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New Firefox 3.6 Beta Aims to Cut Crashes
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Posted by Donster on: 2009-11-18 16:33:22 296
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By Stephen Shankland @ CNET News
Mozilla released a third beta of Firefox 3.6 on Wednesday, adding stability and performance features, and said it hopes to lock down the code soon for its first release candidate.
The new beta includes a component directory lockdown that makes it harder for other software to meddle with the open-source browser's state by preventing that software from sidling into the same folder as the browser's own components. The result should be fewer crashes, said Mozilla's Johnathan Nightingale in a blog post, and Firefox still is open to third-party extensions via its official add-on mechanism.
The change should improve security, too, added another Mozilla programmer, Vladimir Vukecevic, who wrote in his own blog post that Mozilla is considering bringing the change to Firefox 3.5, too.
You can download a copy of the new Firefox 3.6 Beta 3 courtesy of Mozilla HERE. 7.7 MB
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