On January 21, 2010 Mozilla released Firefox 3.6 to millions of users around the globe.

Here’s a quick sampling of coverage around the launch for Firefox 3.6!

Firefox 3.6 Coverage Report

Flickr link to coverage screenshots – More than 50 original stories and trending topic on Twitter, Mashable
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Review: Firefox 3.6 brings joy to Web devs, not just users
Ars Technicia
Ryan Paul
January 21, 2010
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/01/hands-on-firefox-36.ars

Should You Download Firefox 3.6? Yes, Yes You Should
BNet
Rick Broida
January 21, 2010
http://blogs.bnet.com/businesstips/?p=6154

Firefox 3.6 debuts
Chicago Tribune
January 21, 2010
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/technologytrends/ct-firefox-release-htmlstory,0,7230240.htmlstory

Firefox 3.6 released
The Christian Science Monitor
Andrew Heining
January 21, 2010
http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2010/0121/Firefox-3.6-released

Mozilla forges ahead with Firefox 3.6
CNET
Seth Rosenblatt
January 21, 2010
http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-10438907-12.html?tag=mncol
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Mozilla launches Firefox 3.6, calls it ‘world’s best browser’
ComputerWorld
Gregg Keizer
January 21, 2010
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9147102/Mozilla_launches_Firefox_3.6_calls_it_world_s_best_browser_

Make the right browser update: Firefox 3.6
Computerworld
Steven J. Vaughan Nicholas
January 21, 2010
http://blogs.computerworld.com/15439/make_the_right_browser_update_firefox_3_6

Mozilla Delivers Firefox 3.6
Dark Reading
January 21, 2010
http://www.darkreading.com/security/app-security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222400102&cid=RSSfeed_DR_News

10 awesome Personas themes for Firefox 3.6
Downloadsquad
Jay Hathaway
January 21, 2010
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/01/21/10-awesome-personas-themes-for-firefox-3-6/

Firefox 3.6 is available for download now
Downloadsquad
Sebastian Anthony
January 21, 2010
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/01/21/dnp-firefox-3-6-is-available-for-download-now/

Firefox 3.6 launches
Financial Times
Paul Taylor
January 21, 2010
http://blogs.ft.com/techblog/2010/01/firefox-36-launches/

Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.6

InformationWeek
Thomas Claburn
January 21, 2010
http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/web_services/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222400123

Firefox 3.6 released
Infoworld
Paul Krill
January 21, 2010
http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/firefox-36-released-982?source=rss_infoworld_news

Firefox 3.6 Gets Speedier, New Enhancements
Internetnews.com
Sean Michael Kerner
January 21, 2010
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3859926

Firefox 3.6 Officially Available, Brings Speed Increases, One-Click Themes, and More
Lifehacker
Kevin Purdy
January 21, 2010
http://lifehacker.com/5453782/firefox-36-officially-available-brings-speed-increases-one+click-themes-and-more

Firefox 3.6 Released
Mashable
Ben Parr
January 21, 2010
http://mashable.com/2010/01/21/firefox-3-6-released/

Firefox 3.6 Released
ReadWriteWeb
Mike Melanson
January 21, 2010
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/firefox_36_released.php

Firefox 3.6 goes live and final
The Register
Cade Metz
January 21, 2010
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/21/firefox_three_dot_six_release/

Mozilla releases Firefox 3.6 with promise of more speed, stability
VentureBeat
Anthony Ha
January 21, 2010
http://venturebeat.com/2010/01/21/mozilla-firefox-3-6/

Firefox Has Been Hitting the Gym — Version 3.6 Is Faster, More Capable
Webmonkey
Scott Gilbertson
January 21, 2010
http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Firefox_Has_Been_Hitting_the_Gym_-_Version_3DOT6_Is_Faster__More_Capable
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Mozilla drops Firefox 3.6 with security goodies
ZDNet
Ryan Naraine
January 21, 2010
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=5315

As we near the GA for Firefox 3.6, the majority of press briefings have been completed and we’re readying for launch day!

Here’s a quick round up of coverage around the second release candidate for Firefox 3.6!

Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate 2 Coverage Report

CNET, Mozilla releases second Firefox release candidate

Crenk, Download Firefox 3.6 RC2 Web Browser

DeviceMAG, Mozilla Releases Second RC for Firefox 3.6

Downloadsquad, Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate 2 now available

Geek.com, Nearly finished: Mozilla posts the second Firefox 3.6 release candidate

Ghacks Technology News, Firefox 3.6 RC2 Released

Lifehacker, Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate 2 Available for Download

Maximum PC, News Mozilla Stomps on Bugs, Launches Firefox 3.6 RC2

PC Magazine, Firefox 3.6 Receives a Second Release Candidate

Softpedia, Download Firefox 3.6 RC2 (Release Candidate)

The H, Mozilla releases Firefox 3.6 RC2

The Register, Near-ready Firefox 3.6 gets second RC sausage

Tom’s Hardware Guide, Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.6RC2; Final Next Week

ZDNet, Firefox 3.6 RC2 now available

Here’s a quick round up of US press coverage of the Firefox 3.6 release candidate.  Anticipation is building for the final release – coming soon!

