It hasn’t been long since they released the first candidate about 3 weeks ago.  Some people didn’t even get to download the RC1.  They released the RC2 on June 4th. RC2 doesn’t look different from RC1 at first but I see a lot of things fixed.  During the three weeks I had RC1, Firefox crashed only one time and my settings was messed up. This of course occurs on any web browser and I think Firefox is doing an amazing job preventing these crashes.

Since I switched Firefox 2 to Firefox 3, I started having less problems with the browser. It’s faster, It doesn’t use much of CPU and the most important of all, It’s stable even though it’s not a final release.

One of the great things about Firefox is that  the add-ons you can get. If you are switching from Firefox 2 to Firefox 3, most of them are not compatible with Firefox 3. But popular add-ons (like StumbleUpon) has already upgraded their software. The ones that work in RC1 are mostly like to work in RC2.

Downloads (via official Firefox site):

• Mozilla Firefox 3 RC2 English Windows | 7.15 MB

• Mozilla Firefox 3 RC2 English Mac OS X | 17.17 MB

• Mozilla Firefox 3 RC2 English Linux | 8.66 MB

I’m not sure about the source but I remember reading or hearing about the release of date of final version of Firefox 3 will be at the end of June.  Since they released the RC2 real quick, I’m starting to believe this rumor.

You can read the official release notes at Mozilla. If you are still one of those other web browsers, you are missing out big time. Go ahead and switch to Firefox and enjoy a better experience.