Firefox 3.0 Download is on June 17, 2006

All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours - it’s that easy. Set a Guinness World Record Enjoy a Better Web. We’re not asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although that would be kind of awesome. That is the catch line from the Firefox 3.0 Spread Firefox download day pledge website.

Download day for Firefox 3.0 is already official June 17, 2008. We are joining the community of Firefox users on that big event.

Firefox 3 is based on the Gecko 1.9 Web rendering platform, which has been under development for the past 34 months. Building on the previous release, Gecko 1.9 has more than 15,000 updates including some major re-architecting to provide improved performance, stability, rendering correctness, and code simplification and sustainability. Firefox 3 has been built on top of this new platform resulting in a more secure, easier to use, more personal product with a lot more under the hood to offer website and Firefox add-on developers.

More Secure - One-click site info: Click the site favicon in the location bar to see who owns the site and to check if your connection is protected from eavesdropping. Identity verification is prominently displayed and easier to understand. When a site uses Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificates, the site favicon button will turn green and show the name of the company you’re connected to.