Only days after releasing Firefox 3.6.7, Mozilla has pushed out a new Firefox 3.6.8 version to Firefox 3.6x users. Users should get an automatic update notification in the web browser, but can also check for and install the new update by clicking on Help > Check for updates in the toolbar menu.
A quick second release usually indicates a severe problem that needs to be addresses asap, often stability or security related.
The Mozilla Developer Center blog offers an explanation. Firefox 3.6.8 fixes a single “stability problem that affected some pages with embedded plugins”.
Users who have not received the update notification yet, can download the latest version of Firefox directly from the Mozilla website instead.
This downloaded version then needs to be installed after the download to the local hard drive has finished.
The Firefox 3.6.8 update is offered for all supported operating systems and languages.
In the blog posting Mozilla “strongly encourages” users of Firefox 3 and Firefox 3.5 to upgrade to the latest Firefox 3.6 branch.
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That was quick.
3.6.8 portable is available now, too:
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable
They still haven’t fixed the audio tag bug! ff can only play a max of 2 sounds in this and previous version – when it was much more in 3.5.6 (and 4.0 beta)… hmm maybe when 4 comes out it will all be sorted!