Ars Technica: Firefox 3.6 almost ready, release candidate available

eWeek: Mozilla Rolls Out Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate

InformationWeek: Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate Available

Inquirer: Firefox 3.6 release candidate is out

ITProPortal: Mozilla Unveils Firefox 3.6 RC1 Browser

Mashable: Firefox 3.6 RC1 Now Available

Maximum PC: Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate (RC1) Now Available for Download

OS News: Near-Final Firefox 3.6 Out for Testing

PC Pro: Firefox 3.6 RC1 released – final build to follow soon?

PC Magazine: Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate Publicly Available

ReadWrite Web: New Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate…One Last Time?

Register: Mozilla teases surfers with near-final version of Firefox 3.6

SoftSailor: Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate 1

SoftPedia: Firefox 3.6 Final Coming Right Up

TechDigest: Test version of Firefox 3.6 available for testing

TechRadar: Release candidate arrives of Firefox 3.6

TechSpot: Mozilla releases the first Firefox 3.6 release candidate

Tom’s Hardware Guide: Firefox 3.6 is Almost Done, RC1 Download Here

Tuaw: Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate now available

Web Trends: Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate 1 Now Available

Web Monkey: Firefox 3.6 Enters the Home Stretch, Release Candidate Arrives

Last week, Mozilla got some exciting news – StatCounter announced that Firefox 3.5 was the Web’s most popular browser.  A number of publications picked up the news.  Here’s a quick roundup of US-based coverage:

BetaNews: Statistics: Firefox 3.5 Surpassed IE7 in global usage share last week

Datamation: Firefox 3.5 Edges Ahead in Browser Race

Electronista: Firefox 3.5 passes IE7 as most popular browser

Examiner: Firefox trounces Microsoft Internet Explorer to become the most popular browser in the world

GeekSmack: Firefox 3.5 surpasses IE7 market share

GigaOm: Firefox 3.5 Now World’s Most Popular Browser

Lifehacker: Firefox 3.5 Inches Past IE7 As World’s Most Popular Browser

NeoWin.net: Firefox 3.5 surpasses IE7 market share

OStatic: Firefox 3.5 Overtakes IE7, At Least for Now

PC World: Firefox 3.5 Edges Ahead in Browser Race

Register: Firefox 3.5 wins top dog browser crown – sort of

Seattle Post Intelligencer: Firefox 3.5 is world’s most popular browser, StatCounter says

Soft Sailor: Mozilla Firefox 3.5 version wins the battle with Internet Explorer 7 for the title of: “World`s most popular browser”

SoftPedia: The World’s Most Popular Browser is Now Firefox 3.5

Technologizer: The Ten Most Popular Browsers on Technologizer

TechWhack: Firefox 3.5 world’s most popular browser

ThinkDigit: Firefox 3.5 edges out IE 7

TopNews: StatCounter: Mozilla Firefox 3.5 registers ‘more active’ usage than Microsoft IE7

TrustedReviews: Firefox 3.5 Becomes World’s Most Popular Browser

WebProNews: Firefox 3.5 Currently Most Popular Browser in the World

WebMonkey: Browser Stats: Firefox 3.5 Is More Popular Than IE 7 or IE 8

ZDNet: Firefox 3.5: World’s most popular browser

On Oct 30, Mozilla released Firefox 3.6 Beta 1.  Then on November 11, Mozilla released Firefox 3.6 Beta 2.

These betas of Firefox 3.6 introduced several new features:

• Users can now change their browser’s appearance with a single click, with built in support for Personas.
• Firefox 3.6 will alert users about out of date plugins to keep them safe.
• Open, native video can now be displayed full screen, and supports poster frames.
• Support for the WOFF font format.
• Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness and startup time.
• Support for new CSS, DOM and HTML5 web technologies.
• A mechanism to prevent incompatible software from crashing Firefox.

Beta 1 coverage highlights:

CNET, ComputerWorld, Internetnews.com, PC Mag, PC Pro, PCWorld, ReadWriteWeb, ZDNet

Beta 2 coverage highlights:

BetaNews, CNET, DailyTech, DownloadSquad, GoMo News, InternetNews.com, Lifehacker, PCMagazine, The H,  Webmonkey, WebWorkerDaily

On Oct 20, Mozilla joined several organizations in endorsing the Web Open Font Format (WOFF) specification.  We also announced the intent to implement the specification starting in Firefox 3.6.

Wired’s Michael Calore on the WOFF spec:

This is a significant step forward not only for the emerging open format, but also for type on the web in general, which is still stuck in a state of mild turmoil.

