Firefox 3.6

Development for this version started on December 1, 2008.{{citation |url= http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=975065&p=5127635 |title=First step to Firefox 3.2: Alpha 1 is here |access-date=2008-12-01 |date=2008-12-01 |author=Alfred Kayser |publisher=Mozilla Links}} The first alpha of version 3.6 was released on August 7, 2009.{{cite web |url=https://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2009/08/07/firefox-3-6-alpha-1-now-available-for-download/ |title=Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1 now available for download |work=Mozilla Developer Center |date=2009-08-07 |access-date=2009-08-07}} The first beta version was released on October 30,{{cite web |url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/DeliveryMeetings/2009-11-04 |title=Firefox Delivery Meetings 2009-11-04 - MozillaWiki |date=2009-11-04 |publisher=Mozilla |access-date=2009-11-05}} followed by Beta 2 on November 10, Beta 3 on November 17, Beta 4 on November 26, and Beta 5 on December 17. Release Candidate 1 was released on January 8, 2010, followed by Release Candidate 2 on January 17.{{cite web |url=http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6rc1/releasenotes/ |title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate 1 Release Notes |date=2010-01-08 |publisher=Mozilla |access-date=2010-01-16}} The final version was released on January 21, 2010.

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Firefox 3.6.2 was released on March 23, 2010,{{cite web|title=Firefox 3.6 Release Notes|url=http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.2/releasenotes/|publisher=Mozilla Foundation|access-date=8 September 2010|date=22 March 2010}} followed by version 3.6.3 on April 1{{cite web|title=Firefox 3.6 Release Notes|url=http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.3/releasenotes/|publisher=Mozilla Foundation|access-date=8 September 2010|date=1 April 2010}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/04/20/firefox-3-6-4-beta-available-for-download-and-testing/ |title=Firefox 3.6.4 beta available for download and testing |publisher=Mozilla |date=2010-04-20 |access-date=2010-05-10}} Betas of Firefox 3.6.4 were made available starting on April 20, 2010. Firefox 3.6.4 was released on June 22, 2010.{{cite web |url=http://standblog.org/blog/post/2010/5/21/Frogs-stability-and-performance |title=Frogs, stability and performance |author=Tristan |date=2010-05-21 |access-date=2010-05-21 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723012820/http://standblog.org/blog/post/2010/5/21/Frogs-stability-and-performance |archive-date=2012-07-23 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=Firefox 3.6 Release Notes|url=http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.4/releasenotes/|publisher=Mozilla Foundation|access-date=8 September 2010|date=22 June 2010}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10433844-264.html|title=Firefox 3.6 due this month; next comes 'Lorentz'|publisher=CNET|date=2010-01-13 |access-date=2010-01-17}}{{Cite web|url=http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-20002988-12.html|title=Chrome gets updated, Firefox 'Lorentz' enters beta|access-date=2010-04-21|archive-date=2012-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004080641/http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-20002988-12.html|url-status=dead}} This significantly reduces the number of Firefox crashes experienced by users who are watching online videos or playing games;{{cite web|last=Beltzner |first=Mike |url=http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/06/22/firefox-3-6-4-with-crash-protection-now-available/ |title=Firefox 3.6.4 with Crash Protection Now Available :: The Mozilla Blog |publisher=Blog.mozilla.com |access-date=2010-11-09}} the user can simply refresh the page to continue. Mozilla states that 30% of browser crashes are caused by third-party plugins.{{cite web|url=http://blog.mozilla.com/webdev/2009/10/13/plugin-checker-launched/ |title=Plugin Checker Launched " Mozilla Webdev |publisher=Blog.mozilla.com |date=2009-10-13 |access-date=2010-11-09}}

Support for other plug-ins by default in OOPP and on the Mac OS X platform became available in Firefox 4.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Crash_Protection |title=Firefox/Crash Protection - MozillaWiki |publisher=Wiki.mozilla.org |date=2010-07-04 |access-date=2010-11-09}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.6/releasenotes/|date=2010-06-26|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.6 Release Notes}}

Firefox 3.6.7 was a security and stability update that fixed several issues.{{cite web|url=http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.7/releasenotes/|date=2010-07-20|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.7 Release Notes}}

Firefox 3.6.8 was a security update that was released a mere three days after 3.6.7, to fix another security fault.{{cite web|url=http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.8/releasenotes/|date=2010-07-20|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.8 Release Notes}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.9/releasenotes/|date=2010-09-07|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.9 Release Notes}}

Firefox 3.6.10 was a security and stability update that fixed several issues.{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.10/releasenotes/|date=2010-09-15|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.10 Release Notes}}

Firefox 3.6.11 was a security and stability update that fixed several issues.{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.11/releasenotes/|date=2010-10-19|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.11 Release Notes}}

