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97% of Chrome users running the latest version

The Browser Guru — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 10:15:17 +0000

According to “Why Silent Updates Boost Security” (download PDF), 97% of Chrome users were running the latest version of the browser within 21 days of the last update’s release.

By comparison, 85% of Firefox users were up-to-date in the same span, while only 53% Safari users could say the same.

Firefox gets crash protection with release of version 3.6.4

The Browser Guru — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:13:00 +0000

Firefox 3.6.4 has been released with crash protection for Adobe’s Flash Player, Apple ‘s QuickTime and Microsoft ‘s Silverlight plug-ins, and is available only in Firefox for Windows and Linux . Mozilla is still working on the “out of process plug-ins,” or OOPP feature, for the Mac version.

The version also patches nine vulnerabilities, six of them critical.

Firefox 3.5.10

The Browser Guru — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:11:00 +0000

Firefox 3.5.10 has been released – it patches nine vulnerabilities, six of them critical.

Firefox 3.6 RC1

The Browser Guru — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:28:55 +0000

Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate is built on Mozilla’s Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering platform, which has been under development for several months and contains many improvements for web developers, Add-on developers and users. This version is also faster and more responsive than previous versions, and has been optimized to run on small device operating systems such as Windows CE and Maemo.

Made some changes to how we allow third party software to integrate with Firefox in order to prevent crashes.
This release candidate is available in more than 70 languages – get your local version.
More than 70 fixes from the last beta to improve performance, stability, security and features.
The ability to run scripts asynchronously to speed up page load times.
Users can now change their browser’s appearance with a single click, with built in support for Personas.
Firefox 3.6 will alert users about out of date plugins to keep them safe.
Open, native video can now be displayed full screen, and supports poster frames.
Support for the WOFF font format.
Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness and startup time.
Support for new CSS, DOM and HTML5 web technologies.

Developers can find out about all the changes and new features at the Mozilla Developer Center.