The official date for the launch of Firefox 3 is June 17, 2008 i.e. today all you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help the Firefox team to set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours so if you would love to be a part of the history being created just click on the image below and you will automatically taken to the page where you can download Firefox 3.
If you are looking for a reason to participate or thinking why should you choose Firefox 3 over your obsolete browser here is a list of reasons according to Tristan
Safer browsing
- 1 - Proven security track record, with more frequent, transparent updates, so that you use a safer browser
- 2 - Malware protection to be protected against unwanted downloads such as viruses and trojan horses
Better browsing, with thousands of improvements
- 3 - Awesome bar, so that you can find places you’ve been before with a couple of keystrokes
- 4 - “Save on exit” so that when you launch Firefox, you’re immediately ready to surf, with last windows and tabs open
- 5 - Remember passwords without a dialog box, so that you decide to save the password after you’ve logged-in
- 6 - New download manager, users can pause a download and resume it later, with a search box to easily retrieve previous downloads
- 7 - Customizable: change the look and feel Themes and Add-ons to Firefox through the built-in add-ons manager. More than 5,000 community-built extensions are available for free!
Better performance
- 8 - Fastest on complex Web applications, such as GMail so you are more comfortable, even on old machines
- 9 - Uses less memory than any other browser, so you’ll get more mileage out of your computer
- 10 - Moving the Web forward by supporting advanced Web standards so that the Web keeps evolving and benefits users in the long term.
Do you still need a reason to switch to Firefox 3 ?
Update:
Know when Firefox 3 will become available in your region @Labnol