For years, designers have been limited to using only a set of five or six common fonts on the web. But thanks to new font rendering tools within the emerging HTML5 and CSS3 standards, web designers now have the ability to use newer, more visually interesting typefaces — and make that type appear more consistently across browsers, operating systems and screen resolutions.

Coverage highlights include:

CNET, Technology Review, Webmonkey, Holy Info, The H, and Online PC.

Last week Mozilla’s security program manager, Brandon Sterne, posted an update to Mozilla’s plan for its Content Security Policy (CSP).  The news has gotten positive attention in the press and has resulted in more than 10 articles since the post.

The Register’s Dan Goodin comments on CSP’s potential. He says, “Still, CSP is worth watching – and if you’re a web developer, even playing around with. If it works as intended, it could prove to be one of the more promising solutions for a Web 2.0 world that’s built first and is only later, if ever, patched.”

Johnathan Nightingale spoke with ComputerWorld’s Gregg Keizer. Gregg notes, “‘This isn’t a single trick that’s meant to counter a single kind of attack,’ said Johnathan Nightingale, the manager of the Firefox front-end development team. ‘This helps sites solve cross-site scripting, but it’s more than that. They now have a way to shut everything dynamic off, so that no matter what content gets added to a site, if it’s on the page and they’ve sent us policy instructions in its header, we shut it down.’”

Additional coverage highlights include: Threatpost, Security Focus, PC Magazine, ITChuiko, The Inquirer,  InternetNews, InformationWeek, The H and Beta News

Last week Ken Kovash, Mozilla’s manager of metrics, wrote a blog post on Mozilla’s metrics blog analyzing the results of Mozilla’s campaign to warn users if their version of Adobe Flash is out of date. Ken noted that in just one week 10,000,000 people have clicked on the “flash update” link below.

Sean Michael Kerner from Internet News helps put that number into perspective. He says, “That potentially means that 10 million people were running older out-of-date and insecure versions of Flash. It means that despite Adobe’s own efforts to get people to update with their own update mechanisms and public outreach that 10 million people were still left out of the loop.”

Mitchell Baker and Johnathan Nightingale also commented on the success of the effort in blog posts last week.

ComputerWorld’s Gregg Keizer includes comments from Adobe in his article, “Adobe on Thursday confirmed a spike in traffic to its Flash Player update page, and applauded Mozilla’s move. ‘For us, anything that others do to help users stay up-to-date is a good thing,’ said Brad Arkin, Adobe’s director for product security and privacy. ‘We’re glad to see Mozilla doing this.’”

Additional coverage includes GHacks, Download Squad, Geek.com, SC Magazine and InformationWeek and Heise.

Earlier this month Mozilla announced that beginning with the Firefox 3.5.3 and Firefox 3.0.14 security and stability updates, Mozilla will warn users if their version of the Adobe Flash Player plugin is out of date. Old versions of plugins can cause crashes and other stability problems, and can also be a significant security risk. Mozilla is focusing on the Adobe Flash Player both because of its popularity and because some studies have shown that as many as 80% of users currently have an out of date version.

Since the Firefox 3.5.3 and 3.0.14 security updates have gone out,  the news has gotten significant attention in the press, with most of the discussions being centering on the positive implications of the updates for users.

Sean Michael Kerner, from Internetnews.com comments, “There are many (millions?) users that open their browsers every day and browse sites using outdated versions of Adobe Flash. I suspect that most of those users don’t have a clue that they are using vulnerable software…Having the browser, the place where most users interact with Flash, as the place where an update notification is made is just such an obvious (and great) idea.”

Geek.com’s Mathew Humphries says, “With Firefox’s growing user base and little reminders popping up regularly to tell you plug-ins are out of date it will surely have a positive impact on those updating software like the ever-vulnerable Flash player. Although it won’t stop malware targeting the browser and Flash in particular it will mean more of those attacks are blocked before they can do any harm.”

Other coverage highlights include: PC Magazine, SC Magazine, TechSpot, Heise, The Washington Post, PC Pro, Ghacks Tech News, ZD Net, and Computerworld.

While we received the bulk of coverage around the Firefox 3.5 launch in June, some great pieces are still being written. Last week, Financial Times writer Paul Taylor published a positive review of Firefox 3.5. Taylor notes,

No other browser can match the variety or sophistication of the add-ons already available for Firefox, and none has gone as far as Firefox in embracing the technology standards that will help power tomorrow’s internet-based applications.”

In other Firefox news…last Friday, Mozilla released Firefox 3.6 alpha. There have been several positive press articles emphasizing speed improvements and new features.

Coverage Highlights: Computerworld, Lifehacker, CNET,  PC Magazine,  TechSpot, Internetnews.com, IT Pro, Webmonkey, Ars Technica