox 3′s Internal Rendering CSS
  3. ^ "Top 12 Desktop, Mobile, Tablet & Console Browser Versions on Nov 2024". StatCounter Global Stats.
  4. ^ "Top 9 Desktop, Mobile, Tablet & Console Browsers on Nov 2024". StatCounter Global Stats.
  5. ^ "Firefox/Namoroka". Mozilla Wiki. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  6. ^ a b "Firefox 3.6 due this month; next comes 'Lorentz'". CNET. 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
  7. ^ Alfred Kayser (2008-12-01), First step to Firefox 3.2: Alpha 1 is here, Mozilla Links, retrieved 2008-12-01
  8. ^ "Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1 now available for download". Mozilla Developer Center. 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  9. ^ "Firefox Delivery Meetings 2009-11-04 - MozillaWiki". Mozilla. 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
  10. ^ a b "Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta 5 Release Notes". Mozilla.com. 2009-12-17. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  11. ^ "Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate 1 Release Notes". Mozilla. 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  12. ^ "Firefox 3.6 Release Notes". Mozilla Foundation. 22 March 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  13. ^ "Firefox 3.6 Release Notes". Mozilla Foundation. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  14. ^ "Firefox 3.6.4 beta available for download and testing". Mozilla. 2010-04-20. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  15. ^ Tristan (2010-05-21). "Frogs, stability and performance". Retrieved 2010-05-21.
  16. ^ "Firefox 3.6 Release Notes". Mozilla Foundation. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  17. ^ Chrome gets updated, Firefox 'Lorentz' enters beta
  18. ^ Beltzner, Mike. "Firefox 3.6.4 with Crash Protection Now Available :: The Mozilla Blog". Blog.mozilla.com. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
  19. ^ "Plugin Checker Launched " Mozilla Webdev". Blog.mozilla.com. 2009-10-13. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
  20. ^ "Firefox/Crash Protection - MozillaWiki". Wiki.mozilla.org. 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
  21. ^ "Mozilla Firefox 3.6.6 Release Notes". Mozilla. 2010-06-26.
  22. ^ "Mozilla Firefox 3.6.7 Release Notes". Mozilla. 2010-07-20.
  23. ^ "Mozilla Firefox 3.6.8 Release Notes". Mozilla. 2010-07-20.
  24. ^ "Mozilla Firefox 3.6.9 Release Notes". Mozilla. 2010-09-07.
  25. ^ "Mozilla Firefox 3.6.10 Release Notes". Mozilla. 2010-09-15.
  26. ^ "Mozilla Firefox 3.6.11 Release Notes". Mozilla. 2010-10-19.
  27. ^ "Mozilla Firefox 3.6.12 Release Notes". Mozilla. 2010-10-27.
  28. ^ "Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13 Release Notes". Mozilla. 2010-12-09.
  29. ^ "Mozilla Firefox 3.6.14 Release Notes". Mozilla. 2011-03-01.
  30. ^ "Mozilla Firefox 3.6.15 Release Notes". Mozilla. 2011-03-04.
  31. ^ "Mozilla Firefox 3.6.16 Release Notes". Mozilla. 2011-03-22.
  32. ^ "Mozilla Firefox 3.6.17 Release Notes". Mozilla. 2011-04-28.
  33. ^ The check is performed not inside add-ons window (as if usual add-ons), but on the Mozilla site though.
  34. ^ Blizzard, Christopher (2009-10-20). "Web Open Font Format for Firefox 3.6". Hacks.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
  35. ^ "Using the Java plugin with Firefox". Support.mozilla.com. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
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