# How's Firefox 3.6? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 1, 2010, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217 "2010-02-01T07:26:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217/1 "2010-02-01T07:26:46Z")
Significantly different from 3.5? Any major new features, good or annoying? Stable yet, or are they still working out the kinks? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217/2 "2010-02-01T08:05:24Z")
I think the biggest change is “Personas” which is a new way of theming the browser’s appearance, which may conflict with any existing theme you’ve installed. I’ve also noticed the wiggly red line under misspelled words is bigger and bolder. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217/3 "2010-02-01T08:17:29Z")
Oooh, so when I switch browser appearance, I can shout “Persona!”? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217/4 "2010-02-01T12:13:42Z")
I open new tabs by clicking links with the scroll wheel. Before, the new tab would be at the end of the line, now they open to the right of the originating site. Like this. SITE new new new SITE new new new ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217/5 "2010-02-01T12:58:12Z")
IIRC the navigation bar’s lookup code should be sped up. I haven’t tried it on this machine yet, but it’s one of the things that traditionally makes firefox slower the longer you’ve got it installed. If that works well, I’d be very happy. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217/6 "2010-02-01T13:02:56Z")
Oooh, I just tested 3.6 on this machine, and the locationbar is definitely a lot quicker now. Used to be that when firefox was just started it took up to 20 seconds or so for anything useful to show up after typing the first couple of characters in the bar (and the browser was unresponsive during that time). Now it appears to be immediate. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217/7 "2010-02-01T21:07:01Z")
Yeah, the Awesome Bar was one of the things people kept harping on them to fix. Another is that it automatically repairs its database every so often, so it doesn’t get corrupted, which was a major cause of slowdowns on many PCs. On the other hand, my mom is having some weird problems in Facebook right now. I know she often clicks things accidentally, and then has to close them. And Firefox seems to actually hang up on her now. So I’d say 3.6 has some bugs. ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217/8 "2010-02-01T21:18:05Z")
Pimpzilla doesn’t work on 3.6 :mad: When I click on links from my email for new posts to subscribed threads it doesn’t take me to the new post but to the first post. I don’t see a lot of difference from 3.5 but I am far from a power user of FF ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217/9 "2010-02-02T01:59:16Z")
IE tab doesn’t work right now either. ---
**Author:** ![chicken\_wire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@chicken\_wire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicken_wire)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217/10 "2010-02-02T02:07:42Z")
I had to look to see if I had 3.6 yet or not, and I do. Ummm, it seems almost entirely indistinguishable from any of the previous versions, at least to me. This is a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217/11 "2010-02-02T02:13:12Z")
> [@Rack-a-Bones](#): > > Pimpzilla doesn’t work on 3.6 :mad: > > When I click on links from my email for new posts to subscribed threads it doesn’t take me to the new post but to the first post. > > I don’t see a lot of difference from 3.5 but I am far from a power user of FF > [@Ruby Sees](#): > > IE tab doesn’t work right now either. I wonder if the problems Mom is having are with the plugins. That would make some sense. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217/12 "2010-02-02T02:24:45Z")
My computer isn’t the quickest, and always had buffering issues with video. The new FF sems to have solved all that. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217/13 "2010-02-02T08:07:40Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > My computer isn’t the quickest, and always had buffering issues with video. The new FF sems to have solved all that. Yes!!! And every little thing doesn’t hang up, like it used to. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217/14 "2010-02-02T08:51:21Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > And every little thing doesn’t hang up, like it used to. Ooh, I hadn’t noticed that, but I think you’re right! ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217/15 "2010-02-02T19:09:31Z")
> [@Ruby Sees](#): > > IE tab doesn’t work right now either. Gah. I just noticed that. I’m thinking of going back to 3.5. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217/16 "2010-02-02T19:35:54Z")
The way new tabs pop up next to the tab in which the link you clicked on is located. I’m not sure if I like it or not but I find myself closing the wrong tabs still. There’s probably a way to fix it through about:config but it doesn’t bother me THAT much. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217/17 "2010-02-03T04:27:47Z")
3.5 was crashing a lot and loading slowly. 3.6 is still new ,so it still works better. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217/18 "2010-02-03T09:05:42Z")
You need the latest JAVA for some plug ins to work in Firefox 3.6. Be sure to update JAVA to version 6 update 18 at the same time if you don’t have the latest version. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217/19 "2010-02-03T10:24:06Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > I open new tabs by clicking links with the scroll wheel. Before, the new tab would be at the end of the line, now they open to the right of the originating site. > Like this. > > SITE new new new SITE new new new Being Firefox, you can easily change that if you prefer it the old way. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217/20 "2010-02-03T11:26:55Z")
I kept getting an annoying pop up error message about Chrome (not the Google app). I couldn’t find out how to stop it even though people were begging for a solution at the Mozilla forums. I uninstalled and went back to 3.5.7 and the problem was gone. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-firefox-3-6/527217.md?page=2)