Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1

The first release candidate of Firefox 3 has been finally published on the Mozilla Firefox website and users of previous Beta versions seem to get an update notification already asking them to update to the latest version. The release notes do not give specific information about the changes and features that have been implemented in this version but I was able to find some information about them at the Mozilla Developers website.

The first obvious change after starting Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 is the improvement to the user interface which affects versions for all operating system, yes that includes Mac and Linux.

Several other features have been changed or fixed after receiving lots of community feedback, this includes the autocomplete function of the location bar, bookmark backup and restore and full page zoom among others.

Additional fixes and improvements have been made to improve security, web compatibility, stability and performance. Many add-ons will not work for the time being unless you use the Nightly Tester Tools to force compatibility. The release candidate 1 is another version that has been released for testing purposes and to receive additional feedback from the Firefox community.