Upgrading to Firefox 3.6
Firefox 3.6 is the latest major version of Mozilla Firefox which was released on January 21st, 2010. This article describes how to upgrade to Firefox 3.6.
- When you upgrade, your existing information such as bookmarks and passwords will be preserved. To make sure that none of your information is lost, see Fer una còpia de seguretat de la vostra informació.
- Some of your add-ons may not work after upgrading to Firefox 3.6. They can be re-enabled when their authors update them for compatibility with Firefox 3.6. For more information, see Add-ons are disabled after updating Firefox.
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- Upgrading from Firefox 3.0.x or 3.5.x
- Upgrading from Firefox 2 or earlier
- Having problems after updating?
- What's new in Firefox 3.6?
Upgrading from Firefox 3.0.x or 3.5.x
If you use your Linux distribution's packaged version of Firefox, you will need wait for an updated package to be released to its package repository.
If you installed Firefox manually (without using your distribution's package manager)To upgrade to Firefox 3.6, you need to be using the latest update to Firefox 3.0 or 3.5:
- Open the Help menu and click Check for Updates.... If there is an update available, follow the instructions in the Software Update window to download and install it. You will need to restart Firefox after updating.


- Once you have the latest Firefox 3.0 or 3.5 update, use Help > Check for Updates... again, to upgrade to Firefox 3.6.
For more information, see Updating Firefox.
- Note: You can also upgrade from Firefox 3.0.x or 3.5.x by downloading Firefox 3.6 via the Mozilla Firefox page and installing it. See Instal·lació del Firefox for information on how to install.
Upgrading from Firefox 2 or earlier
Download Firefox 3.6 via the Mozilla Firefox page and install it. For information on how to install, see Instal·lació del Firefox.
Having problems after updating?
The following articles may be able to help:
- No em puc connectar després d'actualitzar el Firefox
- Add-ons are disabled after updating Firefox
- Closing the only tab closes the window
- Right-clicking does not work
- Firefox is already running but is not responding
- Firefox will not start
- Updates reported when running newest version
What's new in Firefox 3.6?
Most changes in Firefox 3.6 are improvements to stability and performance.
- Changes were made that prevent other programs from adding their own toolbar to Firefox without your permission.
- You can now change Firefox's appearance with a single click, with built in support for Personas. For more information, see Using themes with Firefox.
- Firefox 3.6 will alert you about out of date and insecure plugins. For more information, see Some plugins used by this page are out of date.
- The Help menu now contains a Troubleshooting Information... item, which will provide you with information useful for troubleshooting problems with Firefox. For more information, see Using the Troubleshooting Information page.
- Form autocomplete now lists items in order based on a combination of frequency and recentness.
- Tabs opened from links appear next to the current tab. To revert this behavior, see New tabs do not appear to the right of the last tab.
- You may hide the Menu bar by opening the View, selecting Toolbars, and then clicking Menu Bar. After hiding the Menu bar, you can display it by pressing Alt.
- Full Screen mode is now available. To turn on Full Screen mode, open View and then select Full Screen.
- You can now view Ogg/Theora videos in full screen.
- There is now a toolbar button for Full Screen mode. See How to customize the toolbar.
- In the OptionsPreferences window, the Main panel has been renamed to the General panel.
- The "Enable Java" checkbox has been removed from the Content panel. You can enable and disable Java using the Add-ons window.
- Private browsing also removes TEMP files.
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