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Should You Download Firefox 3.6? Yes, Yes You Should

A point release might not sound like a big deal, but Firefox 3.6 (which is now final and available for download) brings some nice and worthwhile updates to the browser party.

Among them: built-in support for Personas (which we've discussed before), automatic detection of outdated plug-ins, stability improvements, and the always-welcome faster performance. Here's a quick video that highlights some of the, well, highlights:



Current Firefox users can wait until the browser updates itself, which should happen automatically sometime soon, or download version 3.6 right now. My thinking: why wait?

Indeed, it's never been more important to have the newest, most secure version of your Web browser, what with all the Internet Explorer hubbub of late. (I'm not saying IE users should switch to Firefox, merely that they should dump IE6 and IE7 and switch to IE8, pronto.)

What's your browser of choice these days, and why?

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