Firefox 3.6 has been released a few hours ago by Mozilla and it comes with a few improvements and features, including the all-new Personas, which allows you to change the browser’s look with a single click. Mozilla had already announced that the 3.6 will be coming soon and here it is, though it doesn’t come with many visible differences, it should be more reliable than the previous version, Firefox 3.5.7.

Fortunately, the new Firefox 3.6 comes with a few significant improvements under the hood, like the support for HTML5, a new DOM, Drag&Drop API, File API, new CSS attributes, better integration for third-party software.

Firefox 3.6

Here’s a full list of features the new Firefox 3.6 comes with:

• Available in more than 70 languages.
• Supports new themes, called Personas, which can change the browser’s appearance with just a mouse click.
• Improved security, thanks to the protection from outdated plugins, which could make the browser unstable or create security holes.
• Open, native video can now be displayed full screen and supports poster frames.
• Improved startup time, better browser response and faster JavaScript rendering.
• Support for asynchronous scripts that make the page load faster. Also allows developers to specify if the scripts should be renders asynchronously.
• Support for downloadable web fonts using the new WOFF font format.
• Supports new CSS attributes, including pointer events, gradients, and background sizing.
• Supports new DOM and HTML5, which can make websites more interactive, thanks to their features. It includes the Drag&Drop API and File API.
• Better third-party software integration in order to prevent the browser crashing.

Here you have a more detailed list of features separated by category:

CSS

• Gradients: -moz-linear-gradient and -moz-radial-gradient properties for background.
• Multiple backgrounds.
• Scalable Background images.
• WOFF font support.
• Pointer events.
• text-align:end is now supported.
• :-moz-locale-dir(ltr) and :-moz-locale-dir(rtl) now supported.
• :indeterminate pseudo-class support.

HTML

• Web applications can access local files chosen by the user.
• Poster frame support for HTML5 videos.
• “indeterminate” property supported by checkboxes and radio buttons.
• The new mozImageSmoothingEnabled property can be used to turn on and off image smoothing when scaling in canvas elements.

JavaScript

• Gecko 1.9.2 comes with JavaScript 1.8.2
• Date.parse() can now parse ISO 8601 dates like YYYY-MM-DD.

Download Mozilla Firefox 3.6 now!