Foxy, Foxy! Firefox 3.5 goes live

By Lauren Litwinka (249 words)
Posted in Gadgets and Technology on June 30, 2009
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On Tuesday, Adam Ostrow with Mashable delivered great coverage on the latest from Mozilla. "Can you believe it's been more than a year since Firefox 3 debuted?" Ostrow began. I can't! But I'm so glad to join the rest of the Internet community in welcoming the latest full version of Firefox, v. 3.5.

Almost exactly one year ago, Firefox 3 swept the Internet by storm with a record-breaking 8 million downloads within 24 hours after going live.

Will Firefox 3.5 smash that impressive statistic?

First, let's take a peek at the new features Firefox 3.5 brings to the table:

private browsing mode
location-aware browsing
Ogg Theora video format support.
overall significant browser performance improvements

According to Ostrow, "Mozilla claims that Firefox 3.5 is twice as fast as Firefox 3, and a whopping 10x faster than Firefox 2.0."

Want to foxify your Internet browser? Download Firefox 3.5 free from Mozilla today, and have fun!

Ostrow reported earlier this afternoon that just hours after its launch, the number of Firefox 3.5 downloads is closing in on 1 million. Incredible! Check out more coverage on the Mashable Social Media Guide.

Note: I downloaded Firefox 3.5 a few hours ago and have really enjoyed it since then. Subtle interface changes, super speedy, and all around smooth navigation. Yay!