Firefox 3.6.12 was a security update that fixed a critical security issue.{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.12/releasenotes/|date=2010-10-27|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.12 Release Notes}}

Firefox 3.6.13 was a security and stability update that fixed several issues.{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.13/releasenotes/|date=2010-12-09|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13 Release Notes}}

Firefox 3.6.14 was a security and stability update that fixed several issues.{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.14/releasenotes/|date=2011-03-01|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.14 Release Notes}}

Firefox 3.6.15 was a stability update that fixed a Java applets issue.{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.15/releasenotes/|date=2011-03-04|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.15 Release Notes|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714122932/https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.15/releasenotes/|archive-date=2011-07-14}}

Firefox 3.6.16 was a security update that blacklisted a few invalid HTTPS certificates.{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.16/releasenotes/|date=2011-03-22|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.16 Release Notes}}

Firefox 3.6.17 was a security and stability update that fixed several issues.{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.17/releasenotes/|date=2011-04-28|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.17 Release Notes}}

Firefox 3.6.18 was a security and stability update that fixed several issues.{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.18/releasenotes/|date=2011-06-21|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.18 Release Notes}}

Firefox 3.6.19 was a stability update that fixed several issues.{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.19/releasenotes/|date=2011-07-11|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.19 Release Notes}}

Firefox 3.6.20 was a security and stability update that fixed several issues.{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.20/releasenotes/|date=2011-08-16|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.20 Release Notes}}

Firefox 3.6.21 was a security update that blacklisted a compromised HTTPS certificate.{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.21/releasenotes/|date=2011-08-31|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.21 Release Notes}}

Firefox 3.6.22 was a security update that revoked the SSL certificates for "Staten der Nederlanden" due to fraudulent SSL certificate issuance, as well as fixing an error with .gov.uk domain names.{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.22/releasenotes/|date=2011-09-07|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.22 Release Notes}}

Firefox 3.6.23 was a security and stability update that fixed several issues.{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.23/releasenotes/|date=2011-09-27|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.23 Release Notes}}

Firefox 3.6.24 was a security and stability update that fixed several issues.{{cite web|url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/3.6.24/releasenotes/|date=2011-11-08|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.24 Release Notes}}

Firefox 3.6.25 was a security and stability update that fixed several issues.{{cite web|url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/3.6.25/releasenotes/|date=2011-12-20|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.25 Release Notes}}

Firefox 3.6.26 was a security and stability update that fixed several issues.{{cite web|url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/3.6.26/releasenotes/|date=2012-01-31|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.26 Release Notes}}

Firefox 3.6.27 was a security update that fixed several issues.{{cite web|url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/3.6.27/releasenotes/|date=2012-02-17|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.27 Release Notes}}

Firefox 3.6.28 is a security and stability update that fixed several issues.{{cite web|url=https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/3.6.28/releasenotes/|date=2012-03-13|publisher=Mozilla|title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6.28 Release Notes}}

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New features for Firefox 3.6 include

• Built-in support for Personas (browser Graphical user interface themes)
• Check and notification of out-of-date pluginsThe check is performed not inside an add-ons window (as if similar to usual add-ons), but on the Mozilla site.
• Full-screen playback of Theora video
• Support for the WOFF open web font format{{cite web |last=Blizzard |first=Christopher |url=https://hacks.mozilla.org/2009/10/woff/ |title=Web Open Font Format for Firefox 3.6 |publisher=Hacks.mozilla.org |date=2009-10-20 |access-date=2009-12-19}}
• 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,{{cite web|url=http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using+the+Java+plugin+with+Firefox |title=Using the Java plugin with Firefox |publisher=Support.mozilla.com |access-date=2010-11-09}} net framework before 1.2.
• Many performance improvements{{cite web |url=http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6b5/releasenotes/ |title=Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta 5 Release Notes |publisher=Mozilla.com |date=2009-12-17 |access-date=2010-01-05}}

Mozilla discontinued support for Firefox 3.6 on April 24, 2012, which at over 27 months of support made it the longest supported version of Firefox, even longer than Firefox 2 which had over 26 months of total support itself. The underlying Gecko 1.9.2 engine continued to be used, with updates, in Camino.

• History of Firefox

{{Reflist}}

• [https://website-archive.mozilla.org/www.mozilla.org/firefox_releasenotes/en-US/firefox/3.6/releasenotes/ Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Release Notes]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20121015013328/http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.6.28/ Mozilla Firefox 3.6.28 Download link (FTP)]
• [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ Mozilla.com], Mozilla Firefox homepage for end-users
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120301134039/http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/ Mozilla.org], Mozilla Firefox project page for developers
• [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/legal/eula/ Mozilla.com], Mozilla EULA
• [https://nightly.mozilla.org/ Nightly.Mozilla.org], Firefox latest builds

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{{Timeline of web browsers |2010s}}

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