Firefox 3 Release Candidate Now Available

The release candidate of Firefox 3 is finally here, and it brings a lot of new features and usability enhancements.  There are some security improvements along with some pretty handy new functionality, such as:

• The default icons and graphics for Firefox are now tailored to match your specific OS (Windows, Mac, Linux)
• The Download Manager now provides site location info and "resume download" functionality
• The auto-complete in the location bar serves results based on frequency and recency, so you won't get a laundry list of possible matches--you'll get the most relevant suggestions based on your recent activity
• Add-ons and extensions are now handled as a package manager.  Open Tools-->Add-ons and you can select and install add-ons from a dynamically populated list of available plugins

There are lots of other new features on offer, so grab your copy and take it for a spin.  Note that this is the RC and not the official release, so there are a couple of minor known bugs, but it should be quite stable for most users.

--Aric A.