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More Firefox 3.0 RC1 coverage: Firefox 3.0 RC 1 takes the lead on speed

Yesterday the browser entered an important phase of development with the unveiling of Release Candidate 1 (RC1).

Announcement here
Release notes here
Downloads here

Full installation gallery here

I’ve not had much time to use the browser yet and get to know it, but so far it seems fast, responsive and stable. Performance isn’t perceptibly different from Beta 5 and memory usage seems to be about the same.

OK, but what’s that sneaky change you were on about?

Well, previously when you carried out an install of Firefox, when you first run the browser you would be asked if you wanted to make the browser the default browser on the system. With RC1 of Firefox 3.0 this seems to have changed. You are now asked during the install process if you want to make Firefox the default browser on the system.