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  • Firefox 3.6 will alert users about out of date plugins to keep them safe.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