Firefox 3.6.2 Released

[Airbot]

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.2 is now available.
Changelog is below -

   Information

What’s New in Firefox 3.6.2

Firefox 3.6.2 fixes the following issues found in previous versions of Firefox 3.6:

• Fixed a critical security issue that could potentially allow remote code execution (see bug 552216).
• Fixed several additional security issues.
• Fixed several stability issues.

Please see the complete list of changes in this version. You may also be interested in the Firefox 3.6 release notes for a list of changes in the previous version.

 

[CarlTR6]

Good to hear the security hole is being plugged.

 

[noobvious]

Good to hear the security hole is being plugged.

It is.....my download is complete.

 

[CarlTR6]

Ditto!

 

[electrotune1200]

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Product FRED]

I love Firefox but I'd need a really good reason to switch back from Chrome. Chrome is just so much more lightweight than Firefox and faster in every possible way.

 

[swarfega]

What happened to 3.6.1

 

[Little Darwin]

Thanks for posting. I am updated now.

I get uncomfortable when I know that software I am running has a potential security issue.

 

[scamander]

Hi there,

Had firefox on my pc but it was sooo slow. Presume that it didn't get on well with Windows 7? Hope this version does.

 

[Not Myself]

Hi there,

Had firefox on my pc but it was sooo slow. Presume that it didn't get on well with Windows 7? Hope this version does.

Firefox works fine with Windows 7; slowness is nearly always due to a specific installation, not to the program. Firefox profile, themes, extensions, etc,. all can contribute to slowness, and all can be fixed in nearly all cases.

Standard diagnostic - Firefox - MozillaZine Knowledge Base

 

[severedsolo]

its worth noting that you will need to reset your browser to start the install, i was wondering why mine hadnt patched itself but it did once I restarted, i know its standard FF policy to restart but i was being a bit thick

 

[noyb]

FYI .. The new .. (experimental to date) .. IE Tab Add-On works in FF 3.6.2.
I sure was missing it.

 

[noobvious]

its worth noting that you will need to reset your browser to start the install, i was wondering why mine hadnt patched itself but it did once I restarted, i know its standard FF policy to restart but i was being a bit thick

You mean that part where it says, "close all other applications before installing" ?
Don't feel bad....I have plenty of moments where I am the one that is thick.

 

[CarlTR6]

Coral IE Tab works fine in 3.6.x

 

[severedsolo]

its worth noting that you will need to reset your browser to start the install, i was wondering why mine hadnt patched itself but it did once I restarted, i know its standard FF policy to restart but i was being a bit thick

You mean that part where it says, "close all other applications before installing" ?
Don't feel bad....I have plenty of moments where I am the one that is thick.

actually that didnt come up. it downloaded it in the background and didnt tell me, (or i closed it without looking at it thinking it was the normal download box)
was wondering why it hadnt patched it, so i just thought "hmm maybe it needs a restart to start downloading" but when i restarted it had already downloaded it was just waiting to install

 

[noobvious]

FYI .. The new .. (experimental to date) .. IE Tab Add-On works in FF 3.6.2.
I sure was missing it.

I hadn't even noticed that IETab didn't work anymore with FF 3.6. I haven't needed it though.....haven't been to any MS-only sites, I guess.

 

[noobvious]

its worth noting that you will need to reset your browser to start the install, i was wondering why mine hadnt patched itself but it did once I restarted, i know its standard FF policy to restart but i was being a bit thick

You mean that part where it says, "close all other applications before installing" ?
Don't feel bad....I have plenty of moments where I am the one that is thick.

actually that didnt come up. it downloaded it in the background and didnt tell me, (or i closed it without looking at it thinking it was the normal download box)
was wondering why it hadnt patched it, so i just thought "hmm maybe it needs a restart to start downloading" but when i restarted it had already downloaded it was just waiting to install

Oh, I see. I wasn't aware of the update until I saw this thread, so I manually updated then.

 

[Lucky098]

Already updated this morning to fix the critcal flaw and the next one due in April before the 3.7 coming up later this year... Opera released 10.51 updated yesterday as well...

 

[manhunter2826]

Just been prompted by FF to update -- done, and no problems at all with slowness here. Neither during browsing or on initial start-up, which i know many folk do complain about