Firefox 6 Download: How To Get The Latest Version Of Mozilla's Web Browser (UPDATE)

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Can't wait for the new version of Firefox?

Mozilla plans to officially release Firefox 6 on Tuesday August 16, but a 6.0 version of browser is available for download right now on Mozilla's website.

Firefox 6 is Mozilla's second release under their new rapid release schedule. Mozilla 5 was released on July 21, 2011.

Given the short development cycle, there haven't been that many changes since the last version of Firefox. New features, all of which are listed in Mozilla's release notes, include an address bar that "now highlights the domain of the website you're visiting" and "reduced browser startup time when using Panorama [a tab organization feature]."

As part of Mozilla's rigorous release schedule, new versions of their browser are released every six weeks.
In March, Mozilla's Engineering Director Rob Sayre described the change, writing, "The goal of the process is to provide regular improvements to users without disrupting longer term work." Google's Chrome development team adopted a similar schedule in July 2010.

The download links for the browser, via Technobolt, are available here:

• Firefox 6 for Windows
  


• Firefox 6 for Mac


• Firefox 6 for Linux

If you're interested in experiencing the most cutting edge Firefox experiments, before they become beta features, you can visit the Firefox Aurora page to learn more about Mozilla's future release testing. According to Mozilla, Aurora "is focused on delivering performance enhancements and optimizing memory utilization."

UPDATE: A previous version of this story linked to Mozilla's FTP servers. Mozilla requested that we remove the links, so we have switched the links to Mozilla' HTTP servers.

Comments

[113]

12:33 AM on 08/16/2011

Already DLed like a week ago...I still prefer Chrome anyway but Firefox is not far behind. Both are leaps and bounds ahead of Safari thought....And miles ahead of IE

[rahulk246]

09:24 AM on 08/16/2011

excellent read....techzole.com

[Dorrell Wilson]

07:19 PM on 08/15/2011

Please make it so that it does not break half my addons when I update to it...thanks Mozilla :)

[spytheweb]

02:58 PM on 08/15/2011

The new firefox won't let me post on some boards, i have to switch over to google chrome to do so. I just updated to FF6 and no change.

[Sing Out and Slap Iron]

02:43 PM on 08/15/2011

Sorry, but I'm waiting for all the bugs are worked out first. I'm tired of being a beta site!

[gregorydevine]

02:33 PM on 08/15/2011

For me, it's Netscape or nothing.

[wigcon]

12:54 PM on 08/15/2011

Why would one want to do that? Because it has been such a great browser 1-5?

[slobone]

12:50 PM on 08/15/2011

6? I'm still on 3. And that's where I'll stay till they start supporting Adblock and Flashblock again...

[SuperHeretic]

01:32 PM on 08/15/2011

Huh?

They already support Adblock, and you can restrict flashes by using "No Script".

Didn't you know that? I use those add ons all the time and they work just fine.

[Edna Crabapple]

01:49 PM on 08/15/2011

AdBlock and Flashblock are supported in version 5, at least in Linux...
I had major issues with FF 4, upgraded to FF 5, and it's been a little less buggy.
My XP box and Ubuntu 10.04 box still run FF 3xxx.
That being said, I would never use a beta release of anything...

[slobone]

03:17 PM on 08/15/2011

Thanks, maybe I'll give it another try.

[Krek]

12:48 PM on 08/15/2011

Thanks for the links, Jake. If Google ever allows a bookmark sidebar, it will be hard to stick with FF. The last few iterations have seemed pretty buggy.

[General Public]

12:05 PM on 08/15/2011

Uh yeah, Firefox releases nightly versions, alpha versions, beta versions, and release candidates all the time, so I don't see why you need to post a link to the current release candidate... they still have time to change it if they find a bug in it before the date it is scheduled for official release. Also if you have extensions or themes or anything, it's usually a good idea to wait awhile after a new Firefox version is released so that the extension and theme authors have time to catch up and get their stuff compatible with the newest Firefox version.

[vanillacookie]

11:15 AM on 08/15/2011

Oh, and also, Norton's toolbar isn't compatible with later versions of FF either.

[SuperHeretic]

01:34 PM on 08/15/2011

That's Norton's program, not Firefox's.

[mhtowe64]

10:42 AM on 08/15/2011

Google Chrome > Firefox

Always

[thebodach1]

11:18 AM on 08/15/2011

Although I typically hate the "This > That = FOREVAR!" comments with no backing up of facts or statistics, you are correct on this one.

I recently did a benchmark test (using Peacekeeper) on IE, Firefox and Chrome this weekend and found Chrome scored higher than both browsers combined. Chrome has an extremely faster load time than the two and support of almost all add-ons and plug-ins. The only thing I can see wrong with it, is the failure of smooth fonts (but that's just me being picky).

[mhtowe64]

12:15 PM on 08/15/2011

It is definitely faster and I find the layout much more easy on the eyes. Not having sidebars on the left and tons of add ons works great.

[Edna Crabapple]

01:52 PM on 08/15/2011

I use Chrome also, but I find it to be a bit more resource hungry than FF. But then, FF doesn't always render pages correctly and I have to turn to Chrome for that.
But I do find Chrome faster, you're right about that.

[edgeninja]

10:08 AM on 08/15/2011

I've been using the 6.0 beta for sometime now. Can't think of any major complaints with the browser as a whole except that I wish they'd bring the Refresh back from all the way on the far end of the screen.

[Ratfink1]

11:02 AM on 08/15/2011

Right click in the top bar and choose customize. A box will open with various shortcuts. While that box is open, left click and hold while dragging any item on the menu bar to the position you want it. I didn't like the layout either until I put it my way.

[edgeninja]

11:08 AM on 08/15/2011

Thanks, bro! That really helped! :)

[TwoCooksBooks]

09:22 AM on 08/15/2011

I don't care about getting a new "Version" every six weeks. I want a version that works and update as much as you need to in order to make sure that it is running and secure.

These new "versions" only seem to be updates, not really changes or significant improvements.

How can you possibly beta-test and troubleshoot, much less release, a properly functioning system in that amount of time and expect success?

Make one browser, make it right, and make it work...

[Lordcron]

05:08 AM on 08/15/2011

6 seems to be working just fine. I run Firefox hard with no less then 20 pages open at any one time and I suffer no lag or crashes. To be fare I have a ridiculous gaming machine I run it on so that may have a little something to do with it.

[SuperHeretic]

01:35 PM on 08/15/2011

Not to criticize. I think you mean "fair" not "fare".

[Rohit Dutt]

02:04 AM on 08/15/2011

thankue for first